Phantom Lapboard

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The Phantom Lapboard

The Phantom Lapboard is a wireless keyboard said to be in development by the controversial company Phantom Entertainment.

Originally designed as a component of the The Phantom, it is currently being marketed as an individual purchase for use with PC video games while the console has been cancelled. ^[1]

1 Pricing
2 Features
3 Marketing and release date
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Pricing

On August 15, 2006, it has been announced that the price for the Lapboard would be $129.99 and customers who preorder get 30 dollars off immediately. [1]

[edit] Features

The keyboard includes a mouse, and is designed to be held on the player's lap instead of a desk or table. A platform underneath the raised keyboard serves as a mousepad. It can be rotated for use by both left- and right-handed people.

It has a proposed wireless range of 30 feet.^[2]

[edit] Marketing and release date

On January 3, 2006, Infinium Labs announced that the Phantom Lapboard is due to be released onto online retailers by the second quarter of 2006.^[2] On April 19, 2006, Infinium Labs announced that the keyboard would not be released in time for Q2 2006, but that the device, manufactured by Itron Technology, would be released in North America and Europe "no later than October" of 2006.^[3] Recently, the release date for the "Lapboard" has been delayed until November 2006.^[1] The company is also accepting pre-orders for its Lapboard on its website as of August 2006. On November 9th 2006 it was announced that the Lapboard has been delayed until January 2007 for those who have made pre-orders and March 2007 for general release.^[4] As of June 2008, however, the Lapboard is still unavailable.^[5]

In April 2008, MaximumPC (a PC gaming website) published a hands-on with the lapboard, describing it as "extremely promising" although the supplied mouse "experienced signal dropouts at a distance of about 24 inches from the sensor". They were able to use their own wireless mice with more success. The preview states that the peripheral will be available in "June for $130 in limited quantities".[2]