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hey I'm trusting you associate editor for cnet.com this is your first look at the HP X 7000 Wi-Fi touch Mouse so it draws inspiration from other touch sensitive mice like Apple's Magic Mouse and a Logitech m600 this is HP's version and it adds an extra feature to the mix with the ability to connect through the wireless adapter in your Windows 7 powered computer and that's instead of Bluetooth which is what the majority of other wireless mice are that adds benefit by freeing up precious USB ports for your other peripherals on your computer but unfortunately a series of Hardware hiccups left a pretty bad taste in my mouth so let's take a tour of the device before I tell you about that first you'll notice immediately that the mouse is contoured for right-handed users so lefty should keep shopping the whole piece has a really ergonomic shape you get the two standard buttons on top here for left and right clicks two buttons on the side for moving backward and forwards through a web browser and a single touch sensitive button in the middle strip here instead of the scroll dial you usually see in the center of modern mice this one is touch sensitive so the pointer will actually respond to your finger flicking across it in my experience however the mouse is a little overly sensitive and that made it a little prone to accidental clicks when my finger lingered even for an extra second too long on the pad that and the real estate for swiping is too small with only a slightly raised position in the center that makes it hard to distinguish unless you're looking down directly at it and who wants to do that every time you scroll but let's get back to the connectivity really quick the first thing you should know is that it will only pair with compatible windows 7 wireless adapters so double-check with a link I put in the written review to make sure your computer works before you buy it once you confirm that however pairing with the mouse and your wireless receiver is really easy it shouldn't take more than five minutes with a single button push to establish a connection I did notice however that the mouse takes a little time to reconnect if its companion computer goes into sleep mode my last gripe with the X 7000 is the lack of reprogrammable buttons there's five of them and you can change the number of scrolls per notch on the touch panel as well as the specific functions in those but you can't actually remap any of them to launch an application of your choice or perform keystroke combinations overall my favorite Mouse is still the Logitech performance mouse MX you can find a link to that in the written review it's about 20 bucks more than this X 7000 but it's a lot more comfortable to use and definitely worth the use of your USB port you can read all the details in my full review on cnn.com I'm Justin you you just took a first look at the HP X 7000 Wi-Fi touch mouse thanks for watching