Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Ideazon Zboard FANG Gaming Pad (PC)

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Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 Binding: Video Game Brand: Ideazon EAN: 0826734003212 Feature: USB Label: Ideazon Manufacturer: Ideazon Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Ideazon Release Date: 2006-05-26 Studio: Ideazon
Features USB Butterfly Movement Keys - Enlarged and sloped "butterfly" movement keys that keep fingers comfortable and accurate! Labelled Command Keys - Commonly used command keys for FPS/Action games are labeled for faster and better performance in game. Dome Shaped Keys - Unique domed action keys give gamers the responsive feel that they demand. Control Zones - Players can easily access more critical commands with the one hand control zone.
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Terrible support Comment: The software is poor and the support site is equally poor. The zfang engine software cannot be updated because the URL it wants to download from doesn't appear to exist. On top of that, their "contact us" support page is equally useless, having filled out an entire page of information, only to receive some uselss HTTP Mail error. Don't support companies that can't be bothered producing products with adequate support. I'll be returning mine to amazon and looking for an alternative. Customer Rating: Summary: FANGtastic Comment: I'm no good at playing games but I have to say that since I started using my Fang unit I have greatly improved... It has a very good and easy to use layout as well as regular key updates to keep up with the latest games, or you can setup your own using the included software... 10/10 Customer Rating: Summary: Not as good as they'd have you think Comment: Ok, and first off, I'm a fully grown man and I suspect that the other reviewers might not be as I found this to be significantly less comfortable than using my keyboard - within a few moments I was starting to develop the kind of hand strain that this is meant to alleviate. I'm not a giant, but I guess it's just a little too small in all dimensions for me. You may have better results though. On to other things: It has some nice features such as the built-in cable storage, foldaway hanger and the detachable hand rest, but I didn't get a quality feel from it. It seems like they've made it just sturdy enough rather than building in that little extra something to make it feel right in your hand. Oh, and it slid about on my table top too because the only non-slip features are at the front - the approach works on regular keyboards because they're bigger and heavier, but on something this light I found it shifted out of position too easily. I'll not be keeping it. Customer Rating: Summary: Good piece of kit. Comment: If you are a PC gamer then this is an ecellent buy. The pad layout is significantly better than using the keyboard 'WASD' or the arrow keys combo that I used to map to for games playing. If you are gaming on a laptop the pad is almost an essential buy - laptop keyboards tend to be even more 'congested' than a desktop and also a good deal more fragile, and the Fang solves both problems. Nor is it expensive for what it is: it feels solid and robust - with the exception of the front edge detachable wrist rest which may be susceptible to wear and tear, although mine is still fine after many hours (months) of use. Recommended. Customer Rating: Summary: Good, but just falls short of being great Comment: I bought the Zboard Fang mainly for Battlefield 2142, thinking I might also use it for MMORPGs as well. It's great for FPS games - you have all the buttons you need in easy reach and it's more comfortable than using WASD, so you don't even need your keyboard at hand. I don't find it as satisfying for MMORPGs though, mainly because I still need to use the keyboard to type chat (whereas in FPSs I use voice more). Also a keyboard obviously has a lot more keys than the Fang (although you can map Ctrl, Alt, Shift etc to some Fang keys to use in combination with other keys), and MMOs tend to need lots - only having 11 numbered keys is a drawback for the popular MMOs that usually have 12 hotkeys to a tray. The Fang is about 9 inches long and 6 inches wide, so not really intended for those with small hands or short fingers. Personally I would have preferred it if the numbered buttons were closer together and nearer the movement buttons to reduce finger-travel times a smidgen. Also some of the buttons do have a lot of travel (they could have done with being lower to the surface of the board), but the buttons are nicely sprung even if they don't click as such. The key-mapping software is pretty good. Every button on the Fang can be manually customised to whatever keypress or combination of keypresses you want. The interface does have some graphical glitches when editing, but nothing serious for how infrequently you'll need to use it. It also lets you print out a 1 page sheet showing you what each button on the Fang is set for (helpful when learning a new game or a new Fang set-up for an existing game, until you get used to it). I was impressed that they released a Tabula Rasa keymap while I was still in the closed beta test for it - so it looks like the Fang will be well supported. Even if they dropped support tomorrow it wouldn't matter because customising the Fang for a game is fast and easy - most MMOs and FPS games use similar keymaps anyway, so you can always customise a keymap from a similar game if one of yours isn't supported (yet). Selecting a keymap between/before games is even faster and easier (20secs, tops) - you just have to remember to do it, or you might end up playing Battlefield 2142 with your World of Warcraft keymap ;) I'm only really using the Fang for BF2142 atm, so I just leave it set to that. So it's pretty good on the whole. Highly recommended if you sometimes get cramps in your WASD hand (as I occasionally did) or want a slight reactionary edge in FPS games (who doesn't?!), but otherwise you can probably live without it. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Designed for First/Third Person Shooter and Action games, the FANG provides a better gaming experience, advanced layout and built-in technology advantages. It comes loaded with a selection of mod files for over 70 of today's hottest games.