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Zeemote JS1 Nunchuk Gaming Controller Bundles With Sony Ericsson W760
Posted by John Mahoney at 12:30 AM on August 5, 2008
The Zeemote analogue joystick controller for Bluetooth phones is now starting to see the light of day, at least for lucky Dutch W760 buyers, who will get it free as a promo package. This isn't the Wii-like motion-control version the company has been promising, and still no word on U.S. pricing or availability, but it looks like your first person mobile phone shooters will soon get a bit easier to play. Full release follows.
Sony Ericsson Takes Mobile Gaming to New Level With Launch of Zeemote(TM) JS1 Controller
BEDFORD, Massachusetts, August 4 /PRNewswire/ —
- Sony Ericsson First to Market
- Retail Promotion in Netherlands Gives New W760i Consumers Mobile
Gaming EdgeZeemote(TM), Inc. (http://www.zeemote.com/), the makers of intelligent
wireless controllers for mobile devices and Sony Ericsson, today announced
a partnership to bring near-console game play to the W760i. In a world
first, Sony Ericsson is to launch the Zeemote(TM) JS1 Controller featuring
Bluetooth(TM) technology with an exclusive promotion throughout hundreds of
retail outlets across the Netherlands.Across the Netherlands, from August 8th 2008 to October 31st 2008, the
Zeemote(TM) JS1 Controller will be offered free to purchasers of Sony
Ericsson's new 3G mobile handset, the W760i Walkman, via a mail-in voucher
promotion. The W760i will come with two embedded Zeemote Ready(TM) games
with a further fourteen additional games available through the Fun &
Downloads section on the http://www.sonyericsson.com/nl/Additional to the Walkman capabilities, 3.2 megapixel camera and GPS
functions of the W760i the Zeemote(TM) JS1 Controller will bring a whole
new dimension in mobile game play to Sony Ericsson customers - enabling a
near-console experience on mobile phones. With a thumbstick and four
assignable trigger buttons, the JS1 offers real analogue control over
Bluetooth(TM) enabling users to truly engage with mobile games. Sitting
perfectly in the hand and ergonomically designed the JS1 weighs just
47g/1.7oz."Sony Ericsson prides itself on bringing intuitive technologies to its
customers. We recently announced the motion gaming F305 and we're delighted
to be giving our Netherlands customers the opportunity to be the first to
own an award winning Zeemote JS1 controller," said Max Van Den Berg,
General Manager at Sony Ericsson Benelux. "Adding a new dimension, such as
controllers for mobile gaming, gives us and our customers a competitive
edge!""Mobile gaming will never be the same as the Zeemote(TM) JS1 launches
through our first commercial relationship with Sony Ericsson". Said Jim
Adams, VP of Worldwide Sales at Zeemote. "We are delighted to partner with
Sony Ericsson and give users even more of a reason to buy the feature
packed W760i. This agreement is the first of a number of deals we intend to
announce over the coming months."
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Xenocide
Posted 12:56 AM 5/8/08
If only there were good fps' for cellphones.
Xenocide
xAnarChisTx
Posted 12:51 AM 5/8/08
It looks like the demonic child of a Wii nunchuck and a Norelco shaver. WTF?
xAnarChisTx
FortNinety
Posted 1:18 AM 5/8/08
I got the chance to check it out during the GDC. Good idea, but the design is horrible; its too small and cramped, so after just a few minutes, your hand begins to hurt. Button placement is also piss-poor.
FortNinety
Hectorvex
Posted 1:18 AM 5/8/08
It doesn't seem practical. You have games on the phone, then a controller bigger than the phone? The only time I play games on my phone is when I'm taking a shit. I can't see dragging this thing out in the can. It doesn't make sense to me.
Hectorvex
PlayerX
Posted 1:09 AM 5/8/08
It's an ugly design, and it has a stupid name. Mintendo Wu, anyone?
I mean, on the one hand, they're basically admitting they're copying Nintendo. On the other hand, nobody is ever going to buy this thing.
I don't mean to be so negative, it's just that some decisions leave me short of a rational explanation. Think of all the plastic and other resources (electricity at the factories, oil for the shipping, etc...) that get wasted on a stupid idea like this! NYAGH!
PlayerX
macorange
Posted 2:36 AM 5/8/08
"There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other peoples' cultures, and the dutch."
-- Nigel Powers
macorange
rexplex
Posted 2:21 AM 5/8/08
@Hectorvex:
For me I want fewer things in my pocket. Adding a controller for my cell phone games seems idiotic.
What's next, an adapter to connect the SixAxis to the PSP?
rexplex
dfn_doe
Posted 3:28 AM 5/8/08
I had some hands on with this device at last year's GDC and I was mostly unimpressed. It only worked on games designed specifically to be compatible with it AND it doesn't use a standard bluetooth HID profile which means it is limited to working with cellphones that directly support it and cannot be used as general pointing device with other bluetooth equipment like laptops or internet tablets.
dfn_doe
JEmlay
Posted 4:51 AM 5/8/08
Up Down Left Right Button Button....seriously, what can this do that a phone already can't do?
JEmlay
ddaq89
Posted 5:23 AM 5/8/08
Seriously? Why the hell would anyone want this? Maybe this is just the precursor of things to come, but I have an iPhone and it's great all the things it can do but I have no intention of playing any kind of involved game on it that would require a wireless controller. That is why I have a PS3. Come on Ericsson, just make a phone that isn't a POS.
ddaq89