Razer Hyperflux: A wireless mouse that has no battery inside—believe it!
Razer’s Mamba Hyperflux mouse and Firefly Hyperflux charging-pad combo sound like science fiction. Get this: It’s a wireless mouse…without a battery. When I heard about it at CES, I didn’t believe it would work. Now that I’ve had it in my hands for a few weeks I can confirm that, yes, it does. Even knowing logically how the trick works, I’m nevertheless fascinated by it.
It’s only when the illusion breaks, that I’m reminded, oh yeah, this is a real piece of new technology, complete with some first-generation flaws.
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Razer’s Hyperflux is the third wireless-mouse charging solution to cross my desk in the past several months, and all are based on different principles.
First came , which completely changed my opinion of wireless mice. The Powerplay wireless-charging mouse pad lets you take either a or mouse, plug a magnetic disc into the bottom, and then trickle-charge the mouse (to the tune of 1 or 2 percent per hour) as you use it. No Powerplay mouse pad? The G703/G903 will function as a standard wireless mouse, running down the battery, then recharging via USB. Seamless.
