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Apple’s new Magic Trackpad for Macs

If the Apple Magic Mouse is no longer comfortable to those who are used to trackpads on their MacBook, the Magic TrackPad might just do the trick for Mac Desktop users.

At $69 a pop, the Magic Trackpad will pair with your Mac via built-in Bluetooth (2 AA batteries needed) and eventually replace your Magic Mouse. Not sure what’s so magical about it though.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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29 Comments

anjerodesu says:

13 years ago

Haha, you people. Don’t you know Apple’s “Gesture Recognizer”?
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KarL says:

14 years ago

“Not sure whatâ€™s so magical about it, though.”

LOL I couldn’t agree more. Mice are still more ergonomic. :D

“the annoying thing about track pads is the click and dragâ€¦. you can only drag so far.”

of course you can install the appropriate drivers to have more trackpad support, e.g. release the drag only after a time delay.
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Rico Zuniga says:

14 years ago

@jill at first I thought you were referring to Apple’s “mighty mouse” but of course you were referring to mice in general :)

This definitely won’t replace the good ol’ mouse but could be a great partner. This can be useful in quickly activating expose & spaces, switching apps, zooming and “inertial” scrolling. But of course we already have dedicated keyboard buttons for that (at least for expose & spaces).
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jill says:

14 years ago

Manufacturers can hype all they want,but they have never succeeded in making the mighty mouse obsolete. Magic? Phoeey!
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ifans.network says:

14 years ago

imo this will not replace mouse.. but it will evolve later on something valuable or add-on for any mac or iphone users
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blitzkrieg says:

14 years ago

Only a die-hard Mac fanboy (or a moron) would buy this.
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rsa1 says:

14 years ago

http://www.apple.com/asia/magictrackpad/?cid=MAR-PH-163035-P0009610&Email_PageName=P0009610-163035&Email_OID=8080aaecac3086b0a6fca441fa05e485&cp=em-P0009610-163035&psid=&sr=em
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lolipown says:

14 years ago

@Joshua
You’ll probably better off with a Bamboo Pen and Touch then.
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Joshua says:

14 years ago

Slap in a stylus compatible and make pen pressure feature and opacity then consider me sold
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fr0stbyte says:

14 years ago

magical? lol. thousands of bright minds coming up with this “magical device” really drives me nuts.
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rene says:

14 years ago

one thing with the mighty mouse, you can down size it as a mice for netbooks carry all around. however i dont think you can do that in magic, it seems its not magical after all.
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domainsPH.com says:

14 years ago

is there any video demo?
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Kinny says:

14 years ago

I hate touch pads and don’t even like the cordless bluetooth mouse. Why would anyone want to strain their wrists and hands this way?

I love the fact that ‘mice’ with cords are getting cheaper because of all the craze though. Just hope it won’t be obsolete.
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Jhay says:

14 years ago

That’s one expensive paper weight or stand for a note pad. :P
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Jiro Yan says:

14 years ago

My MacBook Pro trackpad works perfectly and effortless. I just have to tap anywhere to click. Unlike other laptop trackpad that you have to press it hardly or use the left and right clicker.

Basic gesture in MacBook’s Trackpad:

1 Finger Tap = Click
2 Finger Tap = Right Click
2 Finger Scroll = Scrolling
1 Finger Double Tap + Hold = Dragging
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Leonard2o says:

14 years ago

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abeolandres says:

14 years ago

@Leonard2o the i4 is still too far off
Leonard2o says:

14 years ago

@abeolandres the swype keyboard is amazing ! Galing !
Leonard2o says:

14 years ago

@abeolandres Thanks !
abeolandres says:

14 years ago

@Leonard2o go with the i9000!

kumagpoko says:

14 years ago

Odd apple took the AA battery route. Seems so 1980s. Would have preferred an internal battery with usb charger.

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Kim Roa Endaya says:

14 years ago

maybe the word “magical” is just a sort of tag line for their advertising…every company or business does it, so that they can be remembered by the consumers…or perhaps, they can’t think of anything more catchy (or rhyming?!)…:)) lol

as I have learned in my media class, advertising really distorts the truth…so, it’s just not Apple who does this…:)…every form of advertisement does…:)
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Calvin says:

14 years ago

sana talaga pen tablet na lang ginawa nila. pero siguro nga pwede ito sa mga 32″ iMac from the comfort of your couch.
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Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

14 years ago

the annoying thing about track pads is the click and drag…. you can only drag so far.

the future will be a UI that reads your brainwaves so you just have to think what you want to do
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android_fanboi says:

14 years ago

why they keep calling it “Magic”

here’s some video of this pointless and soon to be magical accessories or it can be a remote control for media playback..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txx3CnIiDvQ&feature=player_embedded
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Ryan Ang says:

14 years ago

will this make the mouse obsolete?
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Teknisyan says:

14 years ago

They call it magic because most (if not many) people will buy anything that has the apple logo in it. :)
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