Nintendo just put out a new gaming bundle for their Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS game that packages a Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth adapter (since the DS doesn’t have built-in Bluetooth) along with the game. Yeah, not everyone’s into Pokemon (we’re not), and a lot of people don’t even own a Nintendo DS (we don’t), but here’s why this thing looks really interesting: you can use that wireless keyboard with your smartphone as long as it has wireless keyboard support. That means it’ll work with iOS and Android phones. That’s interesting to us; seriously, ever since we’ve made the switch to a full touchscreen phone, typing a simple message on a virtual keyboard has proven to be quite a chore. And it looks good. Nintendo didn’t release pricing details yet, but the game bundle is due out in Japan in April. We just hope they decide to put out a stand-alone keyboard without the game bundle. That could save some of us non-DS owners a few bucks.
After coming out with the original DeathAdder that’s been on a lot of gamers’ must-have peripherals and the DeathAdder Left Hand Edition for a lot of left-handed gamers (including Robert Krakoff, Razer’s left-handed president), here’s another twist to the iconic DeathAdder mouse: a Black Edition.
Here’s the scenario: you love your portable console, but you’d rather not use a pair of crappy earphones that shut you off from the rest of the world. Problem is, the built-in speakers on your mobile device pretty much sucks. Solution? Razer’s Ferox speaker kit, which is basically a pair of portable stereo speakers that feature 360-degree omni-directional sound. They’re also pretty compact so they’ll pretty much go wherever your gaming device goes.
Razer just showed off a new handheld gaming concept machine at the CES show. Called the Switchblade Concept, the device is basically a tiny Windows 7-based, Intel Atom-running mini-PC that’s been tweaked specifically for gaming-on-the-go. The notebook-shaped device features a 6.8-inch multi-touch screen, and a dynamic keyboard with keys that change their assigned functions depending on the game being played.
Okay, if that warning message caught your attention, let’s clear things up: Nintendo just issued a safety warning on their website that says the 3D mode on their upcoming 3DS handheld could mess up young kids’ eyesight. According to the message, the vision of children under the age of six has been said to be in the developmental stage. Since the stereoscopic 3D tech used by the device uses different left and right eye images, it could mess up eyesight development.
