 - Full-featured laser mouse allows you to navigate through your documents with superior precision
- Unique Scroll Ball provides easy and intuitive 360-degree scrolling
- Trackball mode gives you cursor control in tight spaces and on any surface
- Bluetooth wireless technology for an instant connection ¿ leave your USB ports available for other devices
- Fuel gauge indicator lets you know when it's time to change your batteries
List Price: $99.99
Lowest Price: $74.74 
Product Description: The Kensington SlimBlade Trackball Mouse works where other travel mice can't. The trackball gives you control even when there's no room to move a mouse, then switches to mouse mode with the push of a button. Bluetooth connectivity offers up to 30 feet of range and doesn't use up a USB port. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-05
Mine crapped out
Mine crapped out after a few months. Nice design, but I don't need the aggravation and do not recommend this product.
Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-01
Pitch your Mighty Mouse and grab this.
After going through two of Apple's so-called "mighty" mice Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse each with chronically malfunctioning scrolling beads, I decided to pitch them in favor of a more durable alternative. I had a couple of criteria. First, it had to be Bluetooth wireless -- not one of those ridiculous proprietary wireless protocols from Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 -Slate or Logitech Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks that oblige you to use up one of your USB ports on an adapter. If your computer has built in Bluetooth (like all Macs today), don't go there. Second, it had to be well-built and ergonomically friend.
The Kensington SlimBlade more than fit the bill. It is a solid piece of craftmanship, with a large, more fluid ball than the Might Mouse. It plays quickly and nicely Mac OS X, and is in obtrusive on the desktop. It tracks with precision and two AA batteries have been in mine for almost two months without being replaced.
Highly recommended. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-20
Almost there...
Kensington, are you listening? Next step: allow the trackball and the mouse modes to work together at the same time. When the mouse stops, it's all trackball. When the trackball's not being used, it's all mouse. And when you use both together, the instructions to the computer "add up" from both, for more speed, flexibility, expressiveness, accuracy, and error-elimination through redundancy.
Another suggestion: right now, vertical motion on the screen comes from "head-tail" motion on the mouse, horizontal from "side-to-side"... rather than relative to the desk surface, which would be better, since most people hold the mouse at an angle (due to the anatomy of the hand). Again, better accuracy and expressiveness are in the offing, especially for artists and CAD jocks.
But hey, nice mouse. Five stars--no, six--await. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-07
TYPICAL KENSINGTON QUALITY PRODUCT
Exactly what you would expect; typical Kensington quality. One hint -- don't drink a lot of cafeine before using the trackball. Because of the ball size, if you have a nervous finger, it is hard to pinpoint. Go into your mouse program and slow down the acceleration. This is the only fault I could find, otherwise it's a 5 star product. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-03
Works Great for Tablet Mobile Application
I have 2 of these I purchased for a mobile application using a Motion Computing tablet. I needed a trackball because there isn't room to move a mouse. I needed bluetooth because I didn't want to use one of the ports. I also needed something compact to fit in a small space and easy for traveling. The Kensington SlimBlade fit the bill perfectly. Sure it's a small ball, but you can't put a large ball in a compact package. Just be sure to adjust your mouse speed and precision settings to optimize the use of the trackball. By doing that, I've had no problems zeroing in on specific screen items. Turning on "ClickLock" is also very useful if you need to highlight or drag something with the trackball.
I purchased one last fall and another last month. While not perfect, the documentation was clear about how to transition from trackball to mouse, on/off, etc. No problems in getting it up and running. I would have given it 5 stars except that the ball had some sticktion right out of the box. I exercised it for about 30 seconds and voila no more problem. I didn't have that issue with the first one I bought.
This is a great device for my application and I couldn't find anything else on the market with this capability in this size package. I'm very pleased with it. As always, make sure the product fits your application. |
