Kensington made a new wireless version of its SlimBlade trackball mouse
Kensington’s new version of its SlimBlade trackball mouse has a big improvement over the original model: wireless connectivity. With the SlimBlade Pro, which Kensington announced on Tuesday, you’ll be able to connect the trackball to your PC or Mac via Bluetooth or with a 2.4GHz wireless dongle (via 9to5Mac).
Kensington claims the SlimBlade Pro will be able to get up to four months of battery life on a single charge, so you should be able to use the trackball for quite a while before needing to plug it in. The dongle has a handy storage spot on the bottom of the trackball if you want to keep it out of sight. And if you prefer keeping your mouse or trackball hooked up to your computer all the time, the SlimBlade Pro works with a wired connection, too, thanks to a built-in USB-C port.
The SlimBlade Pro otherwise offers many features available on the original SlimBlade. The big red trackball on the Pro is still 55mm in diameter, and Kensington says you can scroll just by twisting it. (I’m personally quite curious how well this works; I was a big fan of the physical scroll wheel on the Expert Mouse.) You’ll also be able to customize what each button does with the KensingtonWorks software, which could be a useful way to personalize the trackball mouse for your needs.
You can order the SlimBlade Pro now in North America from Kensington’s online store for $119.99. The original wired-only SlimBlade is still available, too, for $10 cheaper.
Kensington’s new version of its SlimBlade trackball mouse has a big improvement over the original model: wireless connectivity. With the SlimBlade Pro, which Kensington announced on Tuesday, you’ll be able to connect the trackball to your PC or Mac via Bluetooth or with a 2.4GHz wireless dongle (via 9to5Mac). Kensington…
Recent Posts
- Adobe made a small change to its terms and conditions and that made its users very, very unhappy — scrutinizing data to find illegal content is a risky move
- NASA says Voyager 1 is fully back online months after it stopped making sense
- Obscure monitor vendor pips Samsung, Apple, LG to produce world’s first 5K touchscreen display — Alogic’s Clarity Touch works with a stylus and can even charge your laptop
- Apple quietly released a new operating system that almost nobody noticed — unnamed OS surfaces in Private Cloud Compute blog as Apple goes ballistic on AI
- Philips Hue’s jaunty sunrise smart lamp is called the Twilight
Archives
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- December 2011