Logitech's Wireless Trackball M570 rolls out for $60, doesn't bow to fancy touch mice

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Logitech's Wireless Trackball M570 rolls out for $60, doesn't bow to fancy touch mice

Oh yes, that up there is Logitech's newest Wireless Trackball M570, which apparently caters to an "overwhelming demand of dedicated trackball users." Well, we'll be damned! At this point, we'd figured that trackballers would have switched over to an MX or something by now, but we do have to say the new sculpted shape is mighty comfortable, and if spinning a big blue ball to navigate the desktop is your thing it doesn't seem like a bad deal. The $59.99 peripheral will be available immediately, and packs 2.4GHz wireless and a small USB Unifying receiver that tucks into the bottom of the mouse for safe keeping. Logitech sent us one to play around with, and though we're not exactly the most nimble at using the trackball to jump from window to window, the scroll wheel felt calming enough and there are two back / forward buttons to get you from tab A to tab B. Guess we really have to hand it to 'em for sticking with what works. Hit the gallery below for some more eye candy, and hop on past the break for the full press release.

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[hellnoire]

Does anyone here use a trackball? I used to have one... but I just don't like the feel anymore.

[FunkY]

I like trackball and it's good to use
BUT i play games like FPS so you know the rest...

Thanks for the news prakash29617

[Ande]

Nice. does anyone know of a trackball that can lock so when I take my finger off of it, it doesn't move?

[hellnoire]

I like trackball and it's good to use
BUT i play games like FPS so you know the rest...

Thanks for the news prakash29617

I was using a trackball for FPS games... harder then normal but once you get used to it, really fun.

Nice. does anyone know of a trackball that can lock so when I take my finger off of it, it doesn't move?

Mine didn't offer that... so no, I don't.

[FunkY]

I was using a trackball for FPS games... harder then normal but once you get used to it, really fun.

Absolutely harder than normal Anyway after all that practise you just roll the marble, you did 900 degree turn.... and bull's eye?

[JayCub]

60 dollars for a rodent i would expect it to be good, never used one myself but heard they can be really precise, just the usual wireless ones that im happy with..

[johnshaw1917]

Never used a track ball before and for $60, I probably won't.

[hellnoire]

Absolutely harder than normal Anyway after all that practise you just roll the marble, you did 900 degree turn.... and bull's eye?

I got it down to a science thanks to how often I had to use that blasted trackball. Then it broke... too much use. I turned around and bought a $20 wired mouse with Back/Forwards buttons on it, which is my current mouse, a Toshiba X20... they advertise it for gaming, but I got it on major discount though WalMart.