Microsoft Touch Mouse in the Spotlight
Microsoft has reimagined the mouse with the debut of the Microsoft Touch Mouse, combining the features of the traditional mouse with unique multitouch gestures developed exclusively for Windows 7. In the short period of time the Touch Mouse has been available, we’re excited to see the positive experiences product reviewers have shared, as well as the encouraging feedback from our customers. Take a look at some of the latest news accolades for the Touch Mouse below:
PCMag gave the Touch Mouse a 4.5/5 star rating and the Editor’s Choice Award, as well as including it in its “Top 10 Best Computer Mice” round-up, where it stated Touch Mouse was “offering PC owners a Windows 7-optimized touch solution not yet seen.” CNET posted a positive hands-on write-up and video review, giving the Touch Mouse an “Excellent” 4/5 star rating, and called the device, “a far more effective implementation of touch input.” LAPTOP Magazine also gave the Touch Mouse a 4/5 star rating and the Editor’s Choice Award for “its intuitive controls.” The Touch Mouse was also well-received by Mashable, noting the touch-scrolling feature “is as good as scroll control gets!”
Highlights from reviewers include the following:
- “This is the best touch mouse you can buy for the PC.” – PCMag
- “We like the Microsoft Touch Mouse for its thoughtful, complementary gestures that simplify the experience of moving in and around Windows 7 applications.” – CNET
- “Overall, the Touch Mouse is a great peripheral for laptops and desktops running Windows 7.” – LAPTOP
- “The magic in Microsoft’s Touch Mouse is embodied in how perfectly it fits in your hand and how well its gestural software works with Windows 7.” – Mashable
Last month, we also released the Touch Mouse Artist Edition, which features an intricate design pattern by New York-based artist Deanne Cheuk, who was inspired by the captured motion of Touch Mouse gestures. Check out the Microsoft News Center feature, “Reimagining the Mouse,” for the story behind the creation of the Touch Mouse.
Have you experienced the new Microsoft Touch Mouse? If so, we welcome your comments and feedback.
- Hardware Team
Accoring to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105421 this mouse is just about unusable.
5:14 am Brian DiMaria
Where is the part that saying about the mouse cannot identify the right-click from left?
Seriously you guys need to get a fix for all your customers! This is just crap! How can it got pass your QA or your R&D? Being able to right/left-click with ease is the foundation of a Windows mouse!! I hope you can find a fix via the software upgrade ASAP or this is be the first MS mouse and the last!
7:26 am Masterchief
These fancy mice are all well and good, but is there any plan to fix the Alt+Tab bug in the existing ipoint.exe drivers? This bug means that users of Microsoft mice have to choose between having Alt+Tab working properly and having full access to the functions of their mouse.
See http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/alttab-depth-inversion-bug/ for details.
9:31 pm Bruce Dawson
Hi, In work my cmpany use a specific programfrequently that you normally hold the scroll button to change the view. Does this work with in the case of the touch mouse?
3:45 pm Mr Shaw
Cons: left mouse button sticks. Try pressing just below and to the left of the touch strip. You can wait for the button to pop up, or rap the mouse on the desktop. Very annoying. I took the first sample back, and will return the 2nd tomorrow.
3:10 am Pete
I’m shocked that I found this info so eiasly.
10:11 am Parmelia
Kewl you sohuld come up with that. Excellent!
3:37 am Midge
Just got the new Touch Mouse and I love it! Microsoft hit the nail on the head when it came out with this one! Thanks! http://bit.ly/msfttouchmouse
7:03 pm Andy
Just got the new Touch Mouse and I love it! Microsoft delivered on this one! http://bit.ly/msfttouchmouse
7:04 pm Andy
This mouse is so cool.
12:32 am Zachary Pazanin
This mouse is amazing, it has some cool features.
12:34 am Zachary Pazanin
I just got a Microsoft Touch mouse recently and I love it. It makes multitasking and surfing so much faster.
12:44 am Graham Pazanin
I’ve always had a thing for Microsoft keyboards and mice. In fact I trust in the quality and build so much that I can just go ahead and buy one without the usual web-research.
However, the Touch Mouse has woken me to reality. This is not a well-designed device, and not very usable in daily use.
The Touch Mouse has a mind of its own. When I scroll down a page, it will scroll itself up. When I maximize my page, it would then minimize it before shunting it to the side of the monitor.
And then there is the left and right buttons that never response unless you stretch your fingers all the way down to the edge of the mouse. Gestures were noticeably slow and does not always register.
Why have a prototype device been release as a finished product?!
7:59 am darkmax
I am using the new touch mouse for a week.Everything works perfect except scrolling.When im scrolling down and then want to scroll up it continues scrolling down and the opposite.I tried to adapt to this but it is not possible.
7:19 am Ioannis Krikkis
I positioned the receiver in an my desk and everything works properly.Perfect product.
9:05 am Ioannis Krikkis
While the Touch Mouse seems already great as a consumer device, I wonder whether it can be used for development purposes. Any word on using the Touch Mouse for WPF4 multitouch applications, i.e. does it actually emit standard Windows touch events?
10:56 pm Sebastian
I was a bit apprehensive about how the gestures would be managed, but I was agreeably surprised. Easy and intuitive. I mastered the mouse in 24 h. The most amazing and useful feature for me is collapsing the desktop and restoring it without overlap – and it respects my two screen arrangement, which is very important. An outstanding product.
10:01 am Maurice Tarrant
This product does not live up to any Microsoft standards. It is does what it wants to; there is no learning curve, it carries on doing random things. Zoom in particular is persistently unclontrolable. Have given it 8 weeks in use on AutoCad, Google, and Microsoft software. I’ve just endeed up with RSI as no consideration has been given to where the hand and fingers should rest. Overall a complete waste of money. Is there any chance of someone reimbursing me!
9:36 pm Neil Fanning