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- It provides responsive, smooth cursor control and precise tracking and easy text selection.
- Features optical technology to work on virtually any surface, with improved speed, accuracy and reliability.
- Navigate quickly and easily with the convenient scroll wheel.
- Compact design will make this a tiny mouse became your ideal choice when you travel.
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Adesso iMouse T1 Trackball - Optical Wired iMouse T1 Trackballs
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Underrated Trackball?,
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This review is from: Trackball Mouse (Electronics)
You know sometimes it pays to get the thing that has no reviews.
I bought this at Micro Center about a week ago, simply because I had tried all the other highly rated trackballs with none satisfying me. This trackball is actually very comfortable to use. I like that it has the scroll wheel on the side, so I can use my thumb to scroll while my fingers roll the ball and click the buttons. There is no drag when using it. It rolls fine and smoothly, and the mouse on the screen reflects that perfectly. But what I liked the most about this particular trackball is that THERE WAS NO INSTALLATION CD!! That's right, no funky software programs to configure, no special mouse button mappers, and no other-worldly drivers to install. It's just a straight up, plug and play trackball. My only gripe with it is that the scroll wheel is a tad bit stiff when it comes to pressing it as a button, but it's not that bad now that I'm used to it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Needs wrist support, but then works very well, although scroll could be better,
This review is from: Trackball Mouse (Electronics)
Bought this based on price (lower than comparable Kensington Orbit) and its stated reliability and ease of cleaning. Also purchased a Kensington Orbit for comparison and to select one or the other after some limited, personal trials. Decided on the Adesso myself, as described below, with the technique of use being different and the smooth ball of the Adesso a big factor. See below for details, and Bottom Line opinion comparing these two options.
Like any Trackball, speaking as one having been accustomed to 8-10 hours per workday using a traditional mouse based on movement across a surface, there was a breaking-in period. During that time, I had to commit to which fingers to use for what activity, and how to get the most out of it while minimizing wrist strain. While I was trying to find a technique that worked for me, I happened to read that one Trackball manufacturer had recommended using the middle digits to move the Trackball, in a position where the hand hovers slightly above the mouse, instead of resting upon it, as you would reasonably assume, based on its shape. I added a wrist support (the Wrist Assist by Allsop, about $8-10) and voila! I can use the middle three digits, mainly the middle finger, to move the Adesso Trackball (seems better than using the thumb for that). That leaves the index finger to click the left button and the ring finger to click the right button, and during the act of clicking the buttons, not disturbing the Trackball position, a big issue if your hand rests on the mouse all the time. What a difference! I get very accurate positioning of the mouse that way without straining my wrist. I have not experienced any problem with the Adesso Trackball action, finding it very smooth and predictable. But the Orbit model I purchased has a much-less smooth Trackball, a major disappointment. Both the Orbit and the Adesso mouse have a removable Trackball for easy cleaning. Ease of installation for both cannot be really improved upon as there is nothing to do but plug the Adesso or the Kensington Orbit into a USB Port, and I found that to be the case for both a Windows PC (Vista Ultimate or XP) and a Mac (OS X Ver 10.6.7). Neither came with any specific software to install, and that is a plus for me. Major disappointment for the Adesso: I do think the Adesso scroll action is a bit rough, and the duration is a bit short, compared with the Kensington Orbit with its excellent, smooth and quiet scroll ring, which is the best I have seen on any mouse. Overall, the Adesso mouse requires some kind of wrist or even forearm support before it shines, but it is great other than the scroll action. Interestingly, the Kensington Orbit comes with a wrist support, perhaps due to the same need I found with this Trackball mouse, however that wrist support provided along with the Orbit mouse did not work for me. The Kensington Orbit mouse body sits a bit lower than the Adesso, however its Trackball is more "proud" so the top of its Trackball is about the same height. That difference seemed to fall in favor of the Adesso for me, although if you want to use your thumb for the left button on the Kensington, I can see that working out fine. Due to that key difference in the digit used to click the left button, since I wanted to use the same mouse for my work computer and my home computer, I will not be keeping both. As I prefer the Adesso, I will be giving away the Kensington to a friend, and probably purchasing a second Adesso soon. Bottom line: You decide for yourself. But if you do a load of scrolling, and you do not mind using your thumb to click the left button, you will probably like the Kensington Orbit over this model. Technique aside, my feeling is that the Adesso quality is superior and it is less expensive to boot. I preferred the Adesso and will use it full-time now.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid this product.,
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This review is from: Trackball Mouse (Electronics)
Bottom line: This trackball seems to be designed by someone who doesn't actually use trackballs. It's like they took a mouse and put a ball in the middle of it. Fire the person who designed this thing. Save your money and buy a Kensington or a Logitech.
The product specs sound good, a scroll wheel is handy and very few usable trackballs have them. When they do have them, they're usually awkward to get to. This trackball has the opposite problem. The scroll wheel is very easy to get to but the buttons are not. When resting my hand on this device, my first two fingers naturally reach for the ball and my thumb rests on what looks like the left click. Don't be fooled, the buttons are not easily clickable from that position. When I say not easily clickable I mean that the switch for the button is all the way at the top front of the trackball. With effort you can get it to click further down but you really have to press hard and it's not guaranteed. In order to use the buttons easily you either have to click with your fingers (taking them off the ball) or move your hand up in to an awkward position making it difficult to roll the ball and click the buttons at the same time. I can honestly say that this is the only trackball I have every used in over 20 years that has the buttons placed so out of whack. Problems like this are one reason buying things like this online is a gamble. It would only take me 30 seconds in a store to realize this thing is terrible. I'd consider sending it back but honestly don't feel it's worth the hassle. All I can hope is that other people will read this review and avoid this product.
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