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New wireless mice by Sony
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Oct 20, 2003, 12:10 PM
 
i echo the sentiment of the previous poster.
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 12:55 PM
 
saw it on gizmodo:

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/009536.php#009536

i dunno...looks kinda cool. i'd like to try it out.

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Oct 20, 2003, 01:38 PM
 
yeah saw them
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Oct 20, 2003, 02:08 PM
 
Erm, how do you use 'em? I mean, hold 'em?
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 03:31 PM
 
You open your door, put them on the floor, and the door just stays there. Oh wait, I see that they're supposed to be mice, not doorstops!
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 04:23 PM
 
Originally posted by RooneyX:
Erm, how do you use 'em? I mean, hold 'em?
Sony Wireless Sphere Mouse (SMU-WR1)

You hold it like so:


$79.99 - http://www.icube.us/sony_round_mouse...t_overview.htm

$89 - http://www.dynamism.com/wr1/pricing.shtml (more colors available)

It's like a 3D, 2 button (plus scrollwheel), wireless puck mouse Copy cats
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Oct 20, 2003, 05:42 PM
 
Wow, those look craptacular!
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That first image makes them look like piggybanks. I just wish I could drop some change through the black slit.
     
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Erm, I'll pass.
     
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Oct 21, 2003, 12:59 AM
 
Looks not much different from Apple's old puck mouse <-- which I liked a lot
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Oct 21, 2003, 01:44 AM
 
I've tried them out in-store here in Tokyo.

For me, very uncomfortable unless you move your mouse with your whole forearm held about 3 inches off the table. Otherwise, you end up bending your wrist at an odd angle; YMMV.

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Originally posted by andretan:
Looks not much different from Apple's old puck mouse <-- which I liked a lot
     
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Oct 21, 2003, 06:02 AM
 
Just looking at that picture makes my wrist hurt.
     
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Oct 21, 2003, 08:23 AM
 
Originally posted by andretan:
Looks not much different from Apple's old puck mouse <-- which I liked a lot
As did I... for about three weeks until I developed acute RSI (or carpal tunnel syndrome or whatever it's called these days).

Verdict:
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And pundits say Apple overdoes the whole form vs. function thing...
     
   
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