It’s been as while since I reported on Phantom Entertainment (nee Infinium Labs) and I though I’d check up on them as I haven’t seen the Lapboard reported on it a while. It’s seems they are still alive, though barely. After an initial rush of somewhat positive reviews in the media, the Lapboard seems well received by those it is targeting – online gamers who sit withing 10 ft of the TV. Definitely not a data-entry design, but apparently suitable for the target audience. Personally I’d like to see a few improvements to make it a bit more general purpose – say for those of us who’d use it for HTPC’s and big-screen web-surfing. YMMV. You can check it out yourself here.
Update: It’s always nice to get a response, and I got one from the Phantom CEO, John Landino (see comment below). I’ve edited the article to reflect some corrections he was gracious enough to share with me. The original subtitle was “still barely alive”, but after a year on Amazon they have over a dozen reviews, so being in business 4+ years and getting sold on Amazon amongst other places they are doing better than I thought.
Hey Ron,
Yeah we are still here and alive! Here are a few recent links to great end-user reviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wQI0c60Epp0
http://onlivefans.com/news/the-phantom-lapboard-just-may-be-a-perfect-fit-for-onlive-gamers/3727/
The Lapboard has been upgraded since 2008 as well w better internal wireless components. We have partners like Amazon, iBuyPower & MainGear which have been selling the Lapboard for a while now. All this info can be easily found by a cursory Google search of “phantom lapboard” or even by contacting us.
Maybe you can add this new info to your “report”?
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at anytime.
Thanks for the time and effort to get some info up about us, and yes its not easy to be a 1/2 sku company in the consumer electronics industry but we are trying.
John L.
Done! Thanks for the feedback John. Best of luck.
Hi I did all that but Im still not sure how to make it work or what to do next after that, I have a windows 7 vaio ptalop and I bought arkham city on steam but I dont know how to tell if is working or how to make it work so I can play the game, please for the like of god help me! Im dying to play that game! Please get back to me as soon as you can.