Salmosa is definitely the smallest and light weighted mouse that Razer has released(well kinda released).  It's definitely as advertise, "Designed to be one of the lightest and most compact mice of its class, it is the ideal mouse of choice for finger-tip grip gamers who seek both speed and control."  You definitely don't want to palm grip this thing, it's just too small for that type of style.

First thing you'll notice about the Salmosa is that it only has 2 buttons and a mousewheel.  There are no side buttons like other Razer products.  That's definitely because Razer wants to keep this mouse as simple as possible.  Second, you'll notice that the buttons are not covered by a special fancy rubber that we are familiar with other Razer mice such as Deathadder, Diamondback, etc.. The mice chassis is basically entirely plastic, I wonder if it has to do with making it as light weighted as it is.  Its side is coated with gloss that gives that mice Ferrari look to it, similar to the Deathadder or Lachesis.

One of Razer's goal for this mice is that it is built to work perfectly without special drivers.  So you can bring the mouse to a tournament/lan party without having to worry to install some special Razer driver.  Incidentally, the mouse is also not packaged with a driver cd.  Though, this could change for the Worldwide release of the mouse.  The mouse does conveniently have a DPI switch in its back, it has two options of 800dpi and 1800dpi.  Some people have worried that you might toggle it by accident.  Don't worry, it is not a concern at all.  The switch is a solid tight and you would not easily toggle it by accident.

The shape of Salmosa is very conventional for a mouse.  It's shaped to fit a "fingertip grip" gamer.  What is kind of special about the Salmosa is the size of its buttons.  As I mentioned, they are plastic buttons that you would get from any old 5 dollars mouse.  But the button is versatile enough that you can click from the front of the button to the back.  Just imagine Deathadder's button with a body of a Salmosa.  Though one thing to note is that Salmosa's button is not quite as loose as many of the newer Razer mice, basically it takes a little more force to push.  But don't get me wrong, it's still very flexible and effortless, the feel is just not quite the same.

I do want to mention the only potential problem with the build of the mouse.  This occurred when I first started using the mouse.  My finger tip was sometimes placed at the very front tip of the mouse buttons.  When I pushed to click, the back of the mouse would sometimes tip upward as if you suddenly put a lot of weight in a front of a boat to make it wobble.  Basically this is a balance issue with the mouse due to its lightness and with the fingertip grip, but I had soon eliminated that problem by not placing my fingers that far to the front.

Lastly, I do want to mention the few things that you should expect from Salmosa.  Its mousewheel is very solid, it's covered with nice comfortable rubber.  It's as you should expect from a Razer mouse.  The mouse feet are covered with the same smooth material as other industry standards, so you shouldn't need to get any special mouse skates to replace them.  Salmosa should work perfect well with any mousepad you had use with your old Razer 3g(or not) mice.

Basically Salmosa is built for gamers who wants to have the most compact, light weighted, precise mouse in the market.  It is hands down the best that fits that description.  It is NOT for everyone!  Starcraft/Warcraft/RTS players realizes how smaller mice gives them that extra precision and control, this mouse definitely serves that need.  The Logitech Mini Optical(a favorite among top Starcraft pro-gamers) is limited by its outdated optical sensor.  For most part, the LMO will serve your purpose but as game screen resolution goes up, the more software guesswork needs to be done to scale for the mouse.  Salmosa is the first of its kind by Razer to try to satisfy the need for a specific group of gamers looking for a specific kind of mouse.  I am definitely very satisfied with this mouse because that's exactly what I was looking for.  It's not fancy but it gets the job done(very well).  I hope this review help someone decide if Salmosa is the right mouse for you.

I mentioned how small the mouse is, but here are some pics I took.

More mice comparison: http://i209.photobucket.c...5/SirNeb/5micecompare.jpg
Take a look at the scale: http://i209.photobucket.c...15/SirNeb/sizecompare.jpg

edit:
I added height comparisons to the deathadder and the logitech mini optical:

http://i209.photobucket.c...SirNeb/heightcompare1.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.c...SirNeb/heightcompare2.jpg

I added height comparisons to the deathadder and the logitech mini optical:

http://i209.photobucket.c...SirNeb/heightcompare1.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.c...SirNeb/heightcompare2.jpg

That is one tiny mouse. Nice review. Any comments on the tracking? Any lift-off issues?

Hello all,

The picture you are viewing of the Salmosa is  the Asian  version of the mouse. We have received  a large amount of feedback in the markets in Asia that mice currently on the market  are much too large and they are not made with smaller hands in mind. The US and European regions have voiced no such concerns. The Salmosa released in the US and EU markets will be a slightly larger version of the mice you see in the picture.  It will be still smaller than the DiamondBack, just not as small as the one in the picture. Stay tuned to the Razer website for actual size specifications once the product is released.

Razer|Wave

SirNeb told about one switch under mouse [DPI switch] @asian version
But i saw on razerzone.com site this:


Soo... USA/EU version of Salmosa will have pooling rate switchers ? :-)
And Razer|Wave - good to hear, that USA/EU version will be a bit larger.

Thanks for the heads up on this Razer|Wave.

Is there any chance you could post comparison pics once the two different versions are finalised.

Ya...the default polling rate on the Salmosa is 125Hz.  I used the Hidusbf utility to "overclock" my usb ports.  500Hz is no problem.  It won't do 1,000Hz though.  Highest I got it to go was 700Hz.