Today’s CH selection from Popular Science’s recent Best of What’s New 2006 is Logitech’s MX Revolution. After hearing the buzz about this multi-functional new device, CH decided to test it out for ourselves.
With a rechargable lithium-ion battery and a wireless USB connection, the MX Revolution has the basics of what you’d expect from a hi-tech mouse. But the real draw are the programmable buttons (dowloadable software’s required) and engineering innovations.
Over two years in development, the main feature is a central scroll wheel, which switches between “hyper-fast” and slow speeds with a downward click. But toggling between speeds with the MX Revolution is something you probably won’t have to do for yourself that often. Using “SmartShift” technology, the mouse actually detects the software you’re using on the computer and switches to the appropriate speed. When you scroll quickly, the wheel disengages so as not to spin out of […]
Original post by Ami Kealoha
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