Crayola Kids PC Trackball | 
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| Brand: Micro Innovations
Category: CE
Buy Used: $299.77
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 41703
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 4.9
ASIN: B00004W40X
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Long discontinued, child-friendly trackball in great visual and operational condition (comes with SERIAL PORT CONNECTION, and NO software/manual)......TRUST this 5 STAR seller....5800+ happy customers...ships fassst!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 BIGtrack is the best mouse for kids! July 15, 2004
I have been looking for this product ever since Microsoft took their EasyBall off the market. The new BIGtrack is awsome. I have my 4 year old and my 2 year old both using it and their accuracy is amazing. I just wish that someone would update the information on Amazon. This product has been updated to a USB connection and the name was changed to BIGtrack. I used it on a win and mac machine and it is just plug and play.
\Not very good for small hands July 12, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 2 year old son, for whom I bought this device, can't properly use it. I believe that this problem stems from both the track ball's design for small hands and with his lack of patience.
The design does not allow someone to "accidentally" push the mouse's buttons. So, the user must make a concerted effort to press the button, which takes about the same amount of effort as flushing a toilet. As the distance between the track-ball and the mouse buttons is so great and the required effort so large, my child must lift his hand from the track-ball to press the mouse's buttons. And, in doing so, he generally drags his arm over the button, which moves the pointer.
This might not be a disaster for an adult, but most educational games are mouse, and not keyboard, intensive. These games require that the user click on the letter, number, shape, etc... So, if the pointer moves off of the target, the game doesn't function.
So, in short, for adults, this trackball probably functions as it should. However, for kids, it doesn't meet requirements.
BTW- I think that I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 for this mouse, not the $40 listed in amazon for the Crayola model.
Great for little hands-compatible with W2K no problem November 5, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I know others have had difficulty with running on higher version OS, but I have my daughter's Crayola trackball running on Windows 2000 without any problem at all. The driver is irrelevant, just use the Microsoft driver for a regular 2 button mouse - it's that simple. Beyond that, I love the excellent precision you get with a trackball. My daughter started working on a computer when she was less than a year, and on a standard mouse it's hard to distinguish the buttons. Many of the smaller chid size mouses aren't very well made. Since all the younger child software is based almost solely on constant left mouse button clicking, we had one mouse before this and the left mouse button gave out in a very short amount of time, especially when the child is first learning and clicks too much. I have had this mouse for over a year now, and it's been nothing but great.
 Doesn't support Win2K or XP January 21, 2002
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Buyer beware: This product doesn't support anything past Win 95 or Win 98, maybe even ME (not sure about the latter -- doesn't say anything on the box). Checking their driver site, they don't have any drivers online either, and don't seem interested in producing any (at least based on the silence).I have to say, it was a disappointment to me that they aren't supporting anything more modern.
Doesn't support Win2K or XP January 20, 2002
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
Buyer beware: This product doesn't support anything past Win 95 or Win 98, maybe even ME (not sure about the latter -- doesn't say anything on the box). Checking their driver site, they don't have any drivers online either, and don't seem interested in producing any (at least based on the silence).I have to say, it was a disappointment to me that they aren't supporting anything more modern.
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