Found out it’s called the Microsoft Dial, but I think the Microsoft Knob is far far better.
I wonder if you can pair it with a Surface Book? If so, then it could be used in a mobile context. And if that were the case, then it could very easily be misplaced and we could end up asking “Where’s my Knob? I can’t find my Knob? Has anyone seen my Knob?”
This is brilliant.. someone tweet Microsoft.
Having spent my entire career in the industry, do you know how many people I’ve met who prefer them to a mouse ?
Ok, serious HCI discussion – that’s not the same as a novelty mouse, it’s a context sensitive hardware knob, which has not been seen before. And that PC also has a normal mouse if you watch the vid.
I wouldn’t imagine Apple would be worried, but I’d like to be a product designer in Apple at the moment because I’d imagine a fat chunk of their huge cash reserves will be coming the way of my department.
This is only good news for consumers as these two start to use their large wallets to compete for innovation and coolness.