Mens Tech

Everyone by now should more or less have heard of the Razer brand when it comes to computer gaming peripherals that are of high quality. Well, the latest device to join the fray would be the Razer BlackWidow, where this mechanical gaming keyboard was specially engineered for gamers who want nothing less than superior tactile feedback and comfort while playing. It is interesting to note that from Razer’s point of view, the majority of mechanical keyboards in the market today are standard mechanical keyboards rebadged as gaming keyboards that feature stiff keys that cause key actuation fatigue. Basically, what Razer is saying is this – such keyboards will leave gamers off for the worse since it decreases gameplay performance instead of enhancing it. Razer’s BlackWidow offers something different, being built from ground up by gamers while boasting a uniquely tactile mechanical key architecture that provides each key on the keyboard with a crisp response and tactile feedback similar to a mouse click. When used in tandem with a unique key actuation point halfway through the full travel distance, the optimized mechanical key structure found in each of the Razer BlackWidow’s keys provide for greater precision and accuracy versus other traditional mechanical keyboards. The keys on the Razer BlackWidow also boast one of the lightest actuation forces for all keyboards. They have been specially optimized by the Razer design team from readily available components, albeit going through rigorous quality standards from Razer to deliver a product of unparalleled quality. Apart from that, the Razer BlackWidow is also the only mechanical keyboard which comes with fully programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording, not to mention five additional gaming keys to up the ante when it comes to gaming compatibility and performance. It will be out this September for $79.99, although folks living across the pond will have to fork out theoretically more (after conversion) at Euros, 79.99.

PSP. Nintendo DS. N-Gage. Gameboy Advanced. There are quiet a few mainstream handheld gaming systems on the market. There are quiet a few more on the underground market. Not illegal mind you just not necessarily marketed on the US and sans all they hype. The GPX2 is one of the leaders of the underground handheld movement. It does everything a PSP does and then some. Open source with software included means ANYONE can develop games for the system: so you’ll never run out of games. Runs on Ultra stable Linux operating system not to mention it only needs two AA batteries to start the action. An ultimate mobile multimedia experience the unit plays movies, your MP3 music collection and even reads E Books. It takes any SD card up to 4GBs, and can play movies inputted at any resolution. With a 320×240 back-lit screen and two 200mhz CPU’s with 64meg of RAM each, custom graphics hardware and decoding chips, making it a very powerful and versatile handheld. With the addition of standard TV Out Connector Cables you can connect the GP2X to your TV console style, and watch your DivX movies or try your hand at big screen Quake. Also there is a great community for support up grades and lots of goodies… Give them a look-see.

 

Want to buy one?

Specs:

• Sleek black handheld console which plays games, movies, your MP3 music collection, E-books, displays text files and photos.
• Plug and play to your PC.
• A selection of games such as Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Vektar, Beneith a Steel Sky are already installed on the console.
• Additional games and movies can be downloaded from www.gp2x.co.uk
• Operates Linux OS.
• Two 200mhz CPU’s with 64meg of RAM.
• Custom graphics hardware.
• Decoding chips.
• An internal scaling chip to enable you to watch movies on the console.
• Compatible with AVI/DIVX/XVID movie files with up to 720*480 resolution.
• Takes SD cards up to 4GB.
• A T.V. cable is available to purchase so you can play your games or movies on the big screen.
• Joystick control with standard ABXY buttons.
• A pair of in-built speakers.
• Full User Guide.
• Requires a USB cable (included).
• Requires 2 x AA Batteries (included).
• Size: 14 x 8 x 3cm.