Alongside both of its new desktop computers, Apple unveiled its long-rumored Magic Trackpad: a wireless, Bluetooth powered multitouch input device designed for your Mac desktop. Utilizing the same Multi-Touch technology featured on the MacBook Pro, the Magic Trackpad supports the familiar variety of swipes and gestures for interactive navigation, including scrolling, rotating, zooming, and more with two fingers, along with three-finger swiping back and forth between web pages, and four-finger Exposé triggers.
“We recognize that the majority of our Mac users these days use the trackpad, because the majority of our users are notebook users,” said Apple vice president of worldwide Mac hardware marketing David Moody. “Our notebook users really love the MacBook trackpad.”
According to Apple’s website, the device has been designed to sit at the same level of incline as Apple’s Wireless Keyboard, “so you can go from trackpad to keyboard in one seamless motion”.
Apple says that the new Magic Trackpad is “nearly 80 percent larger than the built-in trackpad on the MacBook Pro,” and suggests that you could use the Magic Trackpad as a standalone mouse replacement, or alongside of your existing mouse as well.
Similarly to the wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse, the Magic Trackpad runs on two AA batteries, and with the recent introduction of the $29 Apple Battery Charger, it seems that the company is encouraging a thorough move toward embracing the Apple-advertised “cable-free, uncluttered workspace”.
The Magic Trackpad costs $69 and is available and shipping as of today. It requires a Bluetooth-enabled Mac, Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later, and a Magic Trackpad software update.
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