{"id":2817,"date":"2011-05-13T22:41:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2011-05-13T22:41:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T15:41:16","slug":"a-dads-point-of-view-microsoft-arc-touch-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/a-dads-point-of-view-microsoft-arc-touch-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dad’s Point of View: Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Daniel Van Beek<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Van Beek is a dad and \u00a0small business owner and talented and creative graphic artist.\u00a0 He created the company<\/em> TGraphicsWest.com<\/em><\/a>, a flourishing t-shirt graphics company that provides the art design and t-shirts for the Josten\u2019s Renaissance program in public schools\u00a0across the country.\u00a0 Daniel gained notoriety when he debuted as his alter-ego, Danger Dan<\/a> for <\/em>the show, <\/em>WipeOut<\/em>, during the winter special earlier this year. \u00a0Dan is a subscriber of WellConnectedMom.com and avid technologist.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I travel to the east coast about once and month and my hardware is always in tow. \u00a0Laptop, sales catalogs, Pantone\u00a0book\u00a0(art business), t-shirt samples, portable drive and a wireless mouse …. er ….screeeeech. \u00a0Back that up.<\/p>\n

Enter Microsoft’s Arc Touch<\/a>*. \u00a0A stylish, functional and portable (just like me) wireless mouse. \u00a0I know what you are thinking, aren’t all wireless mice portable? They are, but this one you can put in your front pocket and no one would look at you funny.<\/p>\n

Portability is only the icing in this case. <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"The Arc Touch looks space age with it’s slim slick bendable finish, everyone ohs-n-ahs when I pull it out to work. \u00a0Often they can’t help themselves but to pick it up and try it for themselves. \u00a0The roller ball has been replaced with a smooth metallic plate that performs the same task.<\/p>\n

It takes a little\u00a0getting\u00a0used to and has settings to make it function exactly to your own needs. \u00a0The Blue Track sensor is amazing and works on any surface. \u00a0We even tested it on some crazy surfaces here in the office. \u00a0Marble, cotton t-shirt,\u00a0Styrofoam, carpet, and my h\"\"airy arm pits were no match for this mouse. \u00a0It worked flawlessly in all cases. \u00a0Connecting it to the computer was super simple with it’s tiny\u00a0USB\u00a0connector.<\/p>\n

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