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I noticed one on buy.com for $12.99, marked down from $99. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10341604 It's nit clear from the description whether it provides X-Y cursor control, but for $12, maybe that doesn't matter. The picture suggests to me that it might provide X-Y control. On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: >> Tom Metro wrote: >>> I was under the impression from your wording that you wanted something >>> that could serve as a regular mouse, in addition to being a >>> presentation tool. I thought there were such products on the market >> >> I think that a regular mouse or trackball really would not work for >> presentations. Possibly a trackball. > > Agreed, if you really need X-Y cursor control during the presentation. > (But it's a pretty rare presentation that does.) > > Here's an example of what I had pictured - a combo traditional mouse and > presentation tool: > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3536986 > > I'm sure there are others like this. Though from a quick skim of the > specs it doesn't look like you get X-Y cursor control in presentation > mode. Just some extra buttons and a laser pointer. > > Here's a variation that uses a thumb operated trackball: > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3327394 > > and claims it can substitute for a mouse for normal use, but unless > you're used to mousing with a track ball, that'll feel awkward. > > ?-Tom > > -- > Tom Metro > Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA > "Enterprise solutions through open source." > Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
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