Emulators and games just not really working well enough with the touch screen?
We didn't think so either - so we built this little add on.
Yeah. 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 iControlPad is already supported by some of the biggest iPhone devs
(including ZodTTD - PSX, GBA emu etc.) and we are sending out units to several others.
We will also be providing full source code and SDK support!
(we will send you an email when you can order)
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If you have any questions or want a dev kit.
Ordering
As soon as ordering starts you will be able to do it here. Become a Distributor
If you would like to become a reseller please click here,
due to limited supplies try to give as much detail as you can.
Aug 17th, Quake is fun with real controls :)
Hello everyone,
We have delayed the video release to give distributors time to set up their webshops to take orders, distributors check your email for some nice new information (and media).
And just to keep you guys happy here is a new photo, don't worry about the colour/texture - it's a prototype case, the final one will be glossy and smooth:
Aug 14th, Tick Tock...
Hello everyone,
Just a quick update to let you know we are putting the final touches to the iControlPad, distributors will get an email at the end of this week with important information.
A video of the iPad in action will be posted at the weekend, along with some fantastic news regarding software.
July 25th, A little more...
Hello everyone,
After many many requests here are a couple more photos of the real deal.
You guys are really going to enjoy playing games with this thing, it is like night to day in terms of
how much better it is with real controls.
It's worth noting that the Dpad is going to be moved down a little on the final product.
The ordering and youtube video will be announced on the mailing list.
July 23rd, Final Renders
Hello everyone,
Here you can see the final renders before we show you a video of the real pad.
We have now contacted all wholesalers, if you have not had an email please get in touch with us as soon as possible or we may not
be able to supply you from the first shipment.
July 3rd, Extra Features
Hello everyone,
Sorry for the lack of updates for the last couple of weeks, we have been adding 2 very requested features in to the
iControlPad which we think will make the unit near perfect in terms of what it can do. We will be releasing those details later this month.
We will be emailing interested distributors this week to gather some details.
As soon as we have a finished mass production pad we will put up a youtube video :)
Back to work!
June 10th, Video killed the blog star
After many (and we mean many) requests here is a video of the original SNES control pad hack playing a SNES game on the iPhone. Thanks to ZodTTD who made this video with the prototype we sent him.
We now expect our first batch of iControlPads to sell out very quickly, the best advice we can give you to make sure you get one is to be on the newsletter mailing list and we will email you as soon as ordering starts. Don't worry we won't spam you or sell your email address to anyone else.
June 10th, Linked Up
Hello everyone,
We have linked up loads of your great articles, some were not possible to link directly due to them being on front pages or sites or having no
exact URL, if you can give us one which we can use please do. If we have missed your link send it again - some emails were
caught by the spam filter. We will link you if you email us.
Well I'd better get back to work! :)
June 4th, Smooth
After many requests here are some renders of the iControlPad.
June 4th, Q&A
This project has proved to be much more popular than we expected, some days we are getting over 100 emails from interested gamers.
We will post a FAQ soon going though the fine details of the iControlPad. But for now we want to answer some basics:
Yes the headphone port will be easy to access.
Yes we will make a version for the iTouch (and maybe some other devices too).
Yes (currently) you will need to be running Jailbreak.
Yes we have applied for a patent.
Yes we intend to send these to any developer who requests one, so don't worry hundreds of apps will have support for it.
The price will be low, probably under $30, but the quality will be high to match the iPhone.
We are making it as small and comfortable as we can, we are gamers and have already made control pads in the past, so it should be cool.
The iControlPad (iPhone version) should be shipping in July.
Now we have to get back to work, get yourself on the newsletter list to be the first to know when you can order.
May 29th, Reality
First we would like to say thanks for all the kind emails, we know we have a lot of you guys to link on the right column and will get it done as soon as possible. First though we wanted to show that this is real and the hardware exists. But what we don't currently want to do is
reveal how the iPhone hooks up to the control pad or too many details on the design as we are a little worried about clones.
In this video you can see Michael talk you though some aspects of the iPhone serial communications.
May 24th, Real feedback!
Hi Everyone! Wow. Thanks for all the amazing feedback already! We have a
post on Digg and we would be really happy if you could digg us
as for this project to be a success as many people as possible need to know!
We have been reading your comments on engadget and zodttd and we would like
to say the photo below is just our prototype - don't worry the final one will
be much more sleek and fitting :)
May 17th, she lives!
We have our first prototype put together and the design works
very well, we don't have the Start and Select buttons on this version
but don't worry they will be in the final set up. The current system is
slightly smaller than the PSP and feels very nice to hold and use.
The iPhone is locked perfectly in place when in the control pad.
And yes, we plan to make an iTouch version too!
May 12th, Widephone
We have decided on a final PSP style design for the control system
this is due to the fact putting the controls on the buttom of the unit,
GBA-SP style, results in an ugly bulge in the left side of the iPhone
due to the serial port location, the PSP design is smaller and easier
to use and it looks very sleek on the iPhone itself.
An interesting bonus of this design is that it also acts as a protective case too.
May 8th, Serial success!
Well we have the iPhone working correctly with our hacked up SNES joypad
via the iPhone serial port so the next step is to decide on how these controls
are going to hook up to the iPhone itself.
The price of this add on should be really good, well worth what it will give the iPhone!
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