Review 1 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Top 1000 Contributor
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Keypad FTW
01/31/2010
By joekk
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What's great about it: keypad really helps text messages and recovering accounts
What's not so great: mic is horrible, keypad isn't standalone
"I bought this solely for the keypad, which unfortunately isn't standalone. I constantly travel to my friends' houses, and it really helps recovering your Gamertag because your keystrokes aren't shown on the TV screen. It also helps a lot when writing text messages. The keypad is comfortable, illuminated, and designed well. It also has a plug for your mic, so you can have both the headset and keypad plugged in at the same time.
The headset however is horrible. It has poor quality, it's irritating, and fragile. I wish the keypad could be a standalone accessory. Regardless, this is a great value."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 2 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Good Product for All XBOX 360 Features
01/24/2010
By YzFlyin
from Las Vegas, NV
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What's great about it: The keyboard is great for all the socializing features with the XBOX 360.
What's not so great: Not a big fan of the volume control on the included headset.
"Love this thing for Facebook, Twitter, and sending meesages on XBOX Live. It is slightly difficult to put on the first time and then it is easy. Great product."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 3 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Don't Work W/ Apple Router
01/23/2010
By smoore132
from Indianapolis, IN
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What's great about it: Don't Know
What's not so great: Don't Work W/ Apple Router
"Don't Know If It Work, Heard It Wasn't Very Good, Have A Apple Airport, Will Not Connect, Unless Go Down To The A Standard,, This Is Very Slow & Not Worth It!!!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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Review 4 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Make sure what you are getting
01/13/2010
By JayG2717
from Buffalo, NY
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What's great about it: Great keypad with yet another headset
What's not so great: Verify description
"The picture and description said it came with a 12month Gold Card, but didn't. They made a mistake on the pic/description, but still a great use when sending messages or facebook on XBOX, very recommended"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 5 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Bought as gift
01/13/2010
By cen84
from Pittsburgh, PA
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"Bought as gift. Reciepient seemed satisfied. Item as expected."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 6 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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One of the most useful XBOX accessories
01/13/2010
By dmae712
from Houston, TX
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What's great about it: Relieves you from having to type with just the controller and scrolling through all of the letters.
What's not so great: Nothing so far.
"The messenger kit has been very handy for sending quick txt messages to your friends on XBOX Live. Once you get used to how the different shift and function buttons work, it's like txting on your QWERTY cellphone. A little weight is added to your controller, but not so much that it makes it uncomfortable. Overall worthwhile purchase!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 7 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Excellent Deal
01/13/2010
By hypnobeam
from Binghamton, NY
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What's great about it: Came in a $30 package with Forza 2, Microphone, and 12 months of gold. The keypad is solid, illuminated, and useful.
What's not so great: Makes your controller look more like a little tank. More games use the Mic than the keypad.
"The keypad is extremely durable and comfortable. Good material and response on the keyboard, and the illuminated keys help for night gaming. you can still plug your microphone to the base. The keyboard is a little small, so it takes some getting used to, and there are at times just too many buttons, but the purchase was worth it. Make sure you have XBOX live gold before you buy, otherwise you'll have yourself a neat paperweight and nothing more."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 8 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Good product
01/13/2010
By rydo25
from Austin, Tx
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What's great about it: easy to use, makes messaging faster
What's not so great: hard to connect sometimes
"Good to use, especially if you send a lot of messages. This chatpad makes it real easy, simple and, most of all, fast."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 9 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Great add-on for messaging!
01/12/2010
By GamerGuyNY
from Commack, NY
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What's great about it: So long as you know how to use a keyboard...you're good to go!
What's not so great: Inserting it onto controller can be troublesome at times.
"I bought this on sale and so worth the money. Bang for the buck is dependent on how much you type (or need to type). If you don't do much of it, at the regular $30 price its a little steep. If you get frustrated enough with scrolling through letters with your controller, with this keypad... its a breeze."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 10 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Really cool accessory
01/12/2010
By Damaddog
from Ann Arbor, MI
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What's great about it: Easy to type on
What's not so great: Nothing
"I got a great deal on this. Best Buy missed advertised this SKU as the package that comes with xBox Live 12 month Gold, a game along with the keyboard and headphone. I love everything about this package. I can chat with people with the keyboard as it fits on the conroller perfectly."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 11 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Portal to the future!
01/12/2010
By CiSanta
from New York, NY
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What's great about it: easy setup; comfortable.
What's not so great: dont yank on the mic cable!!!!
