wraggster
September 17th, 2014, 22:14
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/c3dc5cb0c60160303c8fcc3a7e97169a/gamepadheadon_xboxonereview_630px.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/microsoft-wired-xbox-one-controller-universal-mobile-keyboard/)
If yesterday was Microsoft's day for announcing big news (read: a $2.5 billion acquisition (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/microsoft-buying-minecraft/)), today is the day it moves on to less pressing topics. The company's hardware team just unveiled a few new accessories, including a wired Xbox One (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/20/microsoft-xbox-one-review/) controller for PC gaming, and a portable Bluetooth keyboard that can pair with three different devices at once. Starting with the controller, this is basically the same one (http://www.engadget.com/products/microsoft/xbox/one/wireless-controller/) that already ships with the Xbox. In fact, because it comes with a battery pack in the box, you could use it wirelessly with the Xbone, in case you need a second controller. Heck, even the price is the same, at $60. The only difference? It includes a USB cable, allowing you to play on a Windows PC. Unfortunately, for now, at least, the controller can't be used wirelessly with a PC. Then again, the last-gen Xbox 360 controller started as wired-only, but later got a dongle, allowing you to use it wirelessly with Windows machines. So maybe Microsoft will follow a similar timetable here as well.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/microsoft-wired-xbox-one-controller-universal-mobile-keyboard/
If yesterday was Microsoft's day for announcing big news (read: a $2.5 billion acquisition (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/microsoft-buying-minecraft/)), today is the day it moves on to less pressing topics. The company's hardware team just unveiled a few new accessories, including a wired Xbox One (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/20/microsoft-xbox-one-review/) controller for PC gaming, and a portable Bluetooth keyboard that can pair with three different devices at once. Starting with the controller, this is basically the same one (http://www.engadget.com/products/microsoft/xbox/one/wireless-controller/) that already ships with the Xbox. In fact, because it comes with a battery pack in the box, you could use it wirelessly with the Xbone, in case you need a second controller. Heck, even the price is the same, at $60. The only difference? It includes a USB cable, allowing you to play on a Windows PC. Unfortunately, for now, at least, the controller can't be used wirelessly with a PC. Then again, the last-gen Xbox 360 controller started as wired-only, but later got a dongle, allowing you to use it wirelessly with Windows machines. So maybe Microsoft will follow a similar timetable here as well.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/microsoft-wired-xbox-one-controller-universal-mobile-keyboard/