{"id":646906,"date":"2013-03-14T22:14:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=777952"},"modified":"2013-03-14T22:14:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:14:01","slug":"samsung-unveils-a-bluetooth-wireless-gaming-controller-for-the-galaxy-s-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/646906","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Unveils A Bluetooth Wireless Gaming Controller For The Galaxy S 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/gs4-controller.jpg?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"gs4-controller\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samsung is releasing a bombardment of accessories along with their Galaxy S 4, one of which is a fully functional, boda-fide wireless gaming controller.<\/p>\n<p>The oval shaped controller is a great deal smaller and lighter than the Xbox and Playstation controllers you&#8217;re used to gripping. It has a plastic build, and it&#8217;s so light it feels almost hollow. It feels cheap, to be quite frank &#8212; I&#8217;m used to the heft of regular controllers, and it was a little oft putting to use at first. You&#8217;ll find the regular assortment of joysticks and buttons here: two analog sticks, inset d-pad controls, two triggers on the right and left &#8211; everything you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p>The controller connects to the Galaxy S 4 via a Bluetooth connection, and sadly, it isn&#8217;t backwards compatible with the S 3 or any other Samsung phones. It&#8217;s powered by two AAA batteries and there are strangely two separate battery compartments for each battery. The coolest part of the controller, if anything, is that there&#8217;s a receptacle on the top of the phone that can be pulled out as a dock for the S 4.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the bad news: the controller is only compatible with games that are purchased from Samsung&#8217;s curated app portal. For many of us Android users that have already purchased and downloaded a plethora of games from the Google Play Store, that&#8217;s a severe disappointment. It also appears as though the S 4 can only link up with one controller at a time, so multiplayer gaming is a no-go for now.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung wouldn&#8217;t tell us any details about the pricing, but we expect the controller to be released sometime in May.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/777952\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=hYVad0oXSbA:dCq0SeExgSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=hYVad0oXSbA:dCq0SeExgSI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=hYVad0oXSbA:dCq0SeExgSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=hYVad0oXSbA:dCq0SeExgSI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=hYVad0oXSbA:dCq0SeExgSI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung is releasing a bombardment of accessories along with their Galaxy S 4, one of which is a fully functional, boda-fide wireless gaming controller. 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