"Enables new dimensions into the XBox experience! This keypad is great for hitting on girls, mic is great for talking smack to unruly opponents, or just chatting with friends. If you don't buy this device you are a loser!!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 12 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Nice Product
12/12/2009
By Vettelover84
from Alabama
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What's great about it: Easy to use
What's not so great: It didn't come with the XBOX360
"I hate trying to type on the 360. This makes it worlds easier to update everything on my XBOX360!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 13 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Great for Facebook and Twitter
11/25/2009
By SergeantPope
from Charleston IL
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What's great about it: Good deal, comes with mic
What's not so great: Weighs down the controller
"Facebook and Twitter just came out to Xbox Live, so you pretty much need this to use those. It works great, it comes with a mic. But it makes the controller weigh a lot. So i only have it on my controller when im using it. Which by the way you can take it off when your not using it and then you can put it on later. If you use Facebook, Twitter, or if you text message people on xbox live, this works very well"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 14 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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awesome chat-pad
11/19/2009
By beachgurl09
from da beach
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What's great about it: very easy to use, comfortable, back-lit
What's not so great: chat-pad could have cost $10 because the headset is $20 in stores
"The chat-pad is very easy to use. Its compact but its comfortable on the fingers. It doesn't get in the way when playing the games. The keys are back-lit, it uses the battery from your controller so no need to buy extra batteries. I already had a headset that come with the system so I have an extra one."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 15 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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worth your money
10/12/2009
By youngster453
from clarmore,oklahoma
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"this thing really saves your fingers from doing alot of work you should get it no really get up and go get it NOW lol"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 16 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Top 500 Contributor
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Definately worth it
10/06/2009
By 4thHorseman
from Kansas City, KS
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What's great about it: Easier to text, headset, price
What's not so great: Difficulty of putting into controller
"I don't know what everyone says about the easiness of putting the keypad into the controller, cause I've had a difficult time. I never seem to get it in easily, even though the keypad part clicks on the handle part of the controller, it just doesn't click into the headphone plug.
Other than that, it's a great thing. You get a headset with it, and for $10 more it's a great price. Especially since it's a pain to try and type out a message without it. It still has a plug in for the headset on the bottom of the keypad so it doesn't eliminate the option to still communicate over the headset with it (so you don't have to take it off whenever you play online)."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 17 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Top 100 Contributor
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Makes Sending text messages a walk in the park.
06/29/2009
By bigtman
from ossian,indiana
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What's great about it: fits into the controller perfectly, big buttions, comes with headset, and good price
What's not so great: cant have turtle beach x4 headset plugged in when the messenger kit is in the controller.
"I am so glad i bought the messenger kit. Now i dont have to take 2 minutes to send a message. The kit is very easy to use and set up, it makes sending text messages 1,000 times easier.If your tired of sending text messages that take to long, buy the messenger kit."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 18 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Top 250 Contributor
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It does work, helps with writing a lot!
05/23/2009
By UNSC2009
from McAllen, TX
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What's great about it: You can write 10x faster!
What's not so great: Its a bit without sense that it includes a keyboard and communicator, but its cool!
"IF you are tired of writing with your controller, you have your solution, it also includes a communicator! So its a good accesory, plus, it is original from Microsoft."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 19 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Barely worth it
04/24/2009
By Nate5128
from Converse, Tx
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What's great about it: text messaging 10x as fast
What's not so great: hard to put on, just send a voice message
"It comes with a wired headset so your paying ten bucks for a small qwerty keyboard when you can just send a voice message. When you don't want it to be that personal the keyboard is perfect. When you connect it to your controller it almost feels like it won't fit, and is somewhat hard to put on, but when it is connected it fits like a glove and since there is still a headphone jack through the keyboard you don't have to take it off. It is easy to use with almost each button having three functions including English and Spanish punctuation marks, and separate numbers buttons."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 20 for Microsoft Messenger Kit for Xbox 360
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Top 25 Contributor
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Thank goodness!
04/20/2009
By Volearix
from Zionsville, IN
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What's great about it: Ten times easier and faster than the on-screen keyboard! Adds a cool look to your controller!
What's not so great: Haven't found anything bad about it so far, it just makes xbox life easier!
"I was a little skeptical about purchasing this keyboard at first because it didn't, at first glance, seem to be worth the price... I was wrong. Though I do not take advantage of xbox live, I can say that this keyboard is still an amazing addition to my setup!
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I love uploading my cds to my hard-drive, but I hated the amount of time it took to name all the tracks and label every song; it took up to ten minutes sometimes just to upload and name a single cd! LAME! Now, with this new little keyboard, it takes three or four minutes tops!
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Another thing, though this is just personal preference, I love the bulky feel that it gives the controller, it just looks so cool! It makes your controller look more like some kind of SUPER REMOTE!
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A cool feature that has really sold me on this product is the simplicity of use and responsiveness to querries. I have used onboard keyboards like this before and they seem to only respond to button requests when they feel like it. This one responds perfectly! The only okward thing is that when you type quickly on it, the beep that acknowledges the pressed button doesn't always keep up. You'll see what I mean if you get one, not a big annoyance or anything though. Easily looked past after you get comfortable with the controls
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One more cool feature about this QWERTY keyboard is that it lights up when you use it! This is really good for gamers like me because I enjoy playing with either no light or very minimal light; it seems to make the graphics better on the darker looking video games!
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Anyway, this little gem has pleasantly suprised me and I will probably invest in another! If you use the on-screen keyboard more than none, do yourself a favor and get one of these!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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