There’s something about this new Skype mouse from Sysgration that just makes me want to bang my head against my keyboayrd, but the Inquirer had a chance to play around with it, and they said that:
This is certainly a fun product. It works well as a mouse and it works well as a Skype phone, offering a decent-quality sound and a lot of options. We don’t yet know the price but it should end up cheap and it can really help you out while travelling. It is a cute product, well designed that will make your life easier.
OK. I just see myself using it to make a phonecall, and then needing to use my mouse and telling the person that I’m on the phone with, “Hold on, I have to put you down for a second so I can scroll to check what time the movie starts.” But Sysgration thinks the idea will take off, they have four different models set to be released. It looks like the ASG-142 may be the only one that exists as of now, though. No price yet.
ASG-142 [Sysgration via The Inquirer]
Given that this device is targeting mobile users you should always be able to scroll to your movie times with your touchpad or whatever your laptop reguarly offers to scroll around, I guess my question would rather be, why does this thing need to be a mouse at all? Just make a really neat small compact Skype phone for those mobile geeks who travel a lot, and scratch the mouse idea.
Nice idea…. should be great
As a mobile laptop user, living 5000 miles from home. I have saved literally thousands of dollars using skype and skype zones. tavelling with one less item is a plus… trust me. I had another version of a sype mouse-phone, and it worked ok but the build quality was not great and the sw interface was not smooth. Sony has one out but it is expensive. I look forward to checking out this product….