Forty years after it popularized the mouse, Apple is researching a replacement that users can tilt or take off the desk entirely to move their cursor around.
The mouse came into its own with the original Mac in 1984, and then Apple made trackballs the thing to have with the PowerBook range in 1991. Three years later, those were old hat, and trackpads were in.
After decades of use, mice and trackpads still rule, and trackballs have only become a little niche. We’re covered for input devices, but that isn’t stopping Apple from looking for new ones.
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