Gone are the frustrating days of having your mouse stick- Sony Australia has devised a new alternative in the form of the Memory Stick USB Mouse.
-The mouse used to be the desktop equivalent of the bad shopping trolley", according to Ben Smith of Sony Australia's Personal Video Group.
Now the memory stick is a combination of a USB high-speed reader/writer and an optical mouse, meaning there are no moving parts.
Rather than use a conventional ball to sense movement of the mouse, Sony's Memory Stick utilises an optical interface, which bounces two beams of light off the operating surface to detect motion. This means the mouse does not necessarily need a smooth surface to operate on and there are no moving parts to wear out.
The Memory Stick USB Mouse (MSACUS5) allows the transfer of data such as documents, video, audio, still pictures or even programming code to and from a Memory Stick at a fast 1.5MB's. Users simply insert their Memory Stick into the slot in the mouse, which in turn appears as a new drive on the computer.
Memory Sticks are now available in capacities ranging from 4MB to 64MB with a 128MB Memory Stick available from 2001.
Company:Sony Australia Limited
Price: AU$199
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