Xbox Tiny Keyboard: why?!

[Paco]

haha... you're kidding, right? Playing on that would be like jerking off a horse with your wrists. Think about it.

Oh it apparently has a mic as well, and it lights up. So dont expect to pick thing up for under 40 bucks. Why on god's green earth we cant just have a full sized wireless keyboard on our coffee tables to chat up the people we kill/love is beyond me. But the minikb is 'better than nothing'.

And the 360 doesn't have a web browser? How does that make sense?

It's not for playing, it's for chatting. The video demonstration they did with it made it seem like reaching the buttons with your thumbs was very accessible. It will vary depending on hand size, of course. It looks like a bigger Blackberry keyboard...and those are nice.

Probably because MS wants to keep the reigns on you, keep you in their network, buying stuff in their store. They also mentioned something along the lines of "there are certain things that a PC is better suited for, and browsing the internet is one of them." Something to that effect.

I won't claim to know Microsoft's motivations, but I'll take a guess at them anyway. They want to keep you focused on the games, and the messenger really is just a side-feature not meant to be intrusive, so I imagine their line of thought went something along the lines of not wanting to hassle the gamer with having to switch between their controller or keyboard. Now you have access to both and it requires little more than adjusting your wrists. You can still navigate your dashboard, type messages, hop back in your game, chat some more...the controller never leaves your hand. I don't see how anyone can see this as a bad thing.