Razer Boomslang to retail for $99.99 (USD)

As previously mentioned, the Boomslang is coming back. They don’t yet list a price but Google shows something different – $99.00…

The specs are now up on Razer’s product page:

• 1800dpi Razer Precision™ 3G infrared sensor
• 1000Hz Ultrapolling™ / 1ms response
• Five independently programmable Hyperesponse™ buttons
• On-The-Fly Sensitivity™ adjustment
• Always-On™ mode
• 16-bit ultra-wide data path
• Zero-acoustic Ultraslick™ Teflon feet
• 32KB Razer Synapse™ onboard memory

And as I guessed, it’s closely based on the Razer DeathAdder internals:

• 1800dpi Razer Precision™ 3G infrared sensor
• 1000Hz Ultrapolling™ / 1ms response
• Five independently programmable Hyperesponse™ buttons
• On-The-Fly Sensitivity™ adjustment
• Always-On™ mode
• 16-bit ultra-wide data path
• Zero-acoustic Ultraslick™ Teflon feet
• 6400 frames per second (5.8 megapixels per second)
• Up to 60 inches per second and 15g of acceleration

The DeathAdder does not list 32KB of memory, but it’s there and supports profile switching. I notice that the Boomslang does not boast 5.8 megapixel and 15G of acceleration, though with the memory listing difference I wouldn’t be surprised if this similar rather than a different feature set.

Curious about 3G Infrared Sensor technology? Check out Razer’s 3G PR page

More on the new Boomslang, straight from the Razers Mouth

playREACTION.com had a chance to sit down and interview Theo Sanders, the Product Director in charge of the release of the new Boomslang. It’s about 50% interesting and 50% corporate marketing hype with crapspeak like

“Today, our technology has evolved to where we can engineer a worthy successor to the mouse that started it all. So it was high time we tossed our sales projections and marketing wisdom aside to bring the Boomslang back”

And as I guessed, it will be based on their 3G infrared sensor technology. Beancounters tossed aside my ass. Don’t get me wrong, I am really looking forward to this mouse, I just cant stand corporate doublespeak.

Read the whole thing here.

Speaking of Razer… The Boomslang is coming back!

Razer has announced that the Boomslang is coming back, this time in an optical version with their trademark green glow feature. It will initially only be available to those going to Dreamhack 2007, which judging by the website, is some sort of Swedish gamers convention (I don’t read swedish, so I can’t really tell…). I don’t expect they’ll have 10,000 Swedes gaming in a weekend so we can probably expect to see these available at high end boutiques and websites not long after.

They are calling it the Boomslang Collectors Edition 2007 Titanium.

Read the full story here

Razer Krait first impressions

My Razer Krait showed up today and I’ve been using it for a few hours now so I thought I would share my first impressions of it.

I am specifically NOT going to review it in the standard “gee whiz bang new gaming mouse” fashion. I really don’t think you care what exactly the box looks like, I know I didn’t – you only look at the box for a second, then open it and toss it aside anyway. Nor do I care to have an itemized list of items included – every piece of hardware comes with a generic instruction book and a driver install CD.

To read the entire review click here