GameBall

The Gameball is the world’s first trackball mouse, an interesting piece of kit developed specifically for the computer gamer, the unique design and gaming specific features really make it stand out. It has a ambidextrous design that measures up at 162mm (6.4 inches), 119mm (4.7 inches), 52mm (2 inches) with a ball size of 38.1mm (1.5 Inches) and weighs 230 grams (.5 pounds).

There are six ergonomic buttons, and it is powered by wired USB cable connection (70 in / 178 cm), the Gameball is compatible with Windows 7 or later, Mac OS X 10.8 or later, Popular Linux distributions, Chrome OS and Android 5 or later. It has a straightforward plug in and play installation, it uses a high resolution optical sens/or (PixArt) and has native CPI/DPI resolutions of 400, 800, 1200, 2000 and 3000, not as high as the top end gaming mice. It has ceramic bearings, Omron switches and a 1000hz polling rate, and the carbon black design is topped off with so subtle LED lighting.
It is comfortable in the hand due to the design your actual hand and wrist remain relatively still which reduces fatigue in the shoulder, arm and wrist and takes up less space in your gaming area. There is a touch scroll pad that wraps around the ball, moving your finger down the right size commands the vertical scroll whilst the left pans the horizontal. The ball itself is super smooth and tactile, it feels delicious, theres an element of transitional learning when moving between a regular mouse to a tracking ball but it quickly becomes intuitive.

Moving between the ball and the touch scroll pad on the side feels a bit clumsy, it feels like its close but not quite there with the final design, the touch sensor could also do with being more accurate as it is easy to over scroll. The Game ball isn’t going to work for every style of game but it really comes into its own on large open world maps, it is also good to have another type of mouse on the market, as some who struggles with traditional mice due to an old injury. RRP £140

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