tech.life@inquirer

Thursday, August 2, 2001
Test Drive | John J. Fried

Digital gizmos

Some of the latest peripherals and gadgets for cyberheads - even technophobes - of all ages.

KidzMouse

KidzMouse. Windows. Macintosh version planned for August release.
$23.95.

Should a child be forced to wrap a tiny hand around an adult-size PC mouse?

No way - at least according to KidzMouse.

The mouse, the company says, is smaller and rounded better to fit "growing" hands. And because young children can find clicking on conventional mouse buttons too difficult, KidzMouse is activated when they squeeze the mouse's head.

The mouse does not require software to run and can just be plugged into the mouse port whenever the child of the house wants to work on the PC.

Says an 8-year-old who was asked to put the mouse through its paces: "It looks neat and fits my hand better."