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iControlpad Demonstration Video

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

We recently brought you news of the iControlpad, a Sony PSP-style control pad for the iPhone and iPod touch. The folks behind the iControlpad recently posted a technology demonstration video to their website.

The video shows the raw input coming from the control pad, but no actual gameplay. It seems a simple matter for iPhone developers to support this great gaming accessory. We're hoping the iControlpad makes a strong, early impact such that it will be a standard control option for all forthcoming iPhone games. The more control options, the better, after all.

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iControlpad Gaming Accessory for iPhone and iPod Touch

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

iControlPad is working on a hardware accessory that that will give the iPhone and iPod Touch PSP-style buttons for playing games.

Realise the full potential of the iPhone by adding real controls. Your iPhone just slides in and locks in to place via the serial port, there are no modifications needed and you can remove it at any time.

The developers claim that full source code and SDK support will be coming, and is "already supported by some of the biggest iPhone devs". A small photo of an early prototype is shown:

Pricing and availability have not yet been announced. They appear to still be in the prototyping stage and plan on including "Start" and "Select" buttons in the final release.

[via Engadget]

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