Microsoft Announces New Hardware for Windows 8
The $80 Microsoft Wedge Mobile
Keyboard is a full size keyboard designed for tablet users.
Microsoft's Sculpt Touch Mouse, also
priced at $50, has a four-way touch scroll strip, to
simplify navigating through the Windows 8 Start screen. By swiping a finger on
the panel, users can easily navigate through multiple panels on the Start screen.
The mouse also supports easier navigation through documents. Similarly, the $80
Microsoft Touch Mouse incorporates finger swipes and other movements for
convenient navigation.
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Microsoft's Wedge Touch Mouse can fit in a pocket—it's
that compact.
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MICROSOFT RECENTLY announced new
keyboards and mice optimized for tablets and laptops running the Windows 8
operating system.
The new devices are lighter and more
mobile than their predecessors, and will work with tablets running Windows 8
(due for release on October 26). They are wireless and use Bluetooth, cutting
dependence on USB ports.
Microsoft’s new mice and keyboards
will debut around the time of the Windows 8 launch, Microsoft said in a
statement. The company will release its Surface tablet with Windows at approximately
the same time.
The $80 Microsoft Wedge Mobile
Keyboard is a full size keyboard designed for tablet users.
The $50 Microsoft Sculpt Mobile
Keyboard builds in a 6-degree curve, much Like Microsoft's ergonomic keyboards.
It has a number of Windows 8-specific hotkeys, and offers ten months of battery
life in active use.
EarLier this year, Microsoft's
Flardware Division announced that it would be updating the Touch Mouse to
include new functionality designed for Windows 8, with support for new gestures
that will help make navigation easier.
Microsoft's Sculpt Touch Mouse, also
priced at $50, has a four-way touch scroll strip, to
simplify navigating through the Windows 8 Start screen. By swiping a finger on
the panel, users can easily navigate through multiple panels on the Start screen.
The mouse also supports easier navigation through documents. Similarly, the $80
Microsoft Touch Mouse incorporates finger swipes and other movements for
convenient navigation.
The $70 Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse
can shut down when a tablet goes into sleep mode, thereby extending the mouse's
battery life. Smaller than a traditional mouse, it's designed for mobile use
you can fit it into a pocket and work on any surface.
The accessories will work with devices
based on Intel processors, and with Windows RT devices based on ARM
processors. The new keyboards and mice are also compatible with Windows 7,
Vista, and Mac OS, though some features may not work.
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