Not a bad mouse, nice and useful gestures. However, I do miss the scroll wheel.

Earlier this year we looked at three touch sensitive portable mice from the likes of Mad Catz, SpeedLink and Microsoft. Each mouse was distinct in its own right and all three were able to track fine on my Roccat Sota pad, but I ultimately chose Microsoft's Arc Touch as my favorite because it was the...

Touch strip works well; Bluetrack; ambidextrous design; relatively comfortable

No thumb buttons

Microsoft's Explorer Touch mouse abandons the traditional scroll wheel for a hit-or-miss touch strip that uses vibrating feedback. It's an interesting idea, but our hands tell us you're better off sticking with tradition.

BlueTrack tech allows mousing on most surfaces; Storage niche inside mouse for tiny USB receiver; Easy setup

Touch-sensitive flick strip is balky; overengineered; Vibrating feedback can be excessive; Low-slung design not comfortable for all hands

Combining the pinpoint control of a traditional mouse with multitouch gestures, the Microsoft Touch Mouse is designed to make navigating Windows 7 just as fluid as with a notebook touchpad.

Easy to install; Quick and responsive multitouch gestures; Sleek comfortable design; Software makes it easier to multitask

A tad expensive; Doesn't perform pinch-to-zoom; Only works with Windows 7 systems

The Microsoft Touch Mouse takes a bit of getting used to, and we aren't sure we'd want to use it all the time. But it is a great accompaniment to laptop computing in particular, where it adds oodles of functionality to the standard touchpad.

With our Windows 8 review taking up so much of our time, it seemed only sensible to test Microsoft's newest OS with some of its new hardware. The Wedge Touch mouse is designed to work specifically with Windows 8, although it's a standard Bluetooth...

Small; light; stylish; comfortable to use

Right click can be bothersome; expensive

The Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse is a Bluetooth-enabled computer mouse designed for Windows 8 that retails for around £35, although Microsoft sets the SRP at £49. It's compact, understated in design, and contains a modicum of touchpad control ability.

I wanted to wait a couple weeks before I reviewed this mouse. I wasn't sure if I could get used to the scroll button, other reviewers said it was to different to get used to. I didn't find it hard at all. took a couple days, but then it was no big deal..

The Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse is a compact wireless mouse that connects via Bluetooth and has been designed with the touch-centric tiled user interface of Windows 8 in mind. With that in mind, instead of a traditional scroll wheel it features a touch-sensitive strip that's capable of horizontal...

Ambidextrous design; Bluetooth connectivity saves a USB port; Comfortable to hold; BlueTrack tech means smooth tracking; Mac compatible

Non-rechargeable; uses AA batteries

very nice but disspointment as there was no blue tooth adaptor supplied and one will be needed with some computers for it to work

Blue tooth; Ease of use

No Blue Tooth Adaptor