I would just die if someone made a Portable version of WarHawk, but it is Sony's but if someone did a clone that would be awesome.

Is this iControl sanctioned by Apple? Doesn't Apple charge a licenses fee for a devices that plug into the dock?

@bud yes, making an iPhone/iPod dock product requires licensing fees to Apple. Not sure the steps iControlPad has gotten to. I don't see why Apple would object to it, though, as long as it's paying the licesensing fees

arn

@WillGonz: I was just talking to Arn about Warhawk. It's my favorite PS3 title. But no, it won't ever come to the iPhone. (And lots coming for it this week on the PS3...)

OMG its so ugly, i dont know about you guys but i hope that things like that wont ever be licensed by apple. I prefer thousand times the challenge of new kind of gameplay.
Anyway even if its0 licensed a day i dont think there is a market for this kind of product. Of course im maybe totally wrong.

The game shown is a first-person shooter, the LAST kind of game I'd ever want to play with a joystick, much less a D-pad. But a thumb on the screen for aiming, trackpad-style, with the D-pad for strafing, could be great.

I love Warhawk.... but to be actually ON TOPIC this looks pretty cool. I can't wait to see a final prototype.

That drawing reminds me of my Tapwave Zodiac Palm OS PDA from years back.

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That looks like the Game Gear from Sega. Only if there were Sega Game Gear games to be played on the iPhone.

@ Q
It's a rapid-prototyped .... prototype run off of a 3d printer, hence the fuzzy edges and odd texturing.

Ok i wouldn't offense anyone, in fact im more against the concept than the design. BTW i have to respect their work and wish the best luck for this project, even if im TOTALLY out.

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Better image:

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I imagined something just like this back when I saw the iphone's large screen for the first time.

all i can say is, i hope they don't patent this design because i'd really like to see more than one company have a crack at it to better the odds of having one halfway decent. that said, for $30 and games to support it (i'm thinking games like monkey ball that can compete with what's offered for DS and PSP) and I'd buy something like this in a heartbeat.

on a final thought- i could have sworn the dock connection was off-limits to 3rd party native apps developers, no?

Honestly, I'm not really into this idea. Any game that supports it is also going to have to support play without it, and the percentage of people who buy this will probably be pretty low.

Also, the select and start buttons are switched. Just ask Nintendo. ;o)

I don't want to naysay too much, however. For those that go for it, it will make an interesting competitor to the PSP... of course I find the iPod Touch to be an interesting competitor as it is.

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Should include a battery in the back. Gamers who play a lot are going to need it anyway. I know the price would go up but as someone who might buy a spare battery pack for emergencies, I would definitely buy a control pad/extra battery. Just a thought.

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i had love such a device to play all the emulators going around, i really hope it functions just as good as the idea. punch out... donkey kong.... ect ect can wait!!

Agreed about the battery pack; this thing needs one badly, or at least a premium version with extra battery pack included...

I'll give 'em credit for trying, but it's a chicken and egg device. It'd be bad business for developers to make a game for a device that only a microscopic fraction of the user base owns. And every time Apple changes the design, they likely break compatibility. As an alternative extra control scheme, maybe, but if the API isn't perfectly forward compatible, the first iPhone/iPod revision that doesn't support it properly breaks all the games. It's risky for everyone.

If this does ship, and there's a plug-in for it so games support it and it has a battery on the back and it's not laughably overpriced I'm donating my PSP to some needy kid.

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You can't access this hardware from AppStore games, which makes the device a little bit too niche to have any chance of being successful...

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Hmmm why not just make a keyboard dock while they are at it. This would make texting and writing emails so much easier.

um...this is ridiculous - isn't the whole reason everyone's all gaga about the iphone the fact that it DOESn't have manual buttons / controls? so what do they do but add buttons and controls to it.

hmm...lets see - how about BUYING A NINTENDO DS - does everything that this does and for alot cheaper - and hey it actually has games that are fun?

or if you're really hard up, buy a fuckin psp already.

hilarious - this will get huge attention just because it has to do with the iphone, even though it has no hope of actually being released in any serious fashion.

teh fail

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If this came out, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Already advertising to my friends. Make it !!

That second one isn't a mockup but a copy of an allready existing handheld's design. http://www.zodiacresource.com/Tapwave2.0/About.php

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Wow! With one of those and a few decent games my iphone is going to kick some ass!

If it comes working with an emulator and games in the app store you will see that many will buy, and if not, but works with the jailbroken emulators, many will jailbreak to get some action

Great job! - I have done one similar concept (just a computer generated image & video) for adding keyboard to iPhone. Someone in my comments also requested me to do drawing for game controllers. I will forward your link to him.

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There are bunch of problems with this idea: Few people will buy it and therefore nothing of consequence will support it. It makes the iPhone a lot less portable, and that makes it less appealing as a portable gaming platform, and probably will mean that even those who buy it won't use it (for long). When the next iPhone is made, it won't fit in it (most likely). It's just the wrong direction to go in the first place - if you want this type of gaming, there are already, no less bulky, portable systems that do this and more. iPhone game developers are better off creating new types of games that take advantage of what is built into the iPhone.

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from someone who cant stand the accelerometer controls (its almost useless on a commuter train) I applaud this and look forward to its release.

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It should have been like this from the begginning

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Quote: OMG its so ugly, i dont know about you guys but i hope that things like that wont ever be licensed by apple. I prefer thousand times the challenge of new kind of gameplay.
-Q

I don't. I was disappointed in the lack of buttons.
And I'm the target audience.
The iPhone has the potential to be a direct competitor with the DS and PSP and threw it out of the window!

Put two and two together.

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Amen, brother.

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While I think this would be pretty cool (I'd buy it), I hope we don't see an abundance of iPhone crap addons like what has happened with the Wiimote.

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If the maker of this produces some type of easy SDK where developers of games and other apps can just map their controls into the buttons I think many developers would jump on this. I'm sure for them if they have little work to do to implement this and it gets them a handful more customers I would think they would be gung-ho about it.

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The developers of this have already been in contact with some of the third party developers out there, most notibably Zodttd who has been released several top notch emulators (GBA emulator, NES emulator ect) on the iPhone already which you can get if you jailbreak the phone.

Also Zodttd has released Quake for the iPhone which will support this and although its playable with the touchscreen, harwardware buttons would be a massive plus! Weve also requested on his forum that tilting the iPhone is used for strafing (essential in Quake ) so hopefully that will be in the next version that is released

Basically I think this will be mostly supported by the 3rd party jailbreaking community but I think itll be a big hit in that group, im def getting one!

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Ok, now we are waiting for Mario ;-P.

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yesssssssssss! but wow this thing is ugly id only play with this thing @home
we need a control some games u just need them case in point RAYMAN

I have one, it ok, nothing to write home about.

They need 2 joysticks for first person gameplay. For call of duty zombies and modern combat 2