Microsoft is releasing the Sculpt Comfort Mouse and the Sculpt Mobile Mouse, the company's very first mice with a dedicated Windows button. The $39.95 Sculpt Comfort Mouse has a blue touch sensitive area, pressing it will bring up the Start Menu or make it act as Windows Key, but you can also define other functions using swipe gestures. 

The $29.95 mobile version does not have the touch sensitive area though, the Sculpt Mobile Mouse only has a button that acts as Start button or Windows button. 

Microsoft has launched a new pair or rodents aimed at helping users make the most of their new Windows 8 PC systems. The Sculpt Comfort Mouse is equipped with a touch-sensitive blue strip which also acts as a Windows Start Button. The Sculpt Mobile Mouse is, as you would expect, a compact mouse. It also includes a Start Button, just above its 4-way scroll wheel. Both of these mice are wireless, connecting via Bluetooth.

“These are the first mice from Microsoft to include a Windows button on them, giving you quick and easy access to specific features in Windows – and, in the case of the Sculpt Comfort Mouse, more advanced functionality in Windows 8,” wrote Brandon Le Blanc on the Windows Experience Blog.

This button is placed behind the 4-way scroll wheel. (On my present mouse I have a DPI settings toggle in this position and usually press it accidentally about once or twice per day). That is the beginning and end of the Sculpt Mobile Mouse Windows 8 optimisation feature list.

BlueTrack sensor

As previously mentioned both these new rodents are wireless Bluetooth devices. They also use Microsoft’s BlueTrack sensor which “works on virtually any surface”. The wee Sculpt Mobile Mouse is said to be available in May at a suggested retail price of $29.95. The right-handed Sculpt Comfort Mouse will not be released until June and has a suggested retail price of $39.95.

Source:Hexus

Microsoft adds mice with Windows Button