I often speak fondly of my iGesture Touchpad (it replaces a regular mouse), but today it's hot and muggy in the house, and I may have found the first downside to it. If your fingers are damp, the pointer gets a little jumpy. I've noticed it before after taking a drink from a glass with beads of condensation on the outside, but then it's easy enough to wipe your hand off. Right now, it's humid and 90-something in my office, and I don't have any AC (hey, it's the Seattle area--we don't get many hot days), so it's hard to keep my hands totally dry. The iGesture isn't unusable or anything like that; it's just an interesting little quirk. I think I'll take this as a sign that it's time to give up working until it cools off in here.
You can read my iGesture review from a few months ago if you're wondering what the heck product I'm talking about. With FingerWorks out of business, I'm not sure if they're still available though.
thehumansolution.com is selling them still, on ebay too. I've bought a couple of these igestures since reading your old review. It seems like fngerworks products began getting popular right when they went out of business. I'd sure like a Touchstream keyboard, but they're selling used for more than double what they sold for new (about $700 on ebay). I heard Apple might start them back up. In the meantime, check this out - http://fingerfans.dreamhosters.com/forum/index.php
Posted by: Tyler Zesiger | August 29, 2005 at 10:08 PM