Laptop control pad for $8.88 from Amazon (Genius MaxFire Pandora Pro)

[eastx]

This tiny controller is fluctuating in price, but it's $8.88 at Amazon right now:

Genius MaxFire Pandora Pro
IGN Review

The thing folds up smaller than a travel mouse. Perfect for sticking in your pocket or whatever.

They also offer this one for $11.57 right now:
Genius MaxFire Pandora which is a bit larger, but still pretty good.

 

[RelentlessRolento]

wow... that's really nice. if I need one ever I'll keep it in mind.

 

[mortalfloater]

I'm in for one. It'll be good for gametap games on my laptop.

 

[Deft Beck]

bump

 

[the4thnobleman]

6 buttons on the face are often hard to locate and awesome for fighting games. Thanks for the link.

 

[SonictheHedgehog1337]

I have big hands, but I'm in for one. The price is right. Thanks

 

[Deft Beck]

There's also this one, which is $10.

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-9633...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1220755832&sr=1-1

 

[TheNeck]

Should go perfect with my Acer Aspire One that i got 2 weeks ago.

 

[11440]

It's $6.88 now.

 

[D. Monic]

[quote name='11440']It's $6.88 now.[/QUOTE]

Excellent. I ordered one a couple of weeks ago to go along with my new Asus 1000H. I'll email Amazon to refund me the difference.

 

[shuma gorath's pupil]

[quote name='D. Monic']Excellent. I ordered one a couple of weeks ago to go along with my new Asus 1000H. I'll email Amazon to refund me the difference.[/quote]

Sorry to say, but they don't do that anymore remember?

 

[Evi1d33d]

Remember that shipping itself is around $5.58 so use this trick to get 3 month Amazon Prime trial. This thing even has rumble, dam.

 

[Escargoexpress]

This is nearly impulse buy territory, but the fact that it has a PSP-style analog nub instead of a dpad kind of kills it for me. Ostensibly, the small size would make this an accompaniment to an ultraportable laptop, which wouldn't really run that many 3d games, anyway

 

[emperordahc]

[quote name='D. Monic']Excellent. I ordered one a couple of weeks ago to go along with my new Asus 1000H. I'll email Amazon to refund me the difference.[/QUOTE]
Yup. They killed that policy the week I bought my HD tv from them. NOT happy.

 

[buckythekat]

[quote name='11440']It's $6.88 now.[/quote]

this is exactly why I haven't been buying much from Amazon lately...

 

[Darklighter]

I picked one of these up for traveling with my notebook. I really like the compact design and it doesn't feel all that ackward in my hands, either (I have pretty long fingers). The only thing I've tested it out with thus far is trackmania, but I can imagine that it would work great for gametap and other various emulators.

 

[Wolfpup]

Dang, that things freakishly small

I'm happy with my 360 pad, EXCEPT for the craptastic D-pad. (Why the HEY hasn't Microsoft fixed that? Their old sidewinder pads were top notch! It's really, really weird.)

 

[zalman]

[quote name='buckythekat']this is exactly why I haven't been buying much from Amazon lately...[/QUOTE]
It's two dollars. I can understand getting mad over a reasonably large price drop, but this is literally nothing.

EDIT: Yes, even to CAGs

 

[WatchdogXC]

I bought one purely on the impulse of this topic. I'm sure I'll find a use for it with my laptop sometime.

 

[Snake2715]

interested for sure.

 

[D. Monic]

Somehow I completely missed that discussion. I see now that there was a big thread about it a few weeks back. Not sure how I missed it.

Not that I'm particularly worried about the $2, but it was a great feature offered by Amazon. I'll still order from Amazon, but I'll be a lot more careful, and a lot less impulsive, from now on.

Anyway, I really like this gamepad. Works very well for playing emulators of classic systems. I might order another one as a backup in case I lose/break/wear out this one. Hard to beat the price.

 

[hostchecker]

I'm gonna have to buy this