Nokia turns cellphone stylus into a joystick

by Brian White, posted Feb 26th 2007 at 10:51PM

Not that we're not a fan of pop-out joysticks on mobile phones (just think of the gaming consequences), but Nokia has semi-joined that party now with an even better patent (application): a stylus that is inserted into a socket in what appears to be a d-pad that really has the capability to turn a phone into an ultra-sensitive and tactile gaming platform. We'll save the patent application legalese and descriptive words for you here, but out pals over at Joystiq have all the goodness for your enjoyment if you're ready and willing to be imbued with true gaming goodness on your mobile.

[Via Joystiq]

Filed under: Games, Multimedia, Nokia, Misc

Tags: Mobile joystick, MobileJoystick, NOK, Nokia, Nokia gaming handset, Nokia joystick, NokiaGamingHandset, NokiaJoystick

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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church @ Feb 26th 2007 11:58PM

i could be wrong but didnt the tgfx-16 had a design just like that. where u could screw in a stick on the dpad.

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rich @ Feb 26th 2007 11:59PM

my bad i was smoking, the gravis gamepad for my old pc is what i was talking about. HEROES are next.

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Ryan @ Feb 27th 2007 6:56PM

"Is that a Nokia phone or are you just pleased to see me?"
Sorry... couldn't resist :p

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