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Belