Microsoft Hardware at CES 2012

Microsoft Hardware was present at CES 2012, celebrating 30 years of making great hardware for the PC.

The Microsoft Hardware Group was formed back in 1982. It was meant to come up with a mouse compatible with Microsoft Word.

“Microsoft Hardware helped pave the way the hardware industry designs products that helped improve the way people interact with their PCs,” Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc notes in a recent blog post.

“For 30 years, Microsoft Hardware has committed to developing products that offer comfort, design, control and a better interactive experience for customers. And of course there’s no sign of that changing moving forward!”

Some of the latest devices in the family of products that came from Microsoft Hardware are included in the portfolio of Touch Mice - the Arc Touch Mouse, the Touch Mouse, and Explorer Touch Mouse.

Two new limited edition Arc Touch Mice were unveiled this week at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The new devices sport colors completely new for the United States, namely Sangria Red and Cement Gray. Moreover, the rubber end (the bendy part) of these new products features new textures.

“The Arc Touch Mouse is my most favorite mouse ever and I’ve made it a point to collect all the editions of Arc Touch Mice released by Microsoft Hardware,” Brandon LeBlanc explains.

In the photo attached to the left, you can see a collection of Arc Touch Mice, including (from left to right): prototype Arc Touch Mouse, Black Arc Touch Mouse, Grey Arc Touch Mouse, Year of the Dragon Arc Touch Mouse, Cement Gray Arc Touch Mouse, and Sangria Red Arc Touch Mouse.

The limited edition Year of the Dragon Mouse was released back in November to help celebrate the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Dragon, LeBlanc notes. Those who did not have the chance to see these products at CES can have a look at them in the images attached to this article.