Trackballs

Sure, I’d Love A $US700 Stainless Steel Stealth Military Keyboard

12:40AM September 2, 2010 | Joel Johnson

One hopes that a company doesn’t dream up a $US700 steel-and-rubber keyboard with red backlighting (for night vision, natch) and waterproof trackball just to hope that someone, somewhere will buy it. Otherwise Stealth is cursing a drunken general tonight. [Stealth]


Less Is Not More With The Track Ball Mouse Numerical Keypad Hub

11:00AM December 12, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

The very literally named Track Ball Mouse Numerical Keypad Hub manages to Frankenstein an array of accessories into a trackball-style mouse. It also continues the long tradition of lefty-hating trackball mice. More »


Mobile

BlackBerry Onyx To Loses Trackball, Gains Trackpad

11:41PM July 10, 2009 | John Herrman

The leaked-to-all-hell BlackBerry Onyx may have undergone one last change before manufacture: judging by this shot nabbed by BlackBerry Underground, it’ll also have a Curve 8520-esque optical trackpad. More »


Finger Trackball Offers a Shrunken Down Alternative to Using a Mouse on the Go

10:40AM April 29, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Judging by other products, I’d say that handheld trackballs seem to be all the rage. This diminutive finger trackball takes portability one step further, requiring only your thumb and forefinger to use it.

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This Is a Mouse

12:30AM April 17, 2009 | John Mahoney

The 3DConnexion Spacepillot Pro, specifically. It takes 3DConnex’s previous SpaceNavigator knob and adds just about everything else a CAD pro, Pixar artist or Second Life sex addict could ever need.

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Fingertip Mini Mini USB Trackball Is, Well…Mini

3:20AM March 26, 2009 | Sean Fallon

For those of you that hear “Fingertip Mini Mini” and think “vibrator” I’m with you. However, this device doles out pleasure by offering mobile users a compact means of interface control.

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Kensington SlimBlade Trackball Built to Handle Digital Content

5:30AM January 8, 2009 | Sean Fallon

A trackball? In 2009? Indeed, Kensington is going retro with a new design that they claim is the first to “allow users to navigate and manipulate digital content through the ball itself.”

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Gaming

The Blackberry Pearl Teaches Consoles a Thing or Two

1:15AM November 13, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Acidmods just can’t get enough of hacking up our console controllers, and now the company has replaced the Wiimote’s A button with a clicking trackball (a la Blackberry Pearl). The result is an easier way to scroll through webpages and certain menu systems, as you can see in this video:

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