Is Razer Working On A Gaming Tablet?

16 responses to “Is Razer Working On A Gaming Tablet?”

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   McGarnical

   January 5, 2012 at 11:31 am

   Hi Mark, sorry to be That Guy, but the title says “laptop” when it should say “tablet”.

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      Mark Serrels

      January 5, 2012 at 11:32 am

      Thanks McGarnical, for always being on the case!

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      Phillip Holmes

      January 5, 2012 at 11:53 am

      Nice going McGarnical.
      You hurt his feelings by pointing out the mistake. Now he’s gone and slit his own throat from ear to ear.

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      1. 

         andy

         January 5, 2012 at 12:52 pm

         Keep it PG please, there are children about.

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            Korwin

            January 5, 2012 at 11:36 pm

            Reference Miss!

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   pat (not that pat)

   January 5, 2012 at 11:34 am

   looks interesting. Wonder how they’ll distribute content.?

   Wouldn’t it need to have the equivilent of Steam or XBOX live or what have you? For online gaming?

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      lambomann007

      January 5, 2012 at 12:14 pm

      It’ll be a Windows Tablet, so it doesn’t need an equivalent of Steam/Xbox Live, it’ll just use the PC versions.

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3. 

   waterbear

   January 5, 2012 at 11:58 am

   Haha, that’s like saying skateboarding is riding a bike in an all new form factor.

   Oh razer, good on them for being a manufacturer that is at least trying to innovate in the PC gaming platform space.

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   andy

   January 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm

   RRP $2800…lol

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   Barry

   January 5, 2012 at 1:39 pm

   Weren’t Razor working on a gaming laptop kind of thing, it was stolen not long ago. It’s going to be that thing for sure.

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      lambomann007

      January 5, 2012 at 2:01 pm

      You mean this confirmed product? http://www.razerzone.com/blade
      First of all, Razer wouldn’t be teasing a product they’ve already shown off 😛
      Second, Apple’s tablets are famous for being ‘magical’, not their laptops.

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         Barry

         January 5, 2012 at 3:29 pm

         What makes you think that they wouldn’t be showing off the graphics of the switchblade? Other companies have shown things off and then done the whole marketing thing for CES.

         Also, it could be Switchblade 2 (already?)

         Time will tell but if it’s Switchblade then expect a ‘told you so’ lol

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            Chazz

            January 5, 2012 at 3:41 pm

            Either I’m reading your comment wrong or you’ve mixed the two together.

            The Razer Blade is not the Switchblade and is looking to be released shortly (HDD shortages due to flooding in Thailand etc pushed back the release date).

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               Sam

               January 5, 2012 at 4:56 pm

               if you look at the 21 second mark, it’s zooming out of what looks like a tablet. I’m going with the tablet!

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   Chazz

   January 5, 2012 at 3:17 pm

   I wouldn’t say the Switchblade has “disappeared off the face of the earth” Razer still have the webpage for it. Also, wasn’t the Switchblade only revealed last year?

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7. 

   DerangedStoat

   January 5, 2012 at 5:34 pm

   I’ve never really understood the appeal of touch screen gaming outside of games that allow you to be hands off or observe whenever you wish, such as strategy games/turn based games/Farmville etc.

   Some single input games are fine (such as the Canabalt clones, Angry Birds etc), but there’s only so much interaction you can have before your hands/fingers become a frustrating obstruction to what’s happening on screen.

   (Don’t even get me started on the input abomination that is the ‘on-screen joysticks’ used by some mobile games!)

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