Wow-Pen's Joy mouse is a like a fat, melted marker
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Feb 19th 2008 11:51AM
posted Feb 19th 2008 11:51AM
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20000 KRW is only $21.50 either that or i just got a lot richer with all the money I have here...
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That actually looks really cool.
I'd try it...
Yeah but the Logitech MX Revolution owns it by far :P
I like my revolution MX, but I'd consider this mouse for 20 bucks... it does look as if it'd be comfortable.
I'd give it a shot.
...but i can't, because it's not mac-compatible.
haha - what a joke. since when does a mouse care what OS it's on?
1995 called, it want's its "compatibility" listing back.
I agree, I'm getting a little sick of engadget trying to put a negative spin on pretty cool gadgets.
I actually stopped playing world of warcraft because I recently broke my right arm which also dislocated my wrist. I can't twist my wrist to hold my mouse and using my left hand for mouse and keyboard became a hassle. I wouldn't mind buying this mouse (which coincidently is called wow-pen) to play wow again.
You know, if it takes a debilitating injury to get you to stop playing WoW, maybe you should take that as a sign ;)
Really, you don't think this looks comfortable? Because to me, this looks like exactly the kind of mouse someone should have made a long time ago. The rotated posture of the wrist during mouse usage is the major problem with it. I've moved to using a pen tablet to get a more natural wrist posture, but this looks like the best of both worlds.
it looks like a clickable volcano. For the WoW dependant, it could be a huge asset. And, someone will paint it and make it look cool sooner or later.
This form factor looks very similar to the design of the VerticalMouse 3 (rev.2), made by Evoluent, which has been around for many, many years. I started using a VerticalMouse last year, in order to correct mild carpal tunnel. It's not as attractive as it could possibly be, but it sure did the trick for me; my wrist pain is completely gone. Extremetech.com has a nice review, plus a comparison with some other ergonomic mouse alternatives:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2149559,00.asp
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2076489,00.asp
Anyone with wrist problems should look into it.
The idea is not new. Since the 90s, a Norwegian company produces a much more radical version of this idea, see http://www.animax.no/ .
Does it blend?
Does it repeat lame jokes that were only mildly funny when someone else came up with them last year?
XP and Vista crash when you mention doing anything intense, such as blending.
But I assume that either this works with every major operating system or there's a CD full of drivers you have to install... and if the hardware is the same as a regular mouse except the shape of the case, that would be horrible.
And for goodness sake, save that question for when it's applicable. Can the 360 blend? No. Can the ps3 blend? Soon. Can the Wii blend? Technically. Got it?
Too bad for leftys -- why is it mouse manufactures always seem to ignore south-paws?? :-(
Because they're inferior, obviously.....
actually most lefties mouse right-handed anyway. Since lefties are used to a right-handed biased world, most lefties are forced to be more ambidextrous than most righties. Studies have shown being more ambidextrous improves brain function by increasing the amount of brain activity-- simply learning to do something left handed that you are used to doing right handed makes some profound changes to the brain since parts of the brain that are not used to doing one type of task have to learn the task normally handled by another part of the brain. There's even research that may suggest doing this kind of cross-brain learning might help stave off Alzheimers. Therefore, lefties are actually superior. Too bad most righties don't have the brain power to understand that ;-)
maybe you leftards should shut up and quit whining!
sinai, is that you, "jew balls"?
Too bad you are an inferior lefty vs. being the *far* superior ambidextrous.
Interesting. The grip the hand is holding that mouse is about the grip I use on a normal mouse + some finger rotation. I do find it disgusting that southpaw mice are nearly impossible to find - being a true ambi I like to swap my mouse side every so often to keep the muscles in my hands equal. Without a very cheep mouse, its nearly impossible to do though.
It's not much different than the microsoft natural mouse, and just as goofy looking.
it is cheaper.
Same idea, but instead of holding a pen, your hand is just on its side. WITH LEFTIE SUPPORT!
http://www.evoluent.com/index.html
i would like to say the reason i wouldnt buy this is because i already have a G5, but i actually just cant buy a mouse that needs to be that tall, i mean what the hell is in there?
Looks like it would hurt my wrist even more really. Mousing doesn't hurt me unless I'm at the tail end of a marathon gaming session, but writing is torture!
Marker? Maybe a big box of crayola markers. I own many markers and none look like that if I were to melt them.
General Grevious takes mice from Jedi he's killed...
I just don't understand the small mouse thing. The Dell mouse my computer came with is half the size of a hot pocket. For someone who can palm a basketball, it's like trying to mouse with a bottle top.
I just need a mouse the size of a softball, "ergonomic" or not.
@sinai
After you loose your right hand in an industrial accident, then you can tell us how you really feel about lefties.
Not all lefties are left handed from birth.
Do they make it for left handed?
"any XP or Vista machine"
Face it. If someone cares that little about what OS they're running, they're not going to care much what mouse they use. These people are ignoring their market. It's us dvorak and colemak typists, and linux, *BSD(+mach/NeXT), and OpenSolaris users that would consider buying something like this. Maybe we have an ego issue, but I resent being ignored just because 90% of the population think that viruses and other malware are somehow normal.
...I don't know how you market a mouse to users of a particular keyboard layout.
The take home is that these people need to advertise on phoronix or something.
Could we get pie charts for the OS'es and browsers used to visit and comment on engadget? I'm really curious.
WARNING:
This educational device is intended for girls only as it teaches them how to grip bananas properly for maximum blowout. This device can cause harmful psychological effect in boys.
I own one of the older brothers of this mouse (corded Wow-Pen Eco) and I absolutely love it! It's worlds better than VerticalMouse, I have tried them both.
Will buy this new one without hesitations immediately when it's available here.
NEW version of WOWPEN is 2 tools in one! It is a computer mouse and writing pen that allows you to write on paper and on the computer screen at the same time! No expensive notebooks needed.
Find it at www.wowpen.us
wowpen NEW version is a pen and mouse- in ONE tool!
http://www.wowpen.us/