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The revolutionary design of the Arc Mouse combines the comfort of a desktop mouse and the portability of a notebook mouse. Arc Mouse folds to 60% of its fully expanded size when you're on the go.
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The Best Portable mouse ever!
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The wireless signal is great, it does take some getting use to how light it is. It is also sensitive so you may want to adjust that in the control panel. Also there is a strange glitch I've experienced under vista32 where the wheel will not scroll in explorer when the receiver is left plugged in while waking the PC up from hibernation.
Also the mouse is "off" while folded, you cant use it until it is unfolded. Other than that it is very comfortable and feels natural.
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2009-01-04
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Nice idea, poor quality build
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This is a great idea in several ways. It's elegant, folds compactly, and the wireless works flawlessly. Unfortunately, as I have read elsewhere, the scroll wheel stopped working within 2 weeks. This seems to be a known weakness of this product. For the $40 to $60 this usually sells for, such a poor quality key component is inexcusable. I'd really like this if it were built better. I have had $3 mice that lasted longer. Disappointed that MS would put their name on such a shoddy product.
Rating: 
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-12-26
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I WANTED to like this!
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Bought it recently and surprisingly within 60 days the scroll wheel stopped functioning. Broken, no more obnoxious clicking sound! As neat as it sounds, Microsoft has a quality problem. Stay away until they fix it.
Rating:
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-12-02
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Right in a lot of ways
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I bought this mouse as a trial to see if I might like to use it for corporate replacements when mice fail. Answer: Yes. And I've sampled just about every mouse that Microsoft has produced.
The mouse feels full sized when opened, but takes little space when folded up. It uses the tiny usb transciever with no wire or "pod" extending from the part that plugs into the computer. No direct line of sight necessary.
The scroll seems good, not quite as high quality as the Explorer 2 wireless, but the clicking is phenomenal. The back button is good. The only missing feature is a forward button, though rarely used, is noticeably missing.
The fit and finish of this mouse is superior. The build quality seems very high. Possibly the best mouse Microsoft has made, from an overall perspective.
Ergonomics seem very good with this mouse. It took me no adjustment time going from an Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 to this mouse. It takes only 2 AAA batteries for which Microsoft says should last 6 months.
Best feature: The mousing seems incredibly precise and high resolution. It is very good at navigating very fine movements.
Edit in, a few weeks later: I bought two of these and while I'm still very happy with both of them, the scroll wheel stopped working on the red one. It spins, but there's no clicking and the computer doesn't register that it is scrolling. Amazon is replacing, and since the other one is fine I'm hoping this is an abnormality.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-11-26
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Great Idea
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Great idea! Wish I had thought of this. It's really a full-size mouse that folds to the size of mini mouse. There's a small button near the right side where your thumb goes to page back. I'm 6' tall and 290lbs and my big thumbs never hit this button by accident. The scroll button is smoth and the right and left click buttons are standard plus the USB module is magnetized to the inside flap that folds; this makes it virtually impossible to lose when you have to store it. I accidentally ordered the red one but as it turns out it's almost burgundy and actually looks great. The arch gets a lot of attention and since it's an optical mouse you can us it anywhere. I don't often give Microsoft props but they did good by me on this
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-11-18
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