China-exclusive Razer gaming keyboard

Darius Chang | Jul 01, 2008

It seems our friends in the Middle Kingdom are getting some serious Razer love as the peripheral maker has just announced an entry-level gaming keyboard which will be sold only in China.

But don't let the term "entry-level" fool you. The Razer Aurantia is about as functional as one can get, with 104 macro programmable keys, special function buttons for gaming mode, profile switching and mute, as well as 10 software profiles. The main differences from its more expensive Lycosa brethren are anti-ghosting capabilities and backlight illumination, features which are nice to have but not entirely essential.

Priced at 399 yuan (S$79.22), the Aurantia will be shipping mid-July in China. As an interesting aside, we noticed that the keyboard did not have any Chinese labels. According to Razer, this omission is due to the fact that users in the mainland use the romanized pin yin system to type and only the Taiwanese require their keyboards to have Chinese characters.

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jkeegan2008 says...
I found one on EBAY. a Firefly Borealis. Has a cool blue backlite, quiet keys and under 50$ US.
Do a search on EBAY for "Firefly Borealis"

Jul 12, 2008 02:57