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Smartcat 4BTN USB Black Cirque Glidepoint Technology Touchpad | 
 enlarge | Brand: Adesso
Category: CE
List Price: $61.99
Buy New: $52.58
You Save: $9.41 (15%)
New (29) Used (1) from $52.58
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 7312
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 4 x 0.4
nv:Device Type: Touchpad
Connection Type: USB
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: GP-410UB
Model: GP-410UB
UPC: 783750002714
EAN: 0783750002714
ASIN: B000FVIHY0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | computer and laptop | | • | input devices | | • | mice |
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Product Description
The Smart Cat sets the standard of comfort plus performance in computer control. With intelligent software, one-touch scroll and zoom, and distinctive sounds for each operation, Smart Cat combines all the power of a top-of-the-line mouse with the unrivaled comfort and durability of a touchpad. Programmable software allows you to go from fast on-screen movements to pixel-point control.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Much Better for Your Hands September 5, 2008
This thing is great. I ditched my mouse and got this about 4 weeks ago. In that time, the finger joint and wrist pain I had been experiencing has disappeared. Ergonomically, mice are bad for you. If you use one occasionally, not a big deal. But especially if you have carpal tunnel or tendonitis, or are developing symptoms, GET RID OF YOUR MOUSE. Personally, I spend a LOT of time on my computer, and this has made a big difference. I wish I had bought one a few years ago. I miss the precision of the mouse, but this thing does surprisingly well. And I definitely don't miss the pain.
The buttons have a medium-light, tactile click to them. I usually use the tapping gestures, though, because it twists my hands into strange positions to be pointing with one finger and clicking with my thumb.
I can't comment on the durability, because I've only had it for a few weeks, but the tapping seems to work fine. Every so often, it clicks when I don't want it to, and sometimes the vertical scroll bar doesn't activate. I think that's common for this technology, though. I'm still very glad I got this.
Also, I wanted to mention that I deliberately picked this one over the model with the four programmable buttons along the left. First, I wanted all the "mousing" area I could get. This was a good choice, because I often hit the edges of the pad. It would be very annoying to have less area. Second, I don't install drivers unless I absolutely have to. This thing runs fine without drivers, and I doubt that those four extra buttons would do anything without extra software. "Keep it simple" is good. The drivers add up, and before you know it, your system has 150 processes running in the background, and it's slowed to a crawl!
Works well on both Windows and Mac February 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for use on my Mac desktop and took a chance on how well it would work. I plugged it into a PC as well. Without any special software installed, both machines (XP, MacOS 10.5) supported most of its functions. Tap-dragging, vertical scrolling, the top-right right click tap area work. The two physical buttons on the sides are both perceived as a middle mouse button. But I could not get them to be recognized as separate buttons, and the horizonal scrolling also was not supported (this is not a surprise as most mice act the same way without specific drivers). I did try installing USB overdrive as suggested by Alps, but it did not enable any more functions. But the good news is it is not needed.
As for the device itself, it has a reasonably large touch area and works well. The only complaint might be the quality of the physical buttons is a little disappointing; mostly that they rattle in place and can make a cheap plastic sound when you tap the touchpad hard, though functionally they are fine.
Most people can't stand touchpads, commonly found in laptops. But in reality they only take a few days to master and once you do you'll find them much better for your wrists than a mouse. You also get a lot of desktop real estate back because it does not need to move.
 Bad quality , worst customer service October 17, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I had high hopes for this product but the buttons are noticeably cheap quality and the left click button stopped working after 8 weeks, just stays flat and does not pop back up. I contacted the company filled out the RMA form and have not heard from them for 3 weeks. No one answers the RMA extension or gets back to you. Then they want you to prove you returned it. You can quickly tell the company is Chinese owned as when someone finally answered they said R&D department and could not speak english and just wanted to switch the call without helping. They said to hold and when I got switched to the supposed RMA department I got a message that there was no one there to answer the phone, to leave a message. The company does not know the meaning of customer service and obviously the warranty is not something they take seriously. If the product fails dont count on the mentality that seems to pervade the company to stand behind the product. You are basically taking a gamble. If I had another problem I would not even try to return the product which is what I believe they are counting on. The amount of work, the amount of calls and time wasted makes this a very expensive product. Do yourself and favor and find a reputable company and dont bother with Adesso. Call the RMA department if you have any doubts you wont get anyone on the line. The product quality is substandard and the customer service non existent.
 Touchpad helped my carpal tunnel problems October 17, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the third Smartcat touchpad I have purchased. I now have on my two home computers and my work computer. Love them. Black is good so it does not show staining etc. as it gets a great amount of use. Getting the settings in the software to your liking takes a small amount of patience as with any touchpad. Try faster speed of cursor movement etc. In our situation, we do not allow sounds or tapping. Tapping can be annoying if you are hard handed like myself. I'd rather double click a button than double tap the touchpad as I get false "taps" sometimes. I'm used to the left button using my right thumb. Works great and helps my carpal tunnel problems not having to use the action of the mouse. Once in a while, the settings on the touch pad get "lost temporarily" and we believe it to be from static electricity. So once in a while we get no response or the settings seem flubbed. We just properly unplug from usb and plug in again and all is well. We like the 4 button version for cad program use. Enjoy.
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