Jan 13 2009
Personal Pick of CES 2009
As the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 in Las Vegas drew to a close on Sunday, tons and tons of new electronic products, from the latest LED TVs to the eyebrow-raising watch phone, have been announced and introduced to geeks around the world.
I wasn’t lucky enough to be in the Sin City to get my hands on all these new gizmos. But if I were to pick one gadget that caught my attention among the avalanche of products, my vote would go to Razer Mamba.
Of course, there is the symbol of Palm’s probable resurgence, the Palm Pre, or Sony’s tiny but very expensive netbook VAIO P, which are pretty eye-catching in their own right.
So why the Mamba? The reason is simply because Razer Mamba is a wireless gaming mouse!
The term “wireless gaming mouse” is an oxymoron to most gamers. They will never use a wireless mouse even if they are paid to do so. In fact, no first person shooter (FPS) gamers will even think of using a wireless mouse, especially when they are on Counterstrike servers where the slightest of lag decides who wins.
Wireless mice, whether using Bluetooth or 2.4GHz Radio Frequency, have the knack of suffering from lag or battery problems. No one wants to suffer the agony of defeat simply due to the fact you can’t move milliseconds faster or if your mouse runs out of batteries suddenly.
Thus, I can’t comprehend why Razer, the maker of arguably the best gaming rodents in the market, would defy convention and come up with a wireless gaming mouse.
Well, according to Razer, Mamba is a lag-free gaming mouse with 2.4GHz gaming grade wireless technology (whatever that means), 5600DPI 3.5G laser sensor, 1000Hz ultra polling, 1 millisecond response rate, and up to 200 inches per second.
But knowing the anxiety of gamers, Razer has thus included the ability to switch from wired to wireless play in Mamba.
This is a really fast rodent, even when compared to normal gaming mice, but all these specifications and features mean nothing if it cannot handle the practical test.
So, where is my review unit, Razer?
