Am I Psychic or What
Posted by Jon Lee in Personal, Site stuff, tags: contest, johnchow, PCMCIA, Slim-Mouse, touchpad, Trackpoint
Just yesterday, I said I had a feeling I would win Gary Lee’s iPhone giveaway since I only ever win useless things. Well as luck would have it, less than an hour after I made that post, I find out that I won the world’s thinnest mouse from John Chow, the G4 Slim Mouse. How’s that for something useless!
This little engineering marvel fits inside your laptop’s PCMCIA slot and when unfolded (supposedly quite the challenge), it becomes a corded optical mouse that is apparently uncomfortable to use. The mouse has two buttons and a touchpad scroll wheel, much like the one on laptops or on the Logitech V500 which I also own. Given the small size, I can only imagine how uncomfortable this mouse will be for prolonged use. I think I’ll stick to my Trackpoint, thank you very much.
Although dubbed by the maker as The Thinnest Mouse Ever Created, Newton Peripherals actually came out with a similar mouse a while ago, the MoGo Mouse. Here are the differences between the G4 Slim Mouse and the MoGo mouse:
G4 Slim Mouse
- USB Corded
- Metal Build
- Hinged mechanism
- Touchpad scrolling
- $69.99
MoGo Mouse
- Built-in Bluetooth (recharges through PCMCIA slot)
- Plastic Build
- Simple flap mechanism
- No scrolling
- $39.99
Frankly, I think the MoGo mouse is a better device simply due to its built in Bluetooth. But for the price of FREE, I have no complaints. The only question now is whether I should give it away in my own promotion or use it. After all, I can’t think of anything else to put in my PCMCIA slot.
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