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Phantom Lapboard Shipping By The End of The Year, Promise!
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 1:30 PM on November 6, 2008
Remember the Phantom Lapboard? Yeah, it's been so long that we've heard any news of it (despite them telling us that it was finally released), that most people have plumb purged it from their memory. According to Phantom Entertainment's recently updated blog though, the lapboard still exists and it's coming by the end of the year - for real this time! The Phantom Entertainment folks have paid for their first shipment of manufactured lapboards, and they'll be posting a delivery time frame soon. Good luck trying to generate buzz on your four-year-old almost-product, guys! [Phantom Entertainment]
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pheadbaq
Posted November 11, 2008 7:06 AM
Actually they did in fact release back in June, but it was a very limited number that were available. I was able to get one... yes it's an actual physical product that you can put your hands on!
pheadbaq
Posted November 18, 2008 2:39 PM
Actually they did in fact release back in June, but it was a very limited number that were available. I was able to get one... yes it's an actual physical product that you can put your hands on!
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Posted 4:04 PM 6/11/08
FINALLY!
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jrghoull
Posted 3:48 PM 6/11/08
as i recalled they tried to create an ideal setup, but in the process ran into so many problems that they had to reduce their product to little more than a sort odd keyboard and mouse.
the funny thing is, is that should they have succeeded, it would have (imho) potentially been one of the most successful products in a long time. buy the device which was essentially a laptop built into a keyboard, use it for 6 months, send it in with the appropriate amount of moolah, and in a week or so get it back with updated parts and get back to playing your games (only now at higher res and what not)
....
okay i dont know why that sounded so great to me in the past, but it did. loosing it every 6 months would suck, along with the constant payments (though they would be potentially doing it on a large enough scale to save you at least a few bucks) andd...i forget, was there anything else that was "special" about it? i think they dealt with any and all software stuff for you, so that, like a game system, you would never have to worry about drivers and blah blah blah, and also that there was no driver port (only a usb port or two)
question: if you could send your computer in to a company for a few days, and pay for upgrades that were lower than retail and you wouldnt need to worry about drivers or anything, would you buy that computer? i understand that this is not a full computer in alot of ways, but i figure that this is really aiming at the computer gamer. only problem is...(and this is what the question above is really asking) would the computer gamer be into something like that?
jrghoull
.endejas.
Posted 3:42 PM 6/11/08
Why buy from these con artists?
.endejas.
SomeoneUKno
Posted 3:33 PM 6/11/08
ehh i tried one and to be honest they're not that good. Mouse is made too cheaply, and the keyboard isn't full size buttons and feels like a cheap small keyboard you'd get for 10-15 bucks. Honestly, when I did try to game on it, I spent more time trying to not hit every button than actually playing the game because the keys are so small (and I dont really have big hands either) id rather stick w/ what i got.
SomeoneUKno
Tired_
Posted 4:25 PM 6/11/08
It's a keyboard on a stick with a wireless mouse. What's the hold-up?
Tired_
SomeoneUKno
Posted 4:23 PM 6/11/08
@Weihovah: No, it was actually the Church of Scientology. They knew that Anonymous loves to play video games so they delayed the release with Tom Cruise Missles so Anon members couldn't enjoy themselves fully.
SomeoneUKno
Valicious
Posted 4:17 PM 6/11/08
@Weihovah: Along with Duke Nuke'em Forever.
Valicious
Weihovah
Posted 4:12 PM 6/11/08
isn't that the same time the meizu m8 is coming out? it all makes sense now... it was the republicans keeping these products from being released
Weihovah
x23
Posted 7:01 PM 6/11/08
@jrghoull: what on earth are you on about? the lapboard *never* "was essentially a laptop built into a keyboard" and the console that went along with the lapboard wasn't laptop-esque at all. it was a TiVo/360 sized device that plugged into your TV like any other console.
i never once heard of any need to mail the Phantom anywhere and certainly not every 6 months. you connected it to your normal internet connection to download games and updates. just like any other modern game console currently on the market. it was basically just stock PC hardware on the inside and played stock PC games.
the only thing moderately different was the proposed all-you-can-eat games subscription service. basically a flat rate subscription of $30/mo for all the games you wanted.
i really have no clue what you are talking about. but it wasn't the Phantom nor the Lapboard.
x23
kentsmithnz
Posted 7:23 PM 6/11/08
If it's supposed to be for your lap - at least build a pointing device into it! geez!
-KENT
kentsmithnz
Herman
Posted 7:12 PM 6/11/08
What's the difference between this and a $20 keyboard/mouse/board setup?
The $20 probably...
Herman
USB_Humping_Dog
Posted 7:53 PM 6/11/08
Phantom? How ironic.
USB_Humping_Dog
Hvedhrungr
Posted 11:03 PM 6/11/08
4 years later: still a cheap-looking generic keyboard.
Hvedhrungr
DisposableInterloper
Posted 11:54 PM 6/11/08
They're still going at it? Seriously?
/facepalm
DisposableInterloper
theorieofself
Posted 4:05 AM 7/11/08
what a joke. i can't wait for these clowns to go belly-up.
i remember when they had their office in my town. i went by a couple of times to see if there was anything legit going on over there, and from what i could tell it was nothing short of a train wreck.
theorieofself
Moonshadow101
Posted 4:00 AM 7/11/08
Where are they getting money from? Who is investing in this?
Moonshadow101