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The Perfect Mouse for Couch Potatoes
May 28, 2009, 12:19 AM by ROB
Posted in REVIEWS, GADGETS | 1338 views
If your desk looks anything like mine, real estate is practically non-existent. I typically have to brush aside a half dozen empty soda cans to fit my keyboard on it, let alone my mouse. Enter the Weramouse: a wireless, hand-held pointing device that mates a Wii Nunchuck with a trackball mouse.
The Weramouse features dual right-click buttons (to accommodate both right- and left-hand users), a trackball, a scroll wheel, and a trigger-style left-click button. After a quick charge with the included mini-USB charging cable, I connected the wireless dongle to my computer and started using the device.
You're going to love the Weramouse if you can satisfy two conditions. First, you don't have no flat surface readily available. Second, you need a mouse for something other than day-to-day use. For me, it was my home theater setup; I could control my media with my media remote, but switching applications (like switching between BeyondTV and, say, an NES emulator) required far more movement than I'm typically willing to expend. I tried other wireless mice, but they were all too cumbersome for using from the couch without a book or lap desk. Using the Weramouse, I could lay back, relax, and still manage my HTPC.
I wouldn't use the Weramouse for all-day use; if you use a computer as much as I do, the trackball would probably give you a nasty case of "oh-crap-my-thumb-hurts-itis."
It's great for applications like a home theatre PC and light gaming (check out the branded Poker Mouse).
Snag one for $99 at Weramouse.
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