Kensington’s new model of its SlimBlade trackball mouse has a giant enchancment over the unique mannequin: wi-fi connectivity. With the SlimBlade Professional, which Kensington introduced on Tuesday, you’ll have the ability to join the trackball to your PC or Mac by way of Bluetooth or with a 2.4GHz wi-fi dongle (by way of 9to5Mac).
Kensington claims the SlimBlade Professional will have the ability to rise up to 4 months of battery life on a single cost, so you need to have the ability to use the trackball for fairly some time earlier than needing to plug it in. The dongle has a helpful storage spot on the underside of the trackball if you wish to preserve it out of sight. And for those who want preserving your mouse or trackball hooked as much as your pc on a regular basis, the SlimBlade Professional works with a wired connection, too, because of a built-in USB-C port.
The SlimBlade Professional in any other case presents many options accessible on the unique SlimBlade. The massive crimson trackball on the Professional continues to be 55mm in diameter, and Kensington says you may scroll simply by twisting it. (I’m personally fairly curious how nicely this works; I used to be a giant fan of the bodily scroll wheel on the Knowledgeable Mouse.) You’ll additionally have the ability to customise what every button does with the KensingtonWorks software program, which may very well be a helpful approach to personalize the trackball mouse to your wants.
You may order the SlimBlade Professional now in North America from Kensington’s on-line retailer for $119.99. The unique wired-only SlimBlade continues to be accessible, too, for $10 cheaper.