Don't worry, it's not just QWERTY: Versa's game pad on track for next month

At this point, the Versa is little more than a glorified Glyde when it's in its QWERTY wallet (okay, that was harsh) -- but it looks like at least one other module is still on track for release. phoneArena has documentation suggesting that the game pad will go on sale for the rumored $29, which should help make the phone a formidable little entertainment device. Interestingly, rumor has it the pad isn't made by LG -- which leads us to wonder whether the company has made the Versa's interface specification available to third parties, which further leads us to wonder whether we'll see other devices using the same connector. Anyhow, unlike the keyboard, the game pad conveniently slides away when not in use, which is kinda nice, and it should be available around the first of April.

[EpsilonNot Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:00PM]

Chances of seeing a NES or SNES emulator on a dumbphone like the Versa are basically zero, but this would be great for something like that.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:29PM]

WELL ITS ABOUT TIME. I'm sick of trying to play Metal Gear Mobile on my worthless env2. It may be ugly, but I'm fine with functional. If I could get this for, oh, i dunno, a real phone, then I would be a happy camper indeed.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:46PM]

once again, not related but anyone know when the podcast will be up

[Chris Posted Mar 14th 2009 12:59AM]

Since we were late last week, we're skipping this week -- but we'll be in full force in just a few days. Stay tuned!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 9:19AM]

Again...I must ask. Is there REALLY a market for this? How many people are saying to themselves..."you know what...I MUST have a game pad that I need to carry around with me at all times to play games using my Verizon OS phone...". Like Epsilon said above...there are no emulators for the Verizon OS...only VCAST games....which are usually pretty crappy as it is.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 1:15PM]

No, there is no market at all for this. None at all! Which is exactly why Verizon and LG have spent a huge chunk of money to develop, build and offer this type of product to their consumers. I happen to find it a great idea to be able to have a game pad built into a phone. I travel a lot, and sometimes the keypad on the phone just doesn't do it for me while playing games. This will help out a lot!

I am assuming that you have not yet seen this phone in person. I say that because you mentioned the Verizon OS twice. Funny thing is, the OS on here looks and acts nothing like the "Verizon OS". I recently purchased this phone and have customized it in a way where the only way you can tell it is a Verizon phone is by the logo on the front of it. Aside from that you cannot tell. And the games on here are better then anything I have seen before. There is a Need for Speed game on here that is just amazing!

So I must ask, are you really a douche or do you just play one in forums?