The LG FINGER mouse

The LG FINGER mouse is a rather self-explanatory product: it's a tiny mouse shaped like a severed human finger. You push the top part of the button to left-click and the bottom portion to right-click -- pretty simple. About the only thing this mouse has going for it -- besides its disregard for handedness -- is the fact that you could stuff it in a pocket for use with your PDA or UMPC; other than that, it looks fairly uncomfortable to maneuver, and sporting a wired mouse is like totally passé. We don't know what it costs and we're not sure where it's available -- our guess is Korea only -- but we doubt folks will be lining up to get their, um, fingers on these things anyway.

[Via Engadget Japanese]

[lolersticks @ Jul 13th 2006 8:03PM]

You know, if it were under $20, I could actually see myself using that for a mouse-intensive program on a PDA, UMPC-type device, or on an Uber-ultralight laptop. If you think about it, it doesn't seem TOO uncomfortable, and better than a keyboard nubbin.


Who wants to touch my nubbin?

[bliss @ Jul 13th 2006 8:49PM]

carpal tunnel anyone?

[Brandon @ Jul 13th 2006 9:01PM]

Now all I have to do is combine those two products, market it to chain smoking programmers and PDA wielding businessmen, and let the millions fall into my lap. Then I'll do a bunch of anti-smoking commercials and pretend I care about my customers' health.

[Brian @ Jul 13th 2006 9:12PM]

I don't understand why you're shooting it down... it seems like a great idea the progression of mobile computing.

The way things are going (cellular phones incorporating more and more functions that used to be only for computers), it will be nice to have an external mouse that you can comfortably fit in your pocket.

Of course, we'll have to wait for wireless intergration for this to be hassle free.

Sure, touch screens are nice, but don't you prefer an external mouse to a touch pad / touch screen / little nub in the center of the keyboard, when surfing or using other software?

[Keith L. Dick @ Jul 13th 2006 9:25PM]

Don't think I'll be playing PREY, Doom 3 or Quake 4 with that thing...

Just a bit to small for my needs...

[soopergooman @ Jul 13th 2006 9:49PM]

Way to steal my idea,(I have a cheap mans patent, registered first class letter to myself) this is almost identical to my drawings, except mines wireless and not chrome. I must make a few phone calls now then. Whats their corporate headquaters phone number? Anybody?

[bazald @ Jul 13th 2006 10:01PM]

The wired mouse is "passe" is it? Honestly, unless you need your mouse to be far from your computer, the wired mouse is probably the better choice much of the time. If you travel a significant amount, you really can't be expected to carry a charging station with you. How is that convenient?

[Tim Marman @ Jul 13th 2006 10:27PM]

I wonder how this compares from a usability perspective to the Mogo PC card mouse. Unless significantly easier to use, I would probably lean towards that (which charges when inserted).

But I do have to think it would be much more attractive if it was Bluetooth enabled...

[erik @ Jul 13th 2006 10:32PM]

"Don't think I'll be playing PREY, Doom 3 or Quake 4 with that thing...

Just a bit to small for my needs..."

thats what she said. sorry.

[Wry Cooter @ Jul 13th 2006 11:04PM]

Maybe its just my luck of the draw, but I haven't seen a single picture in any engadget article I've read today. Going for more click thrus to the originating article for some reason?

[Felix @ Jul 13th 2006 11:39PM]

"Way to steal my idea,(I have a cheap mans patent, registered first class letter to myself) this is almost identical to my drawings, except mines wireless and not chrome. I must make a few phone calls now then. Whats their corporate headquaters phone number? Anybody?"

The cheap man's patent has failed in court many times. I believe its no longer/never has been a real way to copyright.

[Jeffrey M Foster @ Jul 14th 2006 1:34AM]

"cheap man's patent" has NEVER been valid in any situation. (According to the copyright lawyer who lectured at one of my classes.)

i think this mouse would be fine to use... i really cant imagine anything that'd make it so uncomfortable to use... it's seems like a pretty damn natural progression of tiny mice. (which ARE great for laptops! i've never really liked trackpads that much, though apple's are starting to get nice with 2 finger scrolling etc.)

If i ever get around to buying that macbook, i may indeed get one of these for any PS work. (though it'll have t come to america first.)


...who the hell wrote this article, Engadget? someone who uses a trackball or something? damn.

[russdogg @ Jul 14th 2006 2:19AM]

Its the perfect gift. I can hear their marketing campaign now... "Now you can give your boss the Finger..."

[neXus @ Jul 14th 2006 3:02AM]

Nevermind the finger, gimme the lighter!

[duke hafa @ Jul 14th 2006 7:26AM]

does it vibrate ? because if this baby do...

[stayontheroofs @ Jul 14th 2006 9:18AM]

Was it just a game to you
But Im in so deep
You know Im such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it LGFINGER

[telanis @ Jul 14th 2006 11:32AM]

it would be great to get 5 of them, strap them to all the fingers on one hand and configure a game to be played that way......lol

[Eric Wecker @ Jul 14th 2006 6:34PM]

"The cheap man's patent has failed in court many times. I believe its no longer/never has been a real way to copyright."

First of all everyone here should know the difference between copyrights and patents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property

"...In the United States, copyright has relatively recently been made automatic (in the style of the Berne Convention), which has had the effect of making it appear to be more like a property right. Thus, as with property, a copyright need not be granted or obtained through official registration with any Government Office. Once an idea has been reduced to tangible form, for example by securing it in a fixed medium (such as a drawing, sheet music, photograph, a videotape or a letter), the copyright holder is entitled to enforce his or her exclusive rights. However, while a copyright need not be officially registered for the copyright owner to begin exercising his exclusive rights, registration of works (where the laws of that jurisdiction provide for registration) does have benefits; it serves as prima facie evidence of a valid copyright and enables the copyright holder to seek statutory damages and attorney's fees (whereas in the USA, for instance, registering after an infringement only enables one to receive actual damages and lost profits)."

[Gerald @ Sep 16th 2006 1:39PM]

How much are these things?
I might want to buy some

[Danny Zhang @ Nov 30th 2007 9:11PM]

We have invent another wireless finger mouse, for more details:
http://www.fingermouse.com.cn
Let me know your comments!

[Elliot D Mozorosky @ Jan 1st 2008 5:16PM]

Maybe my minds in the gutter (What else is new...), but it sure looks like a "Female "Relaxation" Device"