Here we are then, the PS3 Wireless Keypad. A good while after the Blue Show covered it, I’m here to deliver an opinion in written form, complete with pretty photographs and some serious in-depth analysis. Well, as in-depth as I can be about a glorified keyboard.
Hit the jump for my review in full!
The Wireless Keypad, to give it its proper name, is (as you can imagine) Sony’s answer to the 360 Chatpad. It’s there for those who want to send messages without having to reach for a clumsy, cumbersome, old-fashioned keyboard to tap it out. Instead, you can conveniently mash away on teeny-tiny buttons and, bar a few moments for corrections, it works pretty well.
The Keypad itself is reasonably lightweight if a little cheap-sounding (it rattles). By itself it looks sorta weird, but when clamped onto your PS3 controller of choice (as long as it’s a SIXAXIS or a DualShock 3; none of your third-party rubbish) it looks neat, and feels neat too. You might have to re-adjust how you hold the controller, since you’ll need to “reach around” to the shoulder buttons as such, but even then it’s as comfortable to hold with the Keypad as it is without.
How does the pad itself handle though? The truth about its practicality awaits over the page!
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do you have to use a dual shock 3 cause I have the original controllers and they r so light and I am wondering if it would make my controler top heavy?
You can use a SIXAXIS no problem.
@JP The pad doesnt actually connect to the controller, just clips on so as Yamster said, Sixaxis/DS3 makes no difference.
To answer your other question, the pad doesnt add any noticeable weight at all. The difference is comparable to a Sixaxis vs. a DS3.
Personally, I still dont like typing with my thumbs. I like using my fingers on a keyboard. Anyone with a Blackberry though, will probably dig the keypad (and can likely swing the price too)
Didn’t find it that useful for me, but then again i don’t really message people that often! Kinda awkward when your playing games and forget to take it off =P
looks good, but i just spotted this slightly cheaper alternative on amazon…..
its a 3 in 1 remote with fold out keyboard…
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Competition-Pro-3-in-1-Media-Remote/dp/B001KZH63S/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1231265612&sr=8-14
looks interesting
How nice…
Sony are encouraging their customers to reacharound…
Well it’s only polite I suppose…
yeah is it me or isn’t the accessory kinda when you have teamspeak built into next gen consoles now?
pointless^^