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Xbox Wireless Adapter Details, Live Bundle Confirmed

Posted by simoniker on from the speedy-gonzales-costs-moolah dept.

Thanks to Reuters for their story confirming the official Xbox Wireless Adapter, now locked in for an October 5th release for $139. Details of this 802.11b/g device were inadvertently leaked by the FCC a couple of weeks back, and TeamXbox has a first look at the adapter, but this announcement also reveals the new Xbox Live bundle deal, as Microsoft "...will offer a $40 rebate to people who buy both the adapter and the $69 Xbox Live Starter Kit, which offers a one-year subscription to the company's online gaming service, a headset for voice communications and a copy of the game 'MechAssault.'"

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  1. Oh, god no! by Inoshiro · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not 32 characters!

    For shame, that 32-byte key will be the end of inumerable Xbox controllers!

    Seriously, though, you seem to have forgotten that a bit is 1/8th of a byte, which would be 1 character you type in via the keyboard.

    I'd be more worried that your keyspace will be restricted since Xbox Live!'s little keyboard will only let you enter a-zA-Z0-9 and some punctuation (instead of a full range of nul to char 255).

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  2. Team Xbox - Caught in a lie by Geartest.com · · Score: 3, Funny


    After I just got through complimenting TX in my previous post for their colorization skills on the original black and white screenshots, I thoroughly read the TX post. I was stunned that they made this claim:

    On a recent trip to a top-secret facility, we discovered an upcoming (and an unannounced) wireless networking product from Microsoft.

    Unfortunately that is a lie. If it's supposed to be a joke, it's not a very funny one. The photos and drawings that TX has on their site were based exclusively on the FCC submissions. The technical information came straight from the same filings. <SARCASM> I guess Geartest.com's staff were at the same top-secret facility </SARCASM>. At the time we published the photos on August 28, we were the first ones to do so and it was a scoop. TX uploaded its wireless adapter post on August 31.

    This is exactly the problem with so-called "game press." Team Xbox has intentionally misled its readers about the source of the material for its wireless adapter post.

    When Team Xbox and its ilk lie to their readers, it is not only unethical but it makes it much more difficult for readers to trust anyone who writes about games.