Wow Pen Joy Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse Black Review # 1

I am a bit of a mouse junkie, I have purchased about 10 mice/Trackball in the last 2 years. I am in search of the best and most usable mouse for work. I am on the computer 12+ hours a day most of the week.

I will rank this Wow Pen Joy Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse a close #1 for these:

1. Very lite, easy to move.
2. Excellent angle, not as upright as the "Evoluent VM3R2-RSB Vertical Mouse 3" which I also have in my arsenal of mouse.
3. The back and forward buttons are easily reachable with the thumb.
4. Easy to click.
5. Thumb area has a hook area where your thumb can sit which the Evoluent doesn't have is a great plus+
6. The mouse look nice, perfect blend of shiny and dull rubbery areas for better control.
7. Overall feeling of my hand and arm don't feel tired after a full days use, that is very important to me.

The mouse feels like it should be held with a full palm, but my hand is too big and misses the buttons, therefore this is the only downside, I have found a position that is comfortable and doesn't set the side of my hand scraping the desk (like the Evoluent did).

One note: Wow Pen Joy Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse is my true #1 input device: Kensington Turboring which has been discontinued & mine broke is the best trackball I have used. I wish Kensington made it again. My thumb was rarely used which I believe can cause most of the strain on the hand and arm.

After 1 year of use, the mouse is still my daily driver. I tried a different mouse (3M Ergo which was a fail). The mouse still works great, the only downside after 1 year of use is the scroll wheel now makes a squeaking sound when used, not unbearable but can get annoying if the room is quiet.

BlackBerry trackball Replacement

Blackberry Replacing the trackball you can be easily and quickly and can save many problems and money. You can buy a trackball instead of BlackBerry repair kit from the store like RepairsUniverse.com. To do this the BlackBerry trackball replacement process, you will have little leverage tool comes free with the kit.

You must first turn off the phone and the best way to do this is to open the case back and remove the battery. Take the tool handle and put it slightly below the ring around the trackball. Try to take the ring with the help of the tool as a lever, but do not press too hard. You should be able to use easily. Then, she on one side. If it is not broken when you leave the phone, I could use it again or save for future replacement.

The next thing to get the trackball. It is set in place by four small magnets. Using the tool of leverage easily but you could lift the trackball on, but it is easier to hand over the phone, bring back pat and the trackball out of him.

Now, apart from the Trackball is open, you can check to see if there is dust or dirt and give a quick cleaning if it is. Do not clean as smoothly as possible by blowing air into it.
Now, take your new trackball, which has four white notches grouped two on each side of the trackball. Slots must point to the side of your BlackBerry trackball when inserted in its place. You can manually insert easily, simply by using the tool as a lever to push sticks a little to ensure that the BlackBerry Trackball instead.

After the Trackball in place, you must return the ring he owns. You can use your ring comes with old or new for a new trackball. It is important to note that the ring slots on each side, instead of one. Side is not one that should slots up point (ie the top of your BlackBerry phone) when you enter the ring. When you put on the phone, press the ring so that it sticks in place. Instead it was your BlackBerry trackball, and that your phone is repaired.

Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse Review #2

The range of terrible Trackball designs are truly remarkable, and one need only search images.google to find examples:

Square devices with a ball set directly in the center, for--you know--that finger we all have in the direct palm of our hands.

Bizarre curvatures that must have looked totally super in whatever design software they used, but serve no practical use other than translating into discomfort for the user.

Some have the ball set more toward the top, but still centered...for the middle finger? Maybe they're specialized for people lacking those opposing digits we call thumbs, but I'm glad more products aren't designed in this way. Why not steering wheels that can only be operated with the fourth finger and your nose?

And plenty more that were evidently innovated by people that have never personally seen a human hand. It's little wonder why adoption rates of trackballs over mice is so low, despite the clear superiority as a pointing device.

But at some point the planets must have aligned because Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse came along and hit on every item toward the perfect design: one that's curved to actually accommodate a human hand, with the ball set directly under the thumb, and five buttons because they recognized that advanced primates are capable of more complex coordination than two button mice have traditionally recognized. None of which are tucked away on the side or some other unreachable spot: somebody at Microsoft realized that buttons should actually be positioned where they _might be of some use_ to the operator.

To top it off, they produced some spiffy Windows-friendly software called Intellipoint that lets you customize the functions of all five buttons on a per-app basis, making it perfect for every task associated with computing. I set art software to undo/redo with the fourth and fifth buttons respectively. I configure games so buttons like jump and alt fire are all on the mouse, relegating the keyboard to strictly movement and less frequent functions. There is literally no application that cannot be improved in some way, and going back to a normal mouse would feel as primitive as using one before scroll wheels became standard.

Now the mechanical aspects: the ball is suspended on three metal bearings set within wells, which are prone to accumulating dust and grease so cleaning becomes necessary perhaps once per month or as smoother operation warrants. Take a tooth pick, needle, guitar pick--whatever is handy and scrape it out.

Removing the Trackball requires no disassembly, there is a hole underneath the unit to push it out. Or you could throw it against a wall. I would recommend the prior because these devices--now discontinued--have found their way into cult status and purchasing a used one can set you back thirty dollars or more, and twice that for new.

The most failure-prone component is probably the USB cord. I have had several fail on me over varying periods and depending on the type of use. One that I would carry in my laptop bag wore much faster than those at home, while those used in more normal desktop settings have yet to break.

The inner technology is all simple, and I have personally brought back several used 'as-is' units from death by simple soldering. The internals consist of four PCBs: control board, optical tracking board, and two for the buttons with the fifth button on an independent board to account for the shell curvature. With so few components there is little to break down and defects are easily troubleshooted and repaired, which means a long lifespan expectancy. But I own a dozen anyway for just-in-case backups, because I could not return to a mouse at this point and have yet to see a trackball that meets or exceeds on Microsoft's design.