Yeah, I don't understand why everybody's going crazy over wireless keyboards and mice. Ok for a HTPC, but iMac? It's infront of you on your desk, you're sitting 50cm-1m from it anyway. I just don't get it...
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CES 2011: iCADE for iPad, Magic Mouse Inductive Charger
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Yeah, I don't understand why everybody's going crazy over wireless keyboards and mice. Ok for a HTPC, but iMac? It's infront of you on your desk, you're sitting 50cm-1m from it anyway. I just don't get it...
If I didn't have a pretty nice wired mouse, and the fact I'm pretty sick of turning bluetooth on and off every time I want to take my laptop anywhere minus it's charger, that inductive charger would definitely make me get the MM, I almost expected apple to come out with something like that to be honest.
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Also, I haven't read anything about the risks of having a source of electro-magnetic radiation running on your desk 24/7. Is that an issue?
Games that need porting
1 - PacMan
2 - Defender
3 - Joust
4 - Popeye
5 - Donkey Kong
6 - Snacks'n Jaxson
7 - Galaga
8 - Asteroids
9 - Moon Buggy
10 - Q*bert
1 - PacMan
2 - Defender
3 - Joust
4 - Popeye
5 - Donkey Kong
6 - Snacks'n Jaxson
7 - Galaga
8 - Asteroids
9 - Moon Buggy
10 - Q*bert
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I haven't made it through all the posts so forgive me if someone has already said this...
But you wouldn't need any additional cables/wires if Apple merely made the base of the iMac the conductive recharging surface... Problem solved.
Not the first as I thought!!!
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Same here! I want to pre-order this now because they are going to be hard to get for a while. I also hope it will work with the 2nd gen iPad's since that's probably the one I will be buying.
If you watch the video the first game coming out is Asteroids!!!! I so want one of these. I can see this bad boy sitting on my living room table!!
I agree with that list 100%. Give me some Galaga and Joust and I would be one freaking happy camper!!!
Just watched this video and it says there is already some games in iTunes that will play with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xszZdSWhRMk&feature=related
Is the iCade controls available for other game controls? AFIAK, there is no API for game developers to read input from a keyboard, and there is no general bluetooth compatibility, you can only use headsets and specific bluetooth equipment approved by Apple.
I can't explain it to you. I think the whole wireless thing is a lame way of charging something. Soon enough people will have three "wireless" charging pads to accommodate their 5 or 7 devices (that would have only used 3 common USB cords in the first place.)
Yeah, I don't understand why everybody's going crazy over wireless keyboards and mice. Ok for a HTPC, but iMac? It's infront of you on your desk, you're sitting 50cm-1m from it anyway. I just don't get it...
I use a corded mouse and keyboard at home for gaming. However at work I use a wireless. The primary reason is the ability to move my workstation components out of the way when I don't need them and without the hassle of tangled cords. Further, wires on mice do cause resistance to your mousing habits, get caught on items on your desk. Since I switched a few months ago, my comfort level at work has gone up and in turn I feel a bit more productive.
To all the other posters that don't get it, this charger means you no longer have to swap batteries. Every time you swap out you're doing damage to the connectors on the mouse and on the batteries as well as potentially damaging the battery door. You don't use the mouse on the charger base, it's just a charger. You continue using it just like you did before. In fact you can probably put the charger where ever you feel like.
I will actually gladly support this type of gaming with my pocket book. Hopefully if enough money and enough demand is there we will see more games released and not just from Atari either. Lets bring in some of the other favorites. Activision old school games come to mind!
MS + Sanyo
You should try these:
http://www.eneloop.info/products/batteries/eneloop.html
They work very well for me (> 4 weeks without recharging) within my Microsoft Arc mouse.
You should try these:
http://www.eneloop.info/products/batteries/eneloop.html
They work very well for me (> 4 weeks without recharging) within my Microsoft Arc mouse.
Ehm, what makes you think the cable is trailing along - you use the MagicMouse as before at put it at night on the charger ... nothing trailing along and the mouse is as easy to use as ever (minus the battery changing)
I think I pay $20 AUD for my Logitech 'budget' optical mice, and I'm sure they're even cheaper in the US. So $10, $20, whatever the guy still makes a valid point. I've yet to find any mouse that feels better in the hand than the cheapest Logitech mouse, and I'm using it 40+ hours per week. That's what Apple fails to understand when they keep coming out with these 'cool' looking mice from the worst one of all, the original iMac pucklet, through the slippery pill-shaped models, to the current, shiny and sharp edged Magic Mouse. IMO, the old Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II was a superior ergonomic design.
Apple, the very company that brought the humble mouse to consumer computing, still can't quite get it right. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mouse for the sad history of Apple mice!
Grow up!
No one who does serious work, uses an Apple mouse. So your "argument" is pointless.
That is what we call progress! *lol*
No one who does serious work, uses an Apple mouse. So your "argument" is pointless.
That is what we call progress! *lol*