It's pretty obvious from Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan's one-man presentation at Gamescom that he's buzzing about his new gaming keyboard. Ready to accompany the accessory maker's Ouroboros
gaming mouse (hands-on impressions coming very soon), the Deathstalker
will arrive in Ultimate and Standard versions. They both plump for
chiclet-style keys and the pricier (and larger) Ultimate felt both light
and slim. The standard issue packs three backlit color options, while
the bigger board adds in Razer's light-up Switchblade UI, seen on its first gaming laptop.
The first part of this is ten LCD keys that can be customized to gaming
buttons or more typical PC use. They're still contextual, meaning if
you launch the calculator from one of the keys, they will then transform
into more appropriate calculator functions. Beneath that, a touchpanel
LCD can act as a trackpad and accepts several gesture motions. It can
also display your Twitter feed, game information and plenty more. The
keyboard will also feature Synapse 2, Razer's new cloud-based settings
service. The CEO explained that a player's custom layout and profile for
the 'board could be stored online and then accessed from any computer
it's plugged into, ready for your next (online) fight. Get our first
impressions after our gallery and the break. 
We're liking these style lines, and it all follows the same
design lines and sentiment of the Razer Blade. While the chiclets may
not be to everyone's tastes, --Razer already has their own range of
mechanical keyboards -- the keys on the ultimate version felt responsive
enough during our brief play, and they still have the same optical
effect found on the blade, meaning the image seems to float atop those
LCD keys. We still need more PC titles to offer up their own
customizations, but users will soon be able to take matters into their
own hands, as Razer has launched the SDK for its Switchblade UI
alongside this new keyboard. Both the standard and ultimate iterations
are set for a global launch next month, priced at $80 and $250,
respectively.By Mat Smith posted Aug 15th 2012 11:00AM
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/razer-deathstalker-gaming-keyboard/
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