If you’re in the market for a gaming mouse that fits your tight budget, you might want to consider the Microsoft Sidewinder X3. This latest mouse from the computer company offers up fairly decent specs at a fairly decent price and sometimes, that’s all you’re looking for!
Griffin’s PowerMate USB controller may be a few years old, but it still manages to pull in buyers. Anyone not willing to spend $45 on a glorified volume knob, though, might find something to occupy them in MAKE’s weekend project, the Powerfake.
I’d wager there’s a special place in all of our hearts for tiny peripherals, and this Evergreen USB Mini Trackball certainly takes miniaturization seriously. A blocky 30 x 30 x 20mm, with a retractable USB cord, the trackball fits in both left and right mouse buttons and a scroll button on its top side.
Elecom have announced a new mouse, which claims to offer “pen and paper” precision. An offset 1,600dpi laser sensor is supposedly placed where the nib of a pen would usually rest, relying on the human hand’s natural penmanship skills to increase mousing accuracy.
Gigabyte have released a range of new, not exactly attractive peripherals at CeBIT 2009 this week, including the bizarrely crystal-encrusted GM-M7800S wireless mouse seen here. Obviously the one thing better than a 1,600dpi leather-clad mouse is one studded with a few Swarovski crystals that you won’t even see when using it.
Microsoft’s SideWinder X8 wireless gaming mouse, first announced back in September last year, will finally be making it to retail stores this week. The SideWinder X8 uses Microsoft’s own BlueTrack Technology, which claims super-high accuracy thanks to 13,000 frames per second image processing, 75g maximum acceleration and 120 inches per second maximum speed.
It may look like Apple’s ill-fated puck mouse, but the Cyber Sport Orbita Mouse is a whole lot cleverer under its silicone skin. Free-rotating for super convenient scrolling, the Orbita can be as simple as a new way to navigate webpages or as complex as a 3D controller. SlashGear strapped on the crash helmets in preparation for some serious spinning.
Cyber E-Style’s Orbita Mouse caught some attention last month with its promise of full-spinning, squeezable flexibility. Fitted with a digital compass, the Orbita can be free-rotated for as much scrolling as you like, yet will always know which direction is up. Promising stuff, so SlashGear was keen to get the Orbita in for a play; it landed on our desk today, and so we’ve thrown together an unboxing video and preliminary gallery to keep you occupied until the full review.
Check out the video unboxing of the Orbita Mouse after the cut
Razer released a brand new gaming mouse called the Mamba today and it is perfect for the avid gamer. This thing is ergonomic, doesn’t lag and features 2.4GHz wireless tech, which, in case you haven’t already noticed, makes it perfect for video gaming action.
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