Winextra – Microsofts Arc Touch Mouse – Product Details and Pictures

Arc Touch Mouse

We’ve speculated about the naming of the “Arc Touch Mouse” on the WinExtra On Windows Podcast, as Microsoft already has a mouse on the market called the “Arc“.

Our arguments have been settled however because thanks to German tech blog, WinFuture, we now have pictures, pricing and product details of the Arc Touch.

The Arc Touch looks stylish. It’s mix of metal, glossy surfaces and with a rubberized palm rest that can be bent by the user as needed to fit their grip, and that is where the Arc come into the name.

The Arc Touch has comes in both 2.4GHz Wireless and USB variants, has 3 buttons (excluding the on-off switch) and uses Microsofts BlueTrack sensor technology instead of ordinary laser or optical sensors, which should allow it to work on almost any surface.

We had expected this to be a touch pad of somesort, but obviously it isn’t. Where the “touch” does come into play is in the scrollwheel, which has been replaced by “new touch-scroll function”, essentially allowing a user to just swipe their finger to emulate the scroll wheel functionality.

Prices are still sketchy. WinFuture is reporting the German dealers as listing it for €69.99 which is approximately $90 USD.

Amazon Canada has the Arc Touch listed for $79.95 (Canadian Dollars) and an expected release date of October 7th.

Can’t wait to get my hands on one.

Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

Images via WinFuture.

10 comments 0 people listening

Comment help
Get Livefyre

Comments have been disabled for this post.

Sort: Newest | Oldest

Pierre

I'm not fond of wireless mice or keyboards either, mostly for the same reasons as Steven. For reasons of (lack of) available desk space, I've been using a (wired) Logitech trackball ("marble mouse") for quite some time. A friend of mine had an induction wireless mouse, like the one Paul gave a link to, for some time, but he finally went back to a wired mouse too.

share flag

spam
offensive
disagree
off topic

Paul O&#39;Flaherty

You not a fan of wireless mice Steven? To be honest with you, I'm not a fan of the charging and battery changing, which is why my mouse uses induction to provide the power (like this one) to give me the wireless experience without the wireless problems. Still the Arc will be worth trying if for no other reason than to adjust it to my grip and as you know, when you spend as much time at the computer as we do everyday, a good mouse and grip is incredibly important.

Steven Hodson

my experience with wireless mice has been nothing but frustrating and I've tried both Microsoft and Logitech offerings only to switch back to a wired mouse. Right now I'm using a cheap OEM Logitech mouse until I can afford to get a good wired mouse.

You should try to get hold of one of the ones I linked to above. They're less than $30 but are awesome.

To be honest I'm not sure I get this one but as much as I might want to play with it I'm can't afford to spend that kind of money just to experiment only to have to return to a wired mouse

You not a fan of wireless mice Steven?

To be honest with you, I'm not a fan of the charging and battery changing, which is why my mouse uses induction to provide the power (like this one) to give me the wireless experience without the wireless problems.

Still the Arc will be worth trying if for no other reason than to adjust it to my grip and as you know, when you spend as much time at the computer as we do everyday, a good mouse and grip is incredibly important.