PS3 Wireless Keypad

see my review located on the wireless ps3 controller i bought but.. it works. just some minor speculations though.. it might seem bad..but this seems like it will last longer if i was to play a while, than the wireless ps3 controller itself. that said.. it needs accessories badly. a solar recharging battery you plug into that little slot meant for the charge cable. the controller could use this too. some wire or another if it doesnt exist to link the keypad to the controller so one leeches off the other/uses that ones power. yes. they run on crappy lithium batterys, although in really good quality as opposed to other things. buttons worked. a couple lights light up, so its not completley unlity as i wish it was like the xbox controller-but look past that. as long as your hands are numble and not too huge, this is an awsome piece of machinery,with most of the keyboard right in your hands! with a controller at the same time. like everything else it could use improving. those little buttons on the very back resembling the 4 triggers on a rumble controller.. what do they do. havent been able to use them yet but with time who knows. theres one big dillema i have with this. the mousepad thing,for this,-SUCKS. at least with my mouse and keyboard calibrations. thats how it seems. could just be something i need to fix but why does it have to wiggle??.. why do i have to use all of my fingers to not even barely move it efficently some ways when a touchpad whips this things function?... mabey its broken, i dont think so. i cant ever use the mouse pad on this for now. :/ was looking forward to that. caps lock and tab. are merged together. caps lock button and tab button are merged as one together giving them the enerrgies of the power cosmic or something effectively making them useless. system is not smart enough to disseminate that caps and tab are two seperate functions and buttons so one overides the other and it aint caps,but i was able to do some cool up-down button manuvering by using caps-tab button and shift. needs under-backlights though like my systems lighting has for the buttons. for the big fingered, buttons needs to be bigger and spaced apart. caps and tab need to be seperate, mouse function completley needs to be redone- those are pretty minor when compared to everything else. escape button which is a staple in my gaming is right there, even better than the start-select buttons on the controller. the number and letters are going to be invaluable on old republic when i use this for it,and basic functions like enter,space bar deleting shifting and quick button access are a huge plus.arrived in perfect condition and quite fast. ---- --- --- --- ----- ------ and in case you havent figured it out by now.. i use the wireless ps3 rumble controller with everything ive bought for it including the keypad for the laptop. ;) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- old review prior to the one above it [i dont give a damn if its for the ps3, im using it on a controller and for the pc-however- what in blazes do you need to make it work on the pc?....i could not find hide nor hair of a program or driver for this, and if it existed the computer would accept it because thats what its asking for. so...what the hell do i need??... this thing needs accessories like multi port attachment and something to connect it to the ps3 controller itself to drain power from the controller while you play so it stays charged. im not clear on what i need to make it work on the pc so until i figure that out its one star rating for now, later ill raise it if things change]

Solidly built and easy to set up. I was immediately impressed by this little device. It attaches very quickly and simply. Once attached is was solidly in place. No wiggle. No shifting. It's on solid. Removing it was just as easy. Now password entry, chat and putting in codes is super quick. The cumbersome, time consuming old way of cycling through characters in the on screen interface is gone for good. It has a touch pad mode which is weird to explain but interesting to use. In this mode the keyboard behaves like a touch-pad on a laptop. You can scroll through menus or move your cursor around by sliding your thumbs any direction across the keyboard. The buttons don't even have to be pressed down. They become touch sensitive so you can lightly slide across to move the pointer/cursor. It is a little jumpy and I still prefer to use the stick for moving around but it is an interesting feature and I see what they were trying to do. I only have one complaint. The keys are rather small and close together however, in fairness to its designers I don't see how it could be any other way given the amount of space available. I think the designers did a very good job with the space they had. I had to trim my thumb nails because I would press a button with my thumb and sometimes my nail would hit a neighboring button. If you don't want to trim your nails then get in the habit of typing with your nails unless you have small thumbs. All in all, I am very happy with this keyboard. I've already shown it to my gaming friends and they all had great things to say.

I have really enjoyed this keyboard, even though I have only had it for about a week. A few reviewers have complained that the buttons are too small, and I suppose that it would be awkward if one were trying to type in the same way one would type on a full-size keyboard. However, for someone like me who has been using a cell phone with a full QWERTY keyboard to send text-messages over the past few years, the buttons on the PS3 Wireless Keypad seem generously-sized, and are perfect for thumb-typing. The touch-pad feature is also a nice surprise, and is relatively functional after proper calibration, which is done by holding down the blue and orange shoulder buttons for a few seconds until the indicator flashes once. It's still not quite as good as a real laptop touch-pad, but it comes pretty close; users should also be sure to change their mouse pointer speed in the "Accessories" section of the XMB for optimal function. It it also true, as many other reviewers have stated, that the addition of this keypad does not add a significant amount of weight to the Dual Shock 3 controller. Access to all the necessary controller buttons remains the same while not disturbing the controller's overall balance; you can set it on a table and it will still sit the same as it would if the keyboard were not attached. I would even say that certain buttons -- particularly select, start, and the PS button -- are actually easier to reach because their access is slightly elevated by the addition of the keyboard. My one and only complaint about this keypad is that the keys are not backlit. Playing a game in a low-light situation is often more immersive than playing in a well-lit room, but the markings on the keys are impossible to discern in low-light, especially considering all the function characters printed above the actual keys. I suppose that over time one would become accustomed to where everything is and -- like a full-sized keyboard -- one would not need to look at the keys so much while typing. However, I have had my cell phone for years, and still need to peek every once in while to find some character that I don't commonly use. This keyboard would be absolutely perfect (and worthy of a 5-star rating) if the keys were backlit; there could even be a switch, button, or dial to turn the backlight on and off. White characters would be the default illumination, but pressing the orange function key could hide the white characters to reveal the orange, and pressing the blue function key could also hide the white characters to reveal only the blue. Overall this is a fantastic and well-designed accessory for PS3 users who do a lot of typing, but do not want to have to wrestle with a full-sized keyboard and mouse.

Upon receiving the Keypad, I was pleased to see it in its original package. After the initial charging sequence, I turned on the keypad and pressed a button. The keyboards lights flashed for 3 seconds then stopped. The red light on the left side that should remain on did not. Any further button pushing only made the lights flash again for 3 seconds and did not remain on or allow me to type any words to message. I then charged the keypad again for a longer period of time and got the same results. After taking the time to look over the instructions, I saw that I failed to "pair" the new keypad with my PS3. After doing this, the keypad functioned properly. Overall the product is working perfectly and the supplier (marvelio-ca) is a good source to purchase from. The standard delivery window was only missed by one day. I would recommend this supplier to anyone and would not hesitate to buy from them again in the future.

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I wanted a keyboard so that I could type a lot faster. I found this one and it is perfect. one thing that I didn't know about it was that you can turn it to "touch" mode and when you move your finger over the different keys, it acts as a mouse to use on the internet etc. highly recommended

exactly as advertised - nice to get brand name product for reduced price compared to other sites/stores - helpful with internet watching

Great to use