Microsoft Announces Folding Arc Touch Mouse

Microsoft has just unveiled its Arc Touch Mouse, a mouse with an original adjustable design and a touch-sensitive zone for touch-control that's somewhat reminiscent of Apple's Magic Mouse.

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The Arc Touch Mouse is due for UK release in November for £69.99, and you can see it in action in the video below. It starts off flat then, as if by magic, it can be folded up into a hump-backed mouse.



Microsoft is proudly proffering its BluTrack technology in the Arc Touch Mouse, which means you shouldn't need a mouse mat to use it properly. We're still a bit dubious though, as we've recently re-tested several mice with BluTrack sensors and only the Microsoft Sidewinder X8 had decent performances. We found the others lost connection with the computer when moved at speeds of around 1.5 m/second, whereas we'd expect twice that on a good-quality mouse.

Stay tuned for more on the matter soon.

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