The Apple Magic Mouse

As early as I got to office this Apple Magic Mouse was the first thing I saw on my browser. And yes, Apple just launched it together with the new iMac, MacBook and Mac mini.

The Apple’s new Magic Mouse doesn’t have anything on the surface. It has no buttons,scroll wheel & wire. Instead of buttons, it has a aluminium-based smooth multitouch panel.

It features a number of gestures that are, surprisingly, different from Macbook Pro trackpad.

You can scroll with two or three fingers, if you move them up and down. But if you swipe them from side to side while using a web browser, your browsing history moves forward or back.

Design: Physically, the mouse is beautiful, and feels great. It is one seamless touch surface, and, logically, there is no Mighty Mouse scroll nipple.

The surface can also simulate the left and right buttons. Unlike in previous Apple’s mice, the two buttons work perfectly. This time they also added physical feedback, so when you click the buttons, you actually get the entire surface to click—like the original clear Apple mouse.

Installation: When you unpack and first flick the mouse, easily it would be spotted over Bluetooth on your regular Mac, but it only works with tracking and single click, it will need a software update to work fully with multitouch gestures.

Battery: It runs on AA batteries, and Apple claims 4 months of use per set. I guess it would be some time till we can actually test that.