Get ready: Blue is the new red, says Microsoft

Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 10 September 2008 10:54

Your IT - Home IT

Again, a colour choice is offered. The $US29.95 Wireless Mobile Mouse will be widely available in black or white, and (initially exclusively to Target) in blue, red, pink, purple or green.

Other new peripherals shipping ahead of the BlueTrack include two new desktop sets and a pair of LifeCams.

The $US99.95 Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 combines a "Windows Aero-inspired" wireless keyboard based on the Comfort Curve design with the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 released earlier this year. The keyboard, which features Media Center controls and one-touch access to Flip 3D, will be sold separately for $US59.95. Both products go on sale this month.

The Wireless Media Desktop 1000 consists of an "ultra-thin" keyboard with support for various Windows features, and an ambidextrous mouse. Priced at $US49.95, the Desktop 1000 ships later this month.

But you'll have to wait until October for the LifeCam Show or LifeCam VX-5000.

The $US99.95 LifeCam Show emphasises slimness, and is just half an inch (approx 1.3cm) thick. Despite the small dimensions, it features a 2 megapixel sensor and a noise-cancelling microphone.

Three mounting options are provided: a clip to snap onto a notebook, a magnetic attachment that can be stuck onto the lid of a notebook or onto a conventional display, and an 11in (28cm) desktop stand.

And there's a new service and revised software to go with the LifeCams - see page four.