01-13-2005, 10:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Freedom Bluetooth Gamepad: Coming Soon?
"Tucked away on the Freedom stand here @ CES was another Bluetooth offering, a Bluetooth gamepad which is designed to make playing games on smartphones much easier. The gamepad is naturally designed to have a PS2 look and feel. The product was so new it only had one driver for a Nokia smartphone. So the INQ snapped the gamepad with its own Nokia cameraphone. There should be quite a demand for that product once it's finished."
A bluetooth gamepad that works with my Pocket PC? Yes, please. Firstborn son, one of my kidneys, a pile of silver dollars and a slightly used stuffed wolverine? All yours, Freedom Input - just make it happen! I have (of course) already started a cunning campaign of begging, pleading and whining for a review unit.  Anyone else excited about this? :drool:
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01-13-2005, 10:16 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 241
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I want this last week and I want this today and I want this next week!
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01-13-2005, 10:47 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 204
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I'd be happy if I could just get drivers to make a USB controller work with my device. Bluetooth would be cool too if the thing doesn't cost $50 or more.
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01-13-2005, 11:21 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,734
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Originally Posted by gregmills
I'd be happy if I could just get drivers to make a USB controller work with my device. Bluetooth would be cool too if the thing doesn't cost $50 or more.
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As and ye shall be provided 
In this thread over at firstloox is a driver for usb gamepads available to download.
http://www.firstloox.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2719
No promises, but then its also free
There is quite a community growing around the USB hosting ability of the loox, as can be seen in this thread.
http://www.firstloox.org/forums/show...ge=1&pp=15
Six pages of devices tested to see if they work or not. Happy to say the majority do. Its even possible to print via USB.
Surur
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01-13-2005, 11:37 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 38
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Too BIG
Look at the size of this contoller...look at the size of your PPC or smartphone... Why would you want to lug around this big controller to play games on your small mobile device.
Makes no sense to me!
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01-13-2005, 11:46 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 160
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too big...
i agree. the controller is enormous - a lot bigger than the ppc. i just need to fix my mail button b/c i've been playing 5 consecutive seasons on tecmo super bowl 2004 and it's finished.
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01-13-2005, 11:50 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 181
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It looks like the perfect thing for games like Anthelion, Flux Challenge, Geo-Rally, and LEGACY!!! :drool: And FpseCE!!! :drool: And any other Action-like games!!! :drool: Can we pre-order??? 
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01-14-2005, 12:07 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 40
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a snes bt controller would do...
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01-14-2005, 01:27 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 797
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Re: Freedom Bluetooth Gamepad: Coming Soon?
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Originally Posted by Pat Logsdon
Anyone else excited about this? :drool:
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If it works, yes. I would definitely enjoy tinkering around with this. It would be nice to play a game or two with something other than a d-pad in the middle and the buttons on the side.
You know, when Casio designed its first few handhelds, the dpad was on the left and the "action" buttons were on the right; making it a great setup for playing games. Oddly enough, no one has deviated from the pad-in-the-middle-buttons-on-opposing-sides design we see now.
Kind of odd that no one has taken the opportunity to slide things around to attract a wave of people who like playing games and such. I mean, Pocket Nester is a great emulator for NES games, and runs like a dream for most old ROMS, but the control scheme sucks when you have to try to cramp two thumbs into half of the buttom of a pocket pc.
I'm rambling.
I'll stop now.
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01-14-2005, 02:16 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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It's nice to see gamepads coming back into the market. And a Bluetooth one is definitely one to drool over.
However, this one just doesn't fit the criteria of portability. If I ever come across a Bluetooth controller that resembles the Sony PEGA-GC10 (used for the CLIEs), I'll be all over it.
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