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Summary: A great idea -- if you can even get it installed.
Review: Ok. I've installed many different products on many different PCs. But this one isn't working. Three hours later, and it's still stuck in USB hell. And Logitech's tech service is open only 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- I'm supposed to stay home from work to get help? It's a mouse, for goodness sakes. Let's see, how do you spell R-E-T-U-R-N.
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Summary: A cool answer to a question no one asked
Review: Picked up an iFeel mouse off e-bay out of curiousity. You can find them well priced on there. This is my first optical mouse, and seems to be a decent one at that. The "iFeel" part is actually pretty cool, although I really do not see a reason for it. I can't think of any pro's or con's for having it. It works with a couple games (Black and White is neat with it) and it does let me be a little more accurate with clicking. Possibly a good tool for those with less than perfect sight? It took some time to get it to work. Make sure you have the newest software if installing with XP. Overall, if you need a new mouse, you can't beat this price for a great optical mouse. The motion part is just an added bonus--and it freaks people out who don't know what it is. A friend of mine searched the desk for 10 minutes seeking out the "roughness" under the mouse. Needless to say, the desk was clean ;-). Mouse was just set on "squeaky clean". Pretty cool. Find one used or on e-bay. Try not to buy retail.
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Summary: See it, listen to it, and now feel it
Review: The iFeel mouse from logitech is a excelent concept, some people think in this mouse and says "Just another widget for game players..." Hey!, thats no true, this mouse can be a good help for people with dificult to see the pointer position, you can just FEEL when it is over an icon, link, button, etc. And maybe in a closer future WEB PAGES in BRAILLE, yeah it will be cool for a lot of peoples. But in other hand this mouse is cool for playing too, you can have a better experience about what you are doing in a game with this, i am using it with Black & White, and it is just great. you can feel whn you pick up something, when U go out of your influence, etc. What? You are not a gamer, and you have not problem with your vision? Well this mouse give a new perspective to web developer, cuz you can program pages more interactives, people won't just use their sight and ear, they will use their feel too. Ummm, not a gamer, not problems with your vision, not a developer? Hey, then i just have to say that it is a new technology to try, it is realy good, and when you FEEL the experience you will like this mouse.
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Summary: doesn't feel right
Review: The mouse is optical which is good, and sturdy and good quality. Easy to install, although you may need to go to the Logitech website for updates. So what about the tactile feedback? I simply don't like the way it feels when moving over objects. Also, the feedback isn't "smart". Basically anywhere your cursor would change to a hand cursor, it turns on vibration. The clickable region of file icons and many other onscreen objects though does not match the visible border of the object. To put it another way, it turns on tactile feedback even when the mouse is not visually over a file icon. I know that seems irrevelant, but the end result is constant pesky vibrating when you are moving the mouse over a group of file icons or a list of links for example. Luckily, I can turn off tactile feedback easily, and enable it whenever I want to try it again. I have yet to try it in a game.
Bottom line, if you want a good quality mouse but don't want something as expensive and complicated as the intellimouse explorer, this is a neat mouse to have. But don't expect much from the tactile feedback. And of course you know this, but tactile feedback has absolutely nothing to do with force feedback like with joysticks.
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Summary: Very cool when the app supports it.
Review: This is a great mouse. The optical mouse works great and is a huge improvement over the ones with a ball. It takes some time getting used to the feel bit of the mouse, but now I would never go back. You can feel buttons and hyperlinks. If you drag stuff, you feel the weight, scrollbars are feelable, this is great. However, the use of this is limited, and depending on the software you use. I edit a lot of graphics, and I would have loved it if I could feel it when I draw a line and I cross another. I would like to be able to feel my drawings, and that will only happen when the maker of my graphics editor builds this in. Installation on win2000 did not go right. As soon as the Imersion Desktop loaded on startup my mousecursor frose. After numerous in and de installations it appears to work now. As usual with logitech you get a lot of paper in the box, but no sensible installation instructions and no supportphonenumber (in Europe). For this the 4 stars.
