Nintendo Wii to become true to type
Write your novel on a Wii
The Wii’s convoluted text-entry system has always been a bone of contention for gamers. But now manufacturer Logic 3 is set to end all that with its latest invention: a Wii keyboard.
Logic 3's Wii keyboard: tap-tap-tapping fun
The Wii Keyboard for Wii Game Pad does exactly what it says on the tin. It allows you to enter text using a Qwerty layout, rather than having to rely on a complicated and long-winded system of on-screen button pressing.
Gamers - or should we say typists? - also benefit from a wide selection of additional function and numerical keys, including a caps lock option and number keys. There’s even a red LED to indicate that the keyboard’s powered-up, while the keyboard’s body is fashioned in classic Wii white.
Amazon UK is currently taking pre-release orders for the Wii Keyboard for Wii Game Pad, which will be available on 18 July for £15 (€22/$30).
COMMENTS
It's tiny!!!
What isn't obvious from the article or photo is that it clips onto a controller so it's only around 4" wide!
http://www.logic3.com/details/?prod=499
Great for kids maybe but not for us with grown up thumbs...nice idea but I'll stick with logitech's effort, ta.
I suspect..
... this is just a USB wireless keyboard. I use my Logitech USB wireless keyboard on my Wii and 360 just fine.
Or you can just use a USB keyboard...
plugged into the USB port on the Wii. Even some Wireless with USB receivers ones work.
I take it that 'Wii Keyboard for Wii Game Pad' is a poor way of indicating that it plugs directly in to the Wiimote?
