I was so tempted just to post the pictures and see if anyone could work out what the heck this thing was.
Then the more I looked the more it became obvious. It’s examples of the new Mad Catz Cyborg mouse – although I still can’t guess what all the buttons and bolts do.
The Mad Catz USB Cyborg mice have pretty much everything a gamer needs. You get adjustable ergonomics/weights and DPIs up to 5600 and they’re out in Summer.
“Cyborg is best known for ergonomic and fully adjustable flight sticks, gaming mice and keyboards. The new mouse range incorporates the same market leading design principles and applies them to gaming mice. For the first time ever on a mouse, the key points of contact between the gamer’s hand and the mouse are fully adjustable allowing it to be customized for any grip preference” commented, Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz. “The Cyborg mouse range was developed entirely in house and I believe they are the most comfortable gaming mice you’ll ever use. Besides, they just look cool!”
Here’s a run down of the range:
• Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Gaming Mouse
o Features: Fully Adjustable; 5600dpi laser; Programmable; Weight System; USB powered
o MSRP: $99.99 / £79.99 / €99.99
• Cyborg R.A.T. 9 Gaming Mouse
o Features: Wireless, Fully Adjustable, 5600dpi laser; Programmable,; Weight System; Powered by Rechargeable Batteries
o MSRP: $129.99/ £99.99 / €129.99
• Cyborg R.A.T. 5 Gaming Mouse
o Features: Adjustable Length; 4000dpi laser, Programmable; Weight System; USB powered
o MSRP: $69.99/ £49.99 / €59.99
• Cyborg R.A.T. 3 Gaming Mouse
o Features: 3200dpi laser; USB powered
o MSRP: $49.99 / £34.99 / €49.99
Not only do we have a new MacBook and a choice of iMacs the little Magic Mouse gets all touchy!
So – a brand-new version of the entry-level white MacBook eh?
What’s new?
You get the upper-class addition of the same glass multi-touch trackpad that’s usually seen larking about on the more expensive aluminium MacBook Pro.
Other bits on the list include a 13 inch model include a backlit keyboard as standard, a more durable unibody plastic body (like a cheaper version of the aluminium MacBook Pro job), and up to 7 hours of battery life.
OS X Snow Leopard purrs along on a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, with 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and the same NvidiaGeForce 9400M graphics chip found in the entry-level aluminium MacBook Pro.
Not too shabby for £799 methinks
Also getting a wash-and-brush up is Apples iMac line of all-in-one desktops.
The spanky new LED backlit 21.5 and 27 inch widescreen iMacs come with a choice of graphics and hard-drive options, as well as that much longed for SD card slot and that new multi-touch Magic Mouse.
As rumoured there is still a distinct lack of Blu-ray.
These new models get an edge-to-edge glass design and aluminium unibody.
Sporting 4GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 memory, with breathing space to build-up to 16GB across four SO-DIMM slots.
They’re also swaggering about with a DVD drive, AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, FireWire, iSight webcam and that SD card slot.
The 21.5 inch screen boasts 1920×1080 pixel HD resolution.
You get the choice of chip: the first includes graphics powered by an integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M chip, and a 500GB hard drive, for £950. The second offers a discrete ATI Radeon HD 4670 card and 1TB hard drive, for £1,200.
The new 27 inch model is rocking 2560×1440-pixel display.
The 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo version includes the ATI Radeon HD 4670 discrete graphics.
Whereas the 2.66GHz version is packing either the new quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 CPUs and ATI Radeon HD 4850 discrete graphics.
You get the option of roomy 1TB or 2TB hard drives.
The new iMacs are bundled with a wireless keyboard and the new wireless Magic Mouse. It’s a mouse with multi-touch – yeah, really, just like the iPod Touch and iPhone!
All of you that keep up-to-date with the latest fashions or read the celeb gossip mags will be familiar with the “Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier” brand.
Well, now the brand is crossing over to hip geek chic with a line of “must-have” designer computer accessories.
Just like the clothing line, all the gadgety stuff is [...]
Hillcrest Labs has released what at first glance appears to be some funky geek jewellery but is infact the Loop controller.
The Loop controller is a Freespace mouse which is apparently aimed at those with some sort of Home Theatre PC (HTPC) setup.
The bangle is stylishly displaying four buttons and a scroll wheel and sports [...]
Movea has just shouted that their Gyration Air Mouse Go Plus wireless desktop mouse is ready to buy!
They’re boasting that it “makes the world a little easier to navigate”.
Movea says the Air Mouse Go Plus has “best of breed” gyroscopic tech for precise in-air cursor control and “ergonomic and ambidextrous desktop functionality”.
That’s some high falutin talk [...]
