{"id":506841,"date":"2026-01-10T19:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/506841\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:40:09","slug":"ive-never-used-a-trackball-but-keychrons-nape-pro-looks-like-the-perfect-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/506841\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never used a trackball, but Keychron\u2019s Nape Pro looks like the perfect one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Keychron announced new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/851900\/keychrons-new-mechanical-keyboards-offer-ultra-long-battery-life-at-wireless-8k-polling-rates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life<\/a> at CES, but this trackball stole the spotlight. The Nape Pro is Keychron\u2019s first trackball, and its slender frame means it can work on your desk in multiple ways. You can keep it to the right or left of a keyboard like a traditional trackball, or you can tuck it in front and use it without moving your hands from the keys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">That positioning makes it a bit like a giant Lenovo TrackPoint, typically found on ThinkPad laptops but sometimes used on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lenovo.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fp%2Faccessories-and-software%2Fkeyboards-and-mice%2Fkeyboards%2F4y40x49493\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dedicated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23929303\/hhkb-studio-review-trackpoint-mx-switches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">keyboards<\/a>. And it should allow you to move your cursor, turn the Nape Pro\u2019s rotary dial, or press one of its six fully-programmable buttons \u2014 all without changing your hand positioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Keychron co-founder Paul Tan told The Verge that the Nape Pro is coming soon to Japan via crowdfunding, but it should make it to the US in the spring for $60 to $100, depending on tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">I\u2019m looking forward to when it comes here. I\u2019d put one under my keyboard \u2014 or even to the side \u2014 while still using a traditional mouse. Options are fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto \/ The Verge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keychron announced new mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life at CES, but this trackball stole the spotlight. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":506842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[239,207578,705,79952,241,252,242,158,67,132,68,794],"class_list":["post-506841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-ces","tag-gadgets","tag-keyboards","tag-macos","tag-microsoft","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-windows"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115872505941945498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}