Got your hands-on the new messenger kit yet?

By hoosierdaddy812
for thexboxdomain.com

Published: July 21, 2007

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Of course you don’t it doesn’t officially release for retail until September 6th, but Gamespot was lucky enough to snag one up and write a lengthy review of the device. The messenger kit will retail for $30 and for all that you get the chatpad along with a wired headset. They admit that the chatpad adds a little girth to the controller and feels a bit awkward at first but “the snug fit makes it feel like part of the gamepad.” They report that the keys are very responsive and are spaced far enough apart to ensure the user can type quickly and effectively. The chatpad uses the standard QWERTY layout and many of the keys have alternate uses making it a versitile tool. There is also a messenger button and a built-in backlight, in case you feel the urge to send a message in the dark.

At $30 can you really afford not to to buy a messenger kit? Seriously though, if you are like me and you just send voice messages all the time then it might not be of great use to you. Although, Gamespot admits that the peripheral might come in more handy if Microsoft were to release a Web browser for example. Even so you could always use it to text your buddies that are the computer at the moment. Maybe while your playing Halo 2 on your Xbox you can invite them to join you in the PC version of the game, who knows.

Here’s what the chatpad would look like on one of those sleek elite controllers

[via: Gamespot]

-Brandon “Hoosierdaddy812″ Petesch-

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