Microsoft outs $30 BlueTrack mice

updated 11:35 am EST, Wed February 24, 2010

Microsoft adds first budget blue laser mice


Microsoft today launched three mice that finally bring the company's BlueTrack sensors to entry-level mice. The Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 leads the introductions and should give notebook users a simple blue laser mouse that can work on unusual surfaces. It works as a simple, ambidextrous three-button mouse with scrolling but has an RF-based USB nano transceiver that should give the mouse eight months of typical use between charges.

A more advanced counterpart, the Wireless Mouse 2000 achieves the same effects but in a full-size form better suited to desktops that also gets a tilting scroll wheel. The wired Comfort Mouse 4500 has to plug in through USB but has the advantages of five customizable buttons.

All but the Wireless Mouse 2000 will come in multiple shell colors, work with both Macs and Windows PCs, and ship in March. Both wireless mice will cost $30, while USB drops the price of the Comfort Mouse to $25.

Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500



Wireless Mouse 2000



Comfort Mouse 4500


By Electronista Staff

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  1. Sukoshi

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    Joined: Aug 2009

    +7

    Please

    Please stop using "outs" to mean releases, premieres, shows, shows off, debuts, launches, introduces, delivers, announces, reveals, displays, uncovers, presents, exposes, highlights, or any other possible way to say this.

    Out
    verb
    1 [ intrans. ] come or go out; emerge : the truth will out.
    2 [ trans. ] informal reveal the homosexuality of (a prominent person).

    You're using it wrong, there are plenty of words to use that would be correct, and you're making it sound like companies are revealing their products are g**.


  1. JeffHarris

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    Joined: Oct 1999

    +2

    g** mice?

    Hmmm... I agree with Sukoshi. Using "outs" in place of more descriptive words is weak.


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