Fly Your Linux Box by Gyromouse

Pick it up off the table. Squeeze the trigger on the bottom and tilt your wrist slightly. The cursor instantly follows your every movement. It’s
accurate, wireless and projects the ultimate in techno appeal. It’s an Ultra GT Gyromouse.

The Gyromouse, by Gyration, is an ultra high-tech pointing device, and it’s the best thing to happen to mice since wireless. In fact, it is a wireless
(proprietary RF) optical mouse with little gyroscopes that sense your hand motion. You hold the trigger button on the bottom and wave the Gyromouse
around to move the cursor. Sit it on the desktop, and it magically becomes an optical desktop mouse.

My in-air mousing started several weeks ago, when the Gyromouse/Compact Keyboard suite appeared in a retailer’s Sunday newspaper insert. The price,
$119.95 US or about $88 US after rebates, was a little steep perhaps. But because I’m a Linux-only kind of guy who lugs around a 5-year-old 300MHz PII
laptop and recycles ancient Pentiums for my Linux Lab, I thought I could splurge a little. The package came with the mouse, compact keyboard, RF
receiver (USB), charger and software (for Windows). Naturally, I had no need for the software.

Several models of the mouse/keyboard suite are available in retail land. A quick call to Gyration confirmed that the 30-foot version (average distance
the mouse can be used) was the latest consumer model. The early model is distinguished by its 25-foot range. Mega-dollar presentation pros might opt
for the Gyromouse professional model with its 100-foot wireless capability and $180 price tag.