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Microsoft unveils mouse with BluTrack technology
Microsoft yesterday launched a new generation of computer mouse that can be used on all surfaces except glass.
- By Nadia Saleem, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:39 September 10, 2008
- The BluTrack technology uses a large blue beam that creates a high-contrast picture of the mousing surface.
- Image Credit: Supplied picture
Dubai: Microsoft yesterday launched a new generation of computer mouse that can be used on all surfaces except glass.
"This is meant for the mobile workforce," Aman Sangar, marketing manager of Microsoft Gulf's Entertainment and Devices Division in the Middle East, told Gulf News. He added that BluTrack will revolutionise tracking technology and will impact productivity and efficiency.
The tracking technology, called BluTrack, uses a large blue beam that creates a high-contrast picture of the mousing surface, similar to that of ultraviolet rays, Microsoft says.
After the laser and the optical, the new technology will bring advancement to computer usage, as it operates on more surfaces than prior types of computer mouse.
"Research shows that people aren't sitting at a desk all day, but they've gone mobile. In fact, 72 per cent of PCs sold are notebook PCs, and consumers need a mouse that can travel with them anywhere," said Mark DePue, platforms engineering manager at Microsoft and co-inventor of BlueTrack Technology.
Two models of the device will be put on the market in November and will retail for Dh219 and Dh289, Sangar said.
According to David Bohn, senior engineering architect at Microsoft and BlueTrack Technology co-inventor, "Laser technology is also sensitive to dust and dirt accumulation during travel, which can lead to poor tracking performance. With BlueTrack Technology you can rest easier about where your mouse will or won't track - it works just about everywhere, just like you."
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