Talk Playstation 3 News

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced today that the upcoming Keypad or Keyboard if you will is scheduled to be released in the UK on the 28th of November at £24.99.

The keypad was first revealed at Leipzig 2008

The new wireless keypad that clips over the front of the DUALSHOCK 3/SIXAXIS controllers above the main controls. It will sport in black color, and is intended for those who uses the in game text messaging, and internet browser control. The new keypad can also be used with any Bluetooth enabled devices, with keyboard support.

Not sure if i’ll be getting one, i’ll have to see how it feels first.

Click here and here to see some pictures of the Keypad.

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This week we were wondering about the PS3 keypad if it would still be released like we previously said, cause we had hardly hear any news of it since the announcement at the Leipzig Games Convention.

Well Gamespot talked to Ian Jackson, Vice President of Sales for Sony and he confirmed that the keypad is getting out a little later but still during the holiday season.
You can expect to see the first batch in the first week of December at retailers.

Perfect timing for a Home Open Beta release? You tell us.

Source, via Joystiq

Keeping an eye on that Playstation 3 Keypad? Lets take a look at what it looks like when someone is actually holding it.

According to MTV:

The PS3 version, however, connects above the sticks. I’m sure I’m not the only PS3 owner who has been wondering if that would force people to make an uncomfortable stretch.

At a meeting I had with Sony executives today in Manhattan, I saw a PS3 controller with the keypad attached. I asked to pick it up, to try it and to snap photos.

What you see above is the controller in my (very Italian) hands.

I snapped a few more photos of the device in my hands and those of Jack Buser, lead developer of the PS3’s upcoming Home service. Jack is a bigger guy, with bigger hands. He’s over six feet tall. I’m 5′6″.

This is what it looked like when we started reaching for buttons to type on:

First, I asked Buser, who has used the add-on a lot and says he can blaze through typing with it, to reach for the hardest-to-reach keys

Not suitable for small hands?

Probably one of the most wanted peripherals for the Playstation 3 is the newly announced wireless keypad.

Kotaku showed us the full spec sheet for this handy little gadget.

Wireless Keypad Product Overview
Product Name: Wireless Keypad
Product Code: CECHZK1JP (For Japanese market)
Product Color: Black
Hardware Specification
Weight: Approx 60g
Voltage: DC 3.7V
Operating Temperature: 5 degrees C ~ 35 degrees C
Built-in Bluetooth(R) Ver.2.0
Keypad Layout: QWERTY layout
Battery Specification
Built-in Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
Battery Capacity: 610mAh

But now Amazon has given us a price and release date as well. According to their site the keypad will cost $49,99 and is set to be released on November 30th (in NA). Europe should expect it before the end of the year according to the according to the press release of SCEI

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