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Phantom Lapboard On Sale August 15th
MBraynard writes "No idea when they are launching the actual console, Infinium Labs has announced that in under a month, they will start selling the Phantom Lapboard from their online store. They have even found a partner to help sell the Lapboard in Europe." From the article: "The Company has commissioned Touchwood, a solutions-oriented, technology- based strategic marketing communications firm based in St. Louis, to plan and implement major revisions to the design and content of the [Phantom] website. The website revisions will incorporate direct marketing capabilities including an online merchant store to support business to consumer and business to business transactions with credit card banking services."
From TFA: The Phantom Lapboard is an innovative peripheral that enables players to control games designed for keyboard and mouse usage with as much agility as they are used to in the office, from the comfort of the couch or easy chair. The Lapboard rotates for left- and right-handed users and also inclines on a 30-degree angle with a hard surface below for the Phantom Mouse. The device is wireless and provides USB and headphone/microphone ports. The Phantom Lapboard interchangeable key-face technology is designed for game-specific and business software applications.
Neither article has a picture. Visit http://www.phantom.net/ for that.
Well, my television has the same native resolution as my monitor (1280x1024) in DVI mode so it's not a stretch that I might want to move my PC the 10 feet over to the TV and play over there on a 32" screen as opposed to a 20" one.
Every other wireless keyboard I've used sucks ass for playing games. The problem is that when you sit on a couch, you rarely sit in a position where you'd be able to lay the keyboard at a comfortable angle to type on. Forget about using a mouse. If they can solve even one of these problems, they'll be that much further ahead of everyone else. That's a big "if" though, we'll have to wait and see.