At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Razer have revealed a new concept device they have been working on -- an ultra-portable PC targeted at gamers on the go codenamed The Razer Switchblade.
Razer's device is powered by an Intel Atom processor, reportedly running Windows 7 and packs two 7 inch multi-touch displays (one of which functions as a dynamic and fully customisable keyboard with physical, tactical keys latticed on top of it).
As you can either attach a mouse or other USB peripherals to it, the idea seems to be to provide a versatile ultra-portable device that can play real PC games in a form factor much easier to cart around than a laptop.
“The main problem with mobile PC gaming so far is that no one has been able to port the full mouse and keyboard experience onto a small size portable solution,” said Min-Liang Tan, CEO and Creative Director, Razer. “By combining adaptive on-the-fly controls and display, we managed to maintain the full tactile keyboard in a miniature computer while saving valuable screen estate.”
As it is still very much just a concept, no price or release date have obviously been announced, so we'll just have to wait and see whether it's a worthwhile goal.
Games that they are demoing it with appear to include World of Warcraft, Quake 3 and DoTA Allstars. Obviously, a device such as this wouldn't be able to run all the latest PC games, but it could be great for older titles and if it was to become popular enough, would no doubt attract some custom ports.
Head over to Razer's
official site, Swing by Engadget's
CES hands-on for a better idea. But if you really want to get the best idea, watch the official promotional trailer (and click the little HD button)
here on AusGamers.
Posted 02:58pm 07/1/11
Also, how good is the CEO's Derek Zoolander in that trailer.
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Posted 04:34pm 07/1/11
Thats what I was thinking as soon as the keyboard changed style.
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Posted 05:04am 08/1/11
Kind of funny how they say they want to bring the mouse & keyboard of desktop PC's to a portable device, then tell you how it's got this awesome touch screen, then at the end just end up showing you something the size of an EEE laptop, with a normal mouse beside it. What's so different to me plugging my mouse into my normal laptop & playing quake? other than the keyboard of course.
Posted 07:27am 08/1/11
yer, surely it wont have the power to be really useful
id rather something small with some grunt and ill just plug a normal keyboard and mouse in
Posted 08:38am 08/1/11
how serious is the ceo. chillout mofo.
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