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6.0
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8.2
4 reviews
6.0
Digital Trends Oct 11, 2010

Credit goes to Lenovo for transplanting the trackball to the couch, where it works surprisingly well, but poor connectivity, flat keys and a lack of backlighting all hold this controller back. Its most redeeming quality might be the $60 price tag.

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8.0
ArkHunter ArkHunter

I replaced a full size keyboard with built in trackball and buttons with this. It does a great job of that and is pretty much equivalent or actually probably even better. (if you don't mind thumb typing) Cons: 1. Worst problem is the lack of a backlight on the keys! Sense you are thumb...

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7.0
patrickneville patrickneville

I really like this trackball and keyboard set up. I got it to use with my laptop thats hooked up to my hdtv to play videos and browse some of the web. It works great in that respect for the most part. The only things i see that are really missing are a scroll wheel, middle click buttons and back...

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10
wesalvaro wesalvaro

I've been looking for something like this for my HTPC forever. This was definitely the solution. I bought two! You can find them cheap when Lenovo has the coupon floating around. Highly suggested! Plug-n-play. And no, the two units don't interfere with each other and they have a...

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8.0
Trioculus Trioculus

Works well enough for an HTPC: gets you by in a pinch but you're mostly using your remote anyway. It's small, so you can have it around with your remote control collection without it being an eyesore and the battery is good enough that it will work when you do need to use it.

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