Elecom to release M-HT1DRBK Ohama wireless trackball

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/04/2017 08:29 AM | source: | 6 comment(s)

Admittedly I am still using trackballs! If you can remember them, the Trackball explorer 1.0 from Microsoft to be precise :) And they are great to work with, Asia based Elecom will release a version that resembles that old Microsoft one a bit, the M-HT1DRBK Ohama.

The M-HT1DRBK Ohama will actually be wireless, using thr 2.4 Ghz band, but there also is a regular wired version called M-HT 1 URBK. These units use a gaming grade optical sensor, with selectable 500 / 1,000 / 1,500 polling speeds. The buttons left and right are based on proper Omron's switches, You will spot all eight buttons including two side buttons, and scrolling left and right. You can assign functions the buttons using a software utility.

The unit dimensions are W 114.7 × D 181.9 × H 57.2 mm. The wireless model to be capable of working 534 days maximum with x2 AA batteries and low usage (no clue how they measured that though), and the wired model has 1.5 m cable. More info here (you'd probably need to translate though).

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Humanoid_1
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#5449296 Posted on: 07/04/2017 10:01 AM

Yeah, I love track balls too, I recently broke out an old Logitech Trackman Marble (wired version) which I find great to use for my home cinema setup on the sofa

Sadly its actual tracking ability is pretty slow, any remotely fast movements and the cursor goes loopy lol

May well look this one up once it becomes available

EDIT: oops, mine was wireless after all, been away from home too long lol

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#5449367 Posted on: 07/04/2017 01:39 PM

I recently broke out an old Logitech Trackman Marble (wired version) which I find great to use for my home cinema setup on the sofa

I have one of those as well, although I use it pretty rarely. Its specs certainly look lower than this Obama's, but on the other hand, I wouldn't use it for anything serious, only regular desktop work, so it's not really an issue.

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#5449376 Posted on: 07/04/2017 02:26 PM

I loved my trackball I used at work.
Until someone replaced ball with mandarin...

found ball ;P

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#5449383 Posted on: 07/04/2017 02:38 PM

Oh my Logitech Trackball just die like a year ago, i still miss it. Coming back to a normal mouse was very disappointing T_T

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#5449479 Posted on: 07/04/2017 07:46 PM

I have two Sanwa MA-TB39 trackballs on my desk. I went with Sanwa after my last old Logitech PS/2 trackball went south. (I first tried a Logitech M570 wireless but it was useless for playing games.)

I recommend Sanwa but it would be interesting to compare with the new Elecom, though to my taste the Elecom design seems a little over complicated.

Wonder if this means some of the old Logitech trackball patents are expiring? One Logitech patent I looked up expires somewhere around 2020.

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