Lenovo’s iconic crimson red TrackPoint nub, which has been going strong for three decades, is a staple of ThinkPad laptops. However, this year at CES, Lenovo announced that it’s ditching the nub on ...

PCWorld reviews the Ploopy Bean, a $70 CAD external pointing-stick mouse that mimics IBM’s TrackPoint design with four configurable Omron buttons. The device fundamentally misses the original ...

IBM's ThinkPad has been one of the most iconic names in the laptop market and its keyboard is just as memorable both for its quality as well as its red nub. Some fans love that keyboard to the point ...

Rest in peace, Trackpoint. We barely needed ye. Although a pointing stick — which is apparently the brand-agnostic name for the Trackpoint — was popular on laptops in the late 1990s and early 2000s, ...

So I finally got around to trying the different caps for the TrackPoint (trackstick). Flat cap (default) - more comfortable and softer than the traditional eraserhead. Not quite as precise but the ...

Sometimes it's surprising what people love about their technology products. The smallest details can make a difference as to whether or not a consumer reachesfor their credit card. It could be ...

What just happened? Few laptops are as iconic as IBM's (err, Lenovo's) ThinkPad. From the solid black chassis to the bright red TrackPoint, it immediately stands out from the pack. Now thanks to ...

In this issue's roundup of portable PCs, the Dell Latitude C610 garners our Editors' Choice among mainstream entries. But the IBM ThinkPad T30 made it into this issue just under the wire, and the ...

In 2.4.x series kernels my TrackPoint works as I would expect it. When I push the "scroll" button nothing happens, when I push the scroll button and move the trackpoint down, the window scrolls down, ...

IBM’s original pointing stick, the TrackPoint, understood its purpose: to save you (a slight bit) of time and mental effort. A new peripheral seems like an homage to the IBM’s tiny nub, but misses the ...