Gyration GyroTransport Hands-on
- September 18th, 2006
- 4 Comments
We already did a nice video on the GyroTransport last weekend, so we’ll just comment on this a bit more and leave it at that. I’ve rarely used presentation remotes because, thus far, they’ve been fairly innacurate and bulky. Luckily, the $199 GyroTransport is neither.
It works with Macs and PCs seamlessly and includes 1GB of memory built-in to the wireless dongle. It’s essentially a plug and play mouse that appears on your system immediately without drivers. There are four buttons: left and right mouse buttons, an activation button for moving the cursor, and a “swipe” button for moving quickly across the screen. The pointer itself is nicely weighted in the back so it feels like you’re actually holding something more substantial than a hollow piece of plastic.
It runs on one AAA battery, included, and pairs upon touching two buttons. It’s absolutely portable - it weighs about three ounces wet - and the wireless dongle connects to the back of the pointer to keep things nice and neat. It’s available now online and if you do any sort of presenting it’s definitely a useful and usable tool.
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Bassam (Who am I?)
2 years ago
$200 seems like a whole lot to spend on a presentation mouse. Then again, that price puts it squarely in the sights of businesses.
The wireless presentation mice where I work are pretty bad, with the same “leaning the mouse where you want it to go” controls. At this point, all I expect from a presentation mouse is a forwards and backwards button. If this one can control the cursor reliably, then it might be worth it.
bodiddley (Who am I?)
9 months ago
it’s on woot right now TODAY ONLY - Feb 7th, 2008 for $35
Kitty
9 months ago
the one on Woot.com only has 512Mb on the dongle…still a pretty good price, though
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Bryan (Who am I?)
2 years ago
It’s the 1GB of storage that the transport comes with that drives the price up. I like the fact that the USB storage is also the transmitter and can be moved from computer to computer easily.