I tried the magnetic mouse with its own folding USB-C charge cable

Ever wanted a rodent that could easy instrumentality to your laptop arsenic you transportation it around? I can't accidental truthful myself - but one's launching connected Kickstarter today that seems to bash the job! I've been investigating the $36 ESR MagMouse for astir a week now, and I'm genuinely amazed we haven't seen thing similar this before.

It's a lightweight 75-gram (2.65 oz) question rodent with some Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless connectivity modes, its ain highly abbreviated built-in USB-C cablegram for charging, and the titular magnets embedded successful its framework truthful you tin instrumentality it to stuff. The USB-C cablegram folds down into its belly, and there's a slot beneath for its 2.4GHz USB-A dongle, truthful it's wholly stow-and-go.

But though ESR is known for its MagSafe accessories, it's important to cognize that this isn't a MagSafe gadget, nor 1 that's adjacent magnetically compatible with all the MagSafe / Qi2 stuff. This 4800dpi optical rodent doesn't instrumentality to my iPhone oregon Samsung Galaxy, and portion it does lightly instrumentality to fridges and the metallic rings designed to usage with third-party magnetic gear, a rep tells maine that ESR does not urge sticking it to the rings.

Instead, the MagMouse is designed to usage with ESR's own magnetic lapto …

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