Controller Keyboard

[YeOldeTDUMan]

Has anyone bought the new mini keyboard that plugs into your controller yet?

Was thinking of getting one myself

[Nodz86]

Has anyone bought the new mini keyboard that plugs into your controller yet?

Was thinking of getting one myself

I want to know this aswell, as I am also thinking of getting one.

They've got them in Game at £25 but only in a display case (dvd type thing not the product) and for a £10 I could get a cheap USB keyboard to plug in and use instead.

[Telos]

Looks awesome. Not a bad price either so maybe I'm getting one. Currently it takes forever to write messages to friends and since I don't keep my headset on writing with on-screen keyboard is the only option.

[SupermAnthony]

I was quite excited about this too when I first heard of it. Maybe I'll wait for a pre-owned one in Gamestation, though. You can't play and charge while using it can you?

[Nodz86]

Bloody Yanks get this fort $29.99 (£15) and we have to pay £25, bloody M$.

Anyway rant over heres a link to the instruction manual saying how it works. Also the reason you get a new headset with the keyboard is because the standard wired headset does not fit.

Instruction Manual:
http://assets.xbox.com/en-us/support/na-chatpad.pdf

And a link to a video that shows how it works:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360messengerkit/

[Pherelas]

A USB keyboards are a paint but looking at the size of a controller i think this would be the biggest pain in the world, way to small.

[YeOldeTDUMan]

well I crumbled ... (replace with got bored at work) ... so I now have one ... it fits pretty neatly and is reasonably easy to use

I'll take some pics later for those interested

[Rollin in an STi]

i went looking for one of those keyboards last week. i talked to a guy @ GameStop here in town, and the guy told me he talked with a REP from M$, saying that the keyboards were going to be shipped alogn with the **** 3 consoles. i dunno if their out yet, but i was a lil dissapointed i couldnt get it last week. i'll have to check the store's website to see if their in...

[Nodz86]

i went looking for one of those keyboards last week. i talked to a guy @ GameStop here in town, and the guy told me he talked with a REP from M$, saying that the keyboards were going to be shipped alogn with the **** 3 consoles. i dunno if their out yet, but i was a lil dissapointed i couldnt get it last week. i'll have to check the store's website to see if their in...

They got released her on in the UK on Friday. Just had a look on Amazon.com and they have them for sale now and so does xbox.com.

[YeOldeTDUMan]

guys, as promised some pics

so far it's not too bad to use ... smallish buttons but no worse than a mobile phone

the biggest comment i have is that you have to change your grip on the controller as i tend to wrap my fingers around the controller ... obviously you can with this in the way

I've included pics with and without the keyboard so you can compare

[Pherelas]

Nice pics there. Very usfull and looks really annoying, is it heavy?

[Nodz86]

Good pics there Hybrid, +rep, Made up my mind i'm gonna get one the weekend.

[YeOldeTDUMan]

It's not that bad ... shifting your grip takes a bit of getting used to ... the grip change and the weight change make it feel more like a handheld console in some ways

[Spud]

To be honest when i send messages, i usually do it Via Voice anyway and i find the MSN feature on the Xbox to be too slow, so i would really have no use for this myself, but it does look quite nice tho

[Nige]

I was gonna buy one but I have a laptop so I talk to people on MSN via my laptop much easier than talking too people on the 360 !

[Jo3lT]

Looks quite tidy. Might buy one too lol