Who dropped my laptop?! Oh, right, I did!
These new Twistballs and Snapballs (yes these are their actual names) from PWX, (who?!) provide a very confusing function. These balls allow you to slide your laptop around on your desk!
Now I know what you’re thinking, it’s what I thought, which was simply. “Stop moving my laptop!! It’s going to slide off the desk, fall, break something, and my pretty new Macbook will be all splattery!!”
Well, from all I can tell from their promotional material,, that’s true! In their movies, they clearly demonstrate “sliding it away” and “sliding it closer” (no! Really?!)
However, there is one part of this device that is particularly clever. The balls, (remember, their words, not mine) twist off! (ow!) The self adhesive side of the product sticks on to the back of your laptop and is easily left there, while the ball can be twisted on and off. Neato!
My simple question, you geniuses over at PWX (if that’s indeed your real name!) Why not make the ball out of rubber so that your laptop is raised nicely like an ergo keyboard, AND it won’t slide off the table!
(I’m just saying.)
Found via TechieDiva.
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PWX rollers – Watch your laptop glide and slide Says: November 16, 2006 at 9:59 am
[...] PostWorX (PWX) has pioneered an innovative means of having your laptop slide along your table (with the heavy risk of falling off). The genially designed “balls” (as PWX call it) provide with a good alignment for your laptop and also a fantastic grip (when stationary). A bit of caution would do you a lot of good to ensure that your laptop isn’t sent flying across the table or desk or wherever you may want to see it move. The balls are easily detachable and can be removed when not needed. Also, they facilitate those who prefer a bit of an elevation to their keyboards. The rollers (tired of calling them balls) are shock resistant and non-scratching. So appear like their sparkling selves even after a long use. The PWX rollers come in three variants: Twistball is removable with a mere twist, the Snapball (or Speedball as they put it) can be snapped off after use and finally the Postball is made especially for frequent post/peel action. The Twistball appears in a special Platinum version as well as metallic silver, white, graphite, blue, and pink. The Snapball is sold with 8 extra snap Velcro pieces. And finally the Postball is also available in a very egg-like and glittery platinum version. Source Computing Bookmark to: [...]
Newlaunches.com Says: November 15, 2006 at 2:50 am
PWX rollers – Watch your laptop glide and slide
PostWorX (PWX) has pioneered an innovative means of having your laptop slide along your table (with the heavy risk of falling off). The genially designed “balls” (as PWX call it) provide with a good alignment for your laptop and also a fantastic gr…