MS Announces Xbox 360 mini-keyboard (PICS)

[Guest]

No - that's an old mock-up. I remember seeing it when MS were proposing potential add-ons for the 360 way back at its launch. Obviously the real thing will have proper headset support.

No, i remember the old mockup. Didnt look like this one.

[obsolete_power]

That looks so damn cool if it is true!! I will be getting an Xbox 360!

[Spartan_X]

this thing has been in the works since AGES ago and it even got leaked to the web at some point... :p

here's a link to one of those articles back then... :happy: :yes:

http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuuHiGLLG07291418

[Digitalx]

]I'd love to see Playstation do this now - all controllers should have this! Much needed!

I really don't see what's so impressive about this considering the fact i can use a normal more logical easier to use keyboard. I use for ps3, a standard usb saitek keyboard doesn't worry me much does the job for messages and on the occasion i have to use it in game.

[giga Veteran]

I really don't see what's so impressive about this considering the fact i can use a normal more logical easier to use keyboard. I use for ps3, a standard usb saitek keyboard doesn't worry me much does the job for messages and on the occasion i have to use it in game.

Constantly switching back and forth between a controller and a large keyboard can get quite hectic--this idea really isn't that bad.

[+Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹]

You don't need that keyboard 90% of the time...

[5Horizons]

I'll be getting one for the few times that I do actually need it, it's way better than having a regular keyboard sitting out in my living room.

[virgo89]

This doesn't look quite right to me.

[Guest]

That is actually pretty neat. It'll fit my hands just nicely too.

[yert*]

OMG!111 A keyboard for a controller. Seems kind of impractical and I'm sure it will be like 50 bucks.

[Huleboeren]

Constantly switching back and forth between a controller and a large keyboard can get quite hectic--this idea really isn't that bad.

Youll have to do that anyways with that addon :p

The controller is heavy enough as it is, having that keyboard addon on while gaming will kill your arm

[SnoopZ]

The original link to gamespot doesn't work anymore so has it been taken down or moved?

[Tech Star]

wow....I don't think I will be getting that. It looks like it would be no use at all. :(

[giga Veteran]

Youll have to do that anyways with that addon :p

The controller is heavy enough as it is, having that keyboard addon on while gaming will kill your arm

:p

[Guest]

*snip*

:p

Who said gaming was unhealthy? :shifty:

[christracy]

i have my xbox controller in front of me and i dont see how thats gonna work and if it does it don't see how its gonna work well. I know the port is there for it but to type and get to the home keys for those touch types among us it will likely slip out of your hand as soon as you switch to typing.

[Spartan_X]

:p

seems to me like somebody may be overwacking his floppy... :laugh: :rofl: :p

[DELTETHISACCOUNT]

Well, the keyboard fits that rendered controller well, but would it fit a real one?

No. didn't think so. The real controller is too short and not wide enough. How Microsoft is going to squeeze a keyboard into that tiny, narrow space is beyond me. We'd have to use a pencil or something to type in the letters.

[Huleboeren]

http://www.inkycircus.com/jargon/images/dumbbell.jpg

:p

Haha

Ive been going to the gym, 3 times a week for the past year - its not that I cant lift a X360 controller

I find the PS3 controller too light, and the X360 controller too heavy.

Something in between would be nice..

[gigapixels Veteran]

Freaking awesome. Now when I'm enchanting armor in Oblivion I won't have to take 5 minutes to type the name in :D

And guys, have faith... Microsoft has implemented everything else very well with the 360, I doubt they would screw this up.

Oh, and by the way Ruiz, you didn't do a very good job on that. They've laid the keyboard out so it wraps around the grips of the controller and fits more horizontally than we can really see with the controller in front of us.

[spenser.d]

Well, the keyboard fits that rendered controller well, but would it fit a real one?

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No. didn't think so. The real controller is too short and not wide enough. How Microsoft is going to squeeze a keyboard into that tiny, narrow space is beyond me. We'd have to use a pencil or something to type in the letters.

Well considering that pic is life-size, it looks like it fits fine. If you can't manage to press those, you must have huge fingers.

You act like MS hasn't been testing this out for over a year now to see if it works well.

-Spenser

[Lexcyn]

Nice! I'm gonna get one of those for sure. :D

[TheFlusher]

Looks like some kind of sidekick mobile onto the 360 controller..

I'm used to that kind, so it shouldn't be a problem texting :)

[gigapixels Veteran]

Hey Spartan, I'm assuming they're going to make a black version as well to accommodate Elite owners... Just give me a :shiftyninja: if I'm right ;)

[Rodrigo]

NICE!

And come on, cellphone buttons are WAY smaller than those from the mini-keyboard. Excuses to bash this thing. :D