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Summary: WOW
Review: This is a really cool mouse. I have a 1GHZ computer with 128 mb or RAM (now 256... different story) and it is running Windows ME. Installation was really easy - all I did was look at the quick install card, plugged in the mouse (it worked right away b/c of the Windows ME hardware wizard that pops up - but it didn't have any feel themes), and installed the software (now the feel themes worked.) When I was getting weird looks from the cashier at Wal-Mart I was asking myself if I really needed it and if it was worth my $30. (Yes, $30 - for all of you who paid $50.) I was kind of questioning myself about the whole thing until I really installed it and used it for the first time. It is truly a great buy. There are seven themes (including 'default'): Crisp, Metallic, Rubbery, Spongy, Steel Drum, and Sonic Vibe. My personal favorite is spongy. You can also make new themes with a customization tool! Each of the themes really do feel like what they say. Spongy kind of is mushy like a sponge, rubbery is bouncy and harder to get used to, etc. You really have to experience it for yourself to get a good idea. I recently used my friend's computer (without the iFeel) and I could barely stand it. I was going crazy because it was so weird without the feeling in the mouse! It is a really good buy. Recommended to everyone.
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Summary: Awesome Mouse, I've had it for more than 3 years now
Review: This is an awesome mouse, I've been using it for almost 3 years and now and I can't see myself using anything else. I wish Logitech would incorporate the iFeel technology in some of their newer mice as well. This isn't something you really need in a mouse, but it makes it seem as if you're interacting with the web page or your computer, you can "feel" the links or icons. At first it does feel kind of weird, but once you get used to it, you can't go back to a regular mouse.
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Summary: A few caveats, but still beats the MS optical...
Review: This is my first Logitech mouse, and it's still impressed me more than all the MS mouses I've owned.. the feedback is more of a "cute" thing for now, but that depends on the imagination of software designers and how it's implemented into games... as for games, I had no prob with the tracking but the scroll wheel will not work in FPS for me... I'm hoping Logitech will address this in further driver updates, but until then, you're wheel-less in gaming... bottom line, if you turn off the feedback and don't go fragging, this is a pretty solid mouse that does the job very well... and proves you don't have to give MS all your money.. *smiles*
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Summary: Neat concept, good for lite gaming--but FPS fans beware
Review: This little optical wonder works great in games specifically designed to take advantage of its force technology. For example, in the god game Black & White the mouse will thump faster and faster as your worshipers send you spiritual power. The game uses the iFeel tech to provide the user with useful information, in much the same way the rumble pack provides tactile clues in the Nintendo 64 game Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But the iFeel tech falls flat when it tries to simulate in-game events such as gunshots in iFeel-enabled first person shooter games. You just can't win: the force feedback is too weak to really feel like a gun's recoil, but the designers can't make it any stronger because then the rumble would actually move the mouse and thus mess with the player's aim. Even worse, the optical sensor doesn't seem as accurate as a mouse ball. Sure, the optical mouse will never "stick" like a mouse ball can, but fast movement of the mouse (such as quickly turning around in a FPS) will produce strange results: either moving much too far or hardly at all. This is not an action gamer's mouse. Non-game performance is take-it-or-leave-it. Sure, it's kind of neat to feel something when you click on a button or slide a scrollbar, but it certainly isn't necesary. Maybe graphic artists would get better mileage--I think tactile output from a paint program would be pretty cool. If you're a general user who only uses a computer for work & Internet access or a casual gamer looking for an optical mouse, I'd recommend this one. The iFeel tech can be fun, and the optical performance is much better than a mouseball. If you dislike the iFeel options, you can simply disable them and use the mouse as a simple optical mouse. But if you are a hardcore action gamer, I recommend you either wait for a next-generation iFeel mouse made specifically for gamers, or skip this mouse and instead go with a high-performance ball or optical mouse that will better serve your needs.
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Summary: Nifty Optical Mouse
Review: This mouse is a great concept. The different "feel themes" are fun and it does spice up games and surfing. The optical replacement for a ball is 1000 times better than the old ball and chain ! It is smooth and very accurate. I would have given 5 stars excpet the documentation for using the "feel" option in games is non-existant and the "feel" software developers website ... too.
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