The
PalmPad Junior takes everything you?d expect to see in a dual analog controller and makes it... cute! This little controller is pretty tiny -- I can actually stick the thing in my pocket comfortably to carry it around. If you like playing games at your friend?s houses, but don?t like to depend on other people?s equipment, this controller is easy to ?take with you.? It takes a little getting used to due to its smaller size, but the controls are actually pretty good. Of particular interest are the unusually located lower shoulder buttons and the ?nubby? analog stick. With the small size of the
PalmPad Junior, placing the shoulder buttons in the standard location would have felt strange. Blaze used a different location, further in beneath the controller, that really makes sense. If you hold something small, your hands wrap around it. At the point your fingers would normally rest, Blaze stuck the lower shoulder buttons. The analog stick is unique in that it has ?bumps? on it, adding a sort of texture that keeps the stick from slipping. This texture may bother some gamers after a while, but this can be substantially lessened by reducing the pressure used to push down on the analog stick while playing. Overall, the
PalmPad Junior has some very nice control. I haven?t officially ranked it yet in the
"Control Freaks" test, but preliminary tests show that the
PalmPad Junior holds up very well indeed against other controllers.
