March 18, 2013 4:15pm
1. A game controller that docks with some Samsung Galaxy devices hints at the possibility of even bigger phone-tablet ("phablet") hybrids from the Korean electronics giant, a tech site reported Monday (Manila time)
2. CNET quoted Samsung as saying the controller, dubbed the "Game Pad," has a one-touch Bluetooth pairing function via Samsung's NFC Tectile system.
3. "What's perhaps most interesting about this fairly standard little controller, however, is one little note that's currently on the Game Pad page on Samsung's Galaxy S4 microsite. It notes '4- to 6.3-inch screen size available,' which is curious because Samsung's biggest phone at the moment is the Note 2 with a screen size of 5.5 inches," it said.
4. The controller also works as a remote control for bigger screens at home, it added.
5. Such specs may hint at a larger phablet, with the Note 3 probably measuring up to 6.3 inches, CNET said.
6. "At that size it's really becoming more tablet than phone, right? Which means it's really more accurate to call it a 'tabone,'" it added.
7. "Let's just embrace it. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to be the first to declare that I believe Samsung's new Game Pad has just outed the world's first tabone," it added. — TJD, GMA News
