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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: hybridsoul5 on Mon, 09 January 2012, 19:44:09
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I just saw one at the local microcenter and I was quite curious since I'd never seen or heard of one before.
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It's a french e-sport brand but has a lot of issues. Almost every user like it cause of ceramic feet that glide more than any other mice (too much i think) but most of them are experiencing left or right click issues or scrollwheel issue and have to send them back once or twice for another one.
As I was finding their whole esport concept and website odd, and as I found exactly the same shape and ceramic feet on other mice I tried to get a trace of their patent number.
I never had any trace of it nor any evidence that it has been developped by them in France. No trace or mention of any developpment dept on their website.
To be honest, I always thougth that they bought a license to put their brand on a chinese developed mouse (not only because it's built in China but because some other brands are selling exactly the same mouse, with sometimes different captors).
Moreover they are always saying they are working on the mouse to correct flaws and improve it but nothing ever happened. That's what led me to this conclusion. It's only my opinion, but I never understood all the buzz in esport around this brand.
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@popol
There are only a few (gaming mouse) manufacturers that actually design their mice themself or have it outsourced but still "own" the design.
PS: it pretty much has the same sensor as the SteelSeries Ikari Laser.
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@popol
There are only a few (gaming mouse) manufacturers that actually design their mice themself or have it outsourced but still "own" the design.
PS: it pretty much has the same sensor as the SteelSeries Ikari Laser.
I don't know any other re-branded mice except this one. Every brand has their own shapes.
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I don't know any other re-branded mice except this one. Every brand has their own shapes.
Sharkoon, Mionix, Ozon, Raptor Gaming, Ace of Sweden, Speedlink, just to name a few.
Ofc there are Razer, Roccat, SteelSeries, Logitech, MS, Zowie and a few others but they are the minority.
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yes these are minor brands. Not sure for the mionix Naos 5000 though. I don't think it's a rebranded product.
What I dislike is that NOVA claimed they are a major inovative brand with this mouse and that they succeded in making it understood by many professional gamers. What a scam lol
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Dunno if the Naos is rebranded, most likely not, but it still wasn't designed by Mionix and their first mouse (Saiph) was rebranded.
A lot of those companies claim similar things.