Creative announce the Creative Mouse Lite, a precision optical mouse a few days back. Suitable for left-handed or right-handed users, it ensures smooth, effortless pointing with no routine maintenance. The Creative Mouse Lite is a shot for a stylish desktop mouse replacement with silver-coloured controls, including a scrolling wheel/button. The built-in blue LED optical sensor illuminates through the translucent case, adding a unique highlight to the desktop. This great-looking accessory can be used on any PC or notebook with a USB port and will install immediately under Microsoft Windows Me, 2000 and XP. Users with Windows 98 and 98SE can install it with drivers provided on the CD. Another optical mouse is the Creative Mouse Optical - 3 button standard edition.

Creative Mouse Optical - 3 button standard edition. Technical details about the Lite version are not yet available, as are pictures of it. The Optical mouse features a 400dpi sensor and connects via USB 1.1. It is on sale in Germany for a price of 40 ?uro. Source: Creative