Details of Microsoft’s Arc Touch mouse have finally leaked, hard to say if this is disappointing, although I’m going with tested.com’s view that if this doesn’t use bluetooth then somethings failed already.
From the product images, it seems the Arc Touch form factor stays the same as the first Arc, but it’s impossible to say whether the touch functionality will be implemented to meet the consumer’s needs (and whims). If the specs posted on the German retailer’s website are correct, I will be disappointed that the mouse will need to use up one of my two USB ports instead of connecting via Bluetooth.
I had really hoped it would introduce multi touch support but appears to be a fairly dull introduction of touch interactions to the PC, something my Magic Mouse with driver hacking already does.
Update: According to Paul Thurrott ’The Arc Touch is a mouse. That’s all it is. It’s arched in use, and it lays flat for packing’ which could be the very definition of disappointing.
via Tested.