Wireless Mouse with built-in TWS Earbuds? Honor's latest $37 gadget is either genius or insane - Yanko Design
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Design trends value extreme thinness, but some devices retain bulbous forms for ergonomic reasons, such as mice. Honor's Select Yuewo Wireless Mouse Ear Pro integrates two TWS earbuds inside an ambidextrous mouse with a pop-up rear hood. The mouse uses a satin 'excimer' skin-feel finish and ships in Champagne Gold and Stargrey. An icon on the back denotes the earbud compartment, and the earbuds resemble AirPods, sitting in the ear without silicone tips. The product offers a consolidated peripheral option and starts at about $37 on Honor's China website.
Designers tend to chase sleekness when they redesign products - it's why the iPad Pro is some paltry 5mm thin, it's why the MacBook Air could fit in a Manila envelope when it first released, it's why Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge... but there are some products you just can't make sleek, because their unique design and form plays an important role in ergonomics.
Your mouse, for instance, is shaped the way it is because the bulbous form is comfortable to hold. You can, however, use that format to your advantage. You could make the bulbous part modular, you could even create a flat-pack mouse that uses origami to become ergonomic, or you could do what Honor did - chuck a pair of TWS earbuds into the mouse's posterior area.
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