Microsoft preparing Xbox 360 controller with QWERTY keyboard

Posted on Sunday, July 31 2005 @ 11:30 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

TeamXbox reports about a Spanish Xbox 360 presentation which showed some of the Xbox 360 peripherals, the XNA tools and other goodies.

One of the slides revealed a QWERTY keypad for the Xbox 360 console. The following details were mentioned:

QWERTY Keyboard
Connects to controller
For sending text messages or in-game chat

Also revealed was the Xbox 360 camera:

Captures video @ 640x480, 8 frame per seconds
Takes still pictures @ 1,3 megapixels
8 times the resolution of the Eye Toy
Includes microphone that connects to the Xbox 360 controller
Incorporates chat functions and video messages for Xbox Live

More details and slides from the presentation can be found at TeamXbox

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