Gadgetory

so today I'm gonna be having a quick look at the Microsoft arc Mouse now I unboxed the arc keyboard quite recently and while I had thought it was new it turns out that was one of my co-workers playing a prank on me I didn't even think to look it up and find out that the art keyboard is not a new product at all but I figured hey since I've you know gone and unboxed the keyboard I might as well do the mouse too so it works with Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP OSX and that's pretty much it as far as what it says on that side it is designed for comfort and folds for portability so that's pretty cool then it has a picture of the mouse and then on the back we find the mouse folds on a strong metal hinge to 60% of its fully expanded size the fully motion turns the most on or off and the micro transceiver snaps into the bottom of the mouse just like the keyboard I'm assuming the advanced performance includes laser tracking for precision and 2.4 gigahertz Wireless with up to 30 foot range so something like this would be perfect like I said with the keyboard that isn't new for something like a media PC you know if you want something that just kind of you can sit on the couch it doesn't take up a lot of space that sort of thing so here is the mouse itself so it has kind of a neat shape to it and I'm still kind of puzzling about how to get the Box open like this almost looks like something that should sit on a retail like a retail hook if it had a little thing here and like where it would just sit like this that would kind of work for it to I think that's ok let's open it up ok in here they have the little test print tea thing ms color bar v5 ok that's not important alright inside we find documentation including the Microsoft product guide which tells you how to avoid damaging it how to select an appropriate power source how to use a mouse and keyboard without injuring yourself how to not look directly into the laser alright although useful information download software hey hey Microsoft has it figured out look at this they don't include a software DVD all you do is you download the software for Microsoft home slash hardware this is what I always tell people to do anyway brilliant ok so then that's pretty much all it has more information so you need to install the batteries insert the transceiver and then fold for portability when you're not using it so that's a very simple very simple setup guide there we go I don't know what's gonna be in here this is a mystery but you open this up and then inside we find batteries so this accepts triple-a batteries and it includes a couple of Duracell ones by default I'm guessing this pouch is for the mouse it's kind of a like a sweetie sort of leathery material seems reasonably durable there's like little stiffener pieces in the top and I'm home it's ha there magnetic strips look at that so that keeps the bag closed even though it's actually quite easy to open cuz they're like those flexible magnets very cool okay and inside here so I figured out how to get the mouse up you take these two little tabs you fold them down and then once you do that the whole plastic tab will fit up to the top and then the mouse will come out just like that that was simple okay so here at the bottom of the mouse we find the little USB transceiver which clips into place with a magnet so appropriate use of magnets on this particular product it's very very small and the mouse itself is actually also very very small cameraman just got an SSD so he wants me to compare it in size to his SSD which he'll be using to not take forever to load games while we wait for him and Leah in the lobby okay so there's his SSD and here is the mouse so here we have a scroll wheel we have a left and a right click so it's nothing too complicated as far as that goes the ergonomic shape is actually yeah it's not bad considering how small it folds up so why don't you take the mouse and put it inside the little pouch because that's where it's supposed to go so the mouse is going home there it goes and then you can close it up and then you can throw that in your laptop bag I guess it actually has quite a bit of strength even when it's folded like you you wouldn't worry about breaking it you can see how it's it's braced quite well against itself there so let me have a look oh it's got non-slip pads here and here so if you're using it on a surface where you know it's not particularly slippery you still don't have to really worry about that the laser is in not a centered location but I'm going go ahead and assume that it still works fine let's get the battery compartment open so if you were gonna install the batteries you'd put them in here and I think that pretty much covers it you know what before we before we wrap this up why don't I just go over to the cameraman's desk here next to his other Microsoft Mouse which I hate this mess it's so like laggy but this one seems like it would probably be pretty good oh it has another button check this out it's got what woman's gonna assume is a browser back button which in my opinion is an essential button on any Mouse these days I can't remember how I lived without it it's like going back to a mouse that doesn't have a scroll wheel like that's bad be the worst thing ever so it actually has four buttons one two three four so you can press the middle click it feels not bad I'm actually really surprised and I'm kind of harping on this issue but it actually feels surprisingly good the mouse buttons have a good clicky tactile feel to them this is a little bit out of reach for me like if I had if I had bigger hands you can see my thumb isn't even close to reaching that button but I don't think it'd be a problem for me if I had bigger hands either way thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the Microsoft arc foldable portable mouse