trackpads
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Apple’s New Trackpad Is Magical, But Can’t Kill My Mouse
The mouse is anathema to Apple’s grand utopian touch-based future, in which nothing but the supple pads of your ten digits (and a Pencil?) dictate how you navigate a digital interface. The new Magic Trackpad 2 is the fullest realisation of that future for desktop users. I’m enamoured, but mostly just want my mouse back.
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Logitech’s Bluetooth Keyboard Now Plays Nice With All Your Apple Toys
Following up on the release of the K810 Bluetooth keyboard and its updated Wireless Touchpad back in October, Logitech has just announced new versions of both of those peripherals designed to complement your OS X and iOS toys.
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Synaptics ForcePad: The Laptop Trackpad Is About To Change Forever
The last big things to happen to trackpads were the addition of multitouch gestures and elimination of a dedicated button. The next big thing is going to be force detection. We’ve seen force detection pop up most recently in the keyboard cover for the Microsoft Surface — but with the introduction of the Synaptics ForcePad,…
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Acer Aspire Ethos: A Detachable Trackpad Is A Pretty Good Idea
Acer’s new Ethos Laptop isn’t the world’s craziest lappy when it comes to guts—Core i5/i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M graphics—but it has one interesting feature: a detachable trackpad. that not only detaches from from the laptop, but also functions as a media remote.