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Few days ago, I wrote about the 10/GUI: the new concept of user interface to PCs.
Today, Apple launched the world’s first multi-touch mouse called “Magic Mouse”. The top shell of Magic Mouse is one seamless multi-touch sensor and inside is a chip which according to Apple tells exactly what you want to do. Whether you want to click, scroll, swipe or simply rest your hand. Magic Mouse does not mix up these actions.

The magic mouse points and clicks like a regular mouse however without the buttons and the scrolling wheel. You can practically click anywhere along the Multi-Touch surface. Brush one finger along the top surface to pan a full 360 degrees. Swipe a finger along the surface to scroll, just like on an iPhone or iPod touch. You can adjust the sensitivity from the System Preferences. And just like an iPhone or a MacBook trackpad, Magic Mouse detects the number of fingers you are using at any given time. This fits perfectly to advance through internet pages in Safari or browse albums in iTunes. Although this is not quite the 10/GUI concept, but Apple have certainly realized that the Multi-Touch technology introduced a breakthrough in the way people interact with the device, through gestures.

Watch the video below to see the magic mouse in action