Ok Transformer fans!
It’s time to add a variety of peripherals to your puter to show off your fandom.
First up is a Ravage 2GB flash drive and it really transforms from a robo-cat to a usb stick – You can carry a Transformer in your pocket again, cool!
Next up is the Grimlock (and Trypticon) Transformer [...]
I just had to share this thing of beauty with you all
I’m a sucker for retro looks and this totally awesome NES Controller mouse that was sent into Technabob by one of their readers is a killer!
I’d love to have one of these and would even consider buying an extra one to use [...]
Fingertip Mini Mini – is it just me that thinks this sounds like an ‘adult toy’?
Hmmmmmmmmm…………. guess so then.
Moving swiftly on………
The Fingertip Mini Mini trackball is in actual fact a nifty little replacement for a mouse when you’re out and about.
The Mini Mini supports all of the normal mouse functions like click, scroll and cursor [...]
More tiny tech!
This is the quite stylish and undeniably travel-friendly E-blue Troza.
This little shiny black 2.4GHz optical laser mouse weighs a mere 32 grams and works wirelessly from distances of up to 10 meters.
Handy if, unlike me, you have a light laptop or netbook
Not sure how long you’d be able to use such a mini mouse [...]
Check it out gamers!
Logitech has announced that its G13 Gameboard should be out in a month or so.
Rockin a trio of game modes, a built-in 160 x 43 pixel LCD for stats and messaging, 25 programmable keys, and a programmable joystick, Logitech confidently states that the G13
“offers up to 87 ways for you to control your game.”
It also [...]
Happy Birthday Mouse!!
The oddly named control device is celebrating its 40th birthday today!
Even though it has since lost its wheels and many have no tails (wires) they’re still pretty much the same as they’ve always been – even though its demise has been predicted.
It was created by Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research [...]
When playing first person shooters (FPS) using a mouse, no matter how engaging titles such as ‘Crysis Warhead’ are – moving your mouse around isn’t much like waving a gun around – unless you have the Novint Falcon pistol add-on.
Alec Meer from Rock, Paper, Shotgun got to grips with Zalman’s FPSGUN concept mouse gun thingy [...]
This is one of the few ‘ergonomic’ controllers that actually looks like it could make a difference.
The oddly named Hippus’ HandshoeMouse was developed at two medical universities in Holland and not in someone’s shed over a weekend of cheap booze and reggae roll-ups.
They have performed “extensive medical studies” that “support the concept” which enables the [...]
Logitech have just announced a trio of new keyboards starting with its thinnest keyboard ever.
The 9.3-mm thin Illuminated Keyboard (pictured) is said to retail at $80 from October.
It features an adjustable backlight, soft-touch palm rest and dedicated multi-media keys for hot, one-handed night typing alone in the dark. No, that’s not a euphomism!!
They also [...]
There’s been word for a while that the big M would be launching a SideWinder-branded keyboard by Autumn this year and the Redmond-based folks are keeping the hype alive with an all new September-bound board and mouse 1-2.
The SideWinder X6 is hailed as the “first gaming keyboard created by Microsoft from the ground up, and the only gaming keyboard [...]
This striking gadget isn’t the future of inner-city transport (more’s the pity) it is, in fact, the aptly named “Alien Mouse” concept from the crazy designery head of Mizanur Rehman.
The brief was to design a mouse that would strictly adhere to the principles of ergonomics so that it would provide maximum comfort.
This is acheived by molding itself to the user’s hand as [...]
Could this be bye-bye mousey?
Well, that’s what Gartner analyst Steve Prentice has predicted.
His opening gambit was that the mouse
“works fine in the desktop environment but for home entertainment or working on a notebook it’s over”
He does reckon that the keyboard is here for a long time but
“the idea of a keyboard with a mouse as a [...]
I’m a big fan of Razer’s gaming mice and use their Krait mouse every day but I’m slightly confused by this latest addition to the range.
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s not that many games out there for the Mac family is there? I can’t be certain (being a PC user) but I can’t [...]
With 3200dpi gaming mice becoming the standard, Razer needed to step it up. Personally I find my, now standard, 3200dpi mouse plenty much enough. I4U reviewed Razer’s 4000dpi Lachesis as being ”….very accurate and tracking is great, particularly in Crysis”. Keep in mind though; this review was performed whilst playing on a 30-inch screen!
If you’re on a considerably smaller screen, you’d probably find [...]
Pic and lead from Engadget
There’s a fair amount of head-scratching going on at Engadget and I can totally see why.
This is the unholy spawn of a randy label printer and a submissive mouse (or vice-versa).
You can have one of these freaks…..err….useful additions to any office for a mere $29US from Casio – just buy online [...]
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