Zeemote's JS1 Controller Coupled with Sony Ericsson W760 for a Dutch Release

Zeemote JS1, presented as the "first compact wireless thumbstick for mobile gaming", will be released in the Netherlands next week, coming in a package with Sony Ericsson W760i.

According to MobileGamesBlog, at first the JS1 controller will be offered only in bundle packages with an advanced handset. The W760i (or simply W760) from Sony Ericsson was chosen to be shipped with the JS1 due to its 3G gaming capabilities, its motion sensor and its gaming-friendly slider design.

The price of the Zeemote controller only was not announced yet, and neither was the one of the W760i-JS1 package. However, since the Sony Ericsson phone has a retail price of around 250 Euros ($390), users should expect the phone + controller to be sold for 300 Euros or even more.

Connected via Bluetooth with a mobile phone, Zeemote's JS1 controller can offer mobile users a gaming experience similar to the console or desktop PC one, as it frees them from the limitations of the phone's small keypad.

Zeemote says that the battery packed in its JS1 controller is capable of offering more than 40 hours of gameplay. This seems enough for "regular mobile gamers" and should allow them to play several weeks on the thumbstick. Of course, hardcore gamers will probably have to recharge JS1 more often than once in a few weeks, seeing as how some spend even more than 8 hours a day in the world of games.

The JS1 might come in the same package with other new handsets besides Sony Ericsson W760, but for the moment its producer company has not made any statement regarding this matter.

Anyway, mobile gamers who don't live in the Netherlands but want to have a Zeemote controller will probably be able to get one in the next months (with or without a mobile phone in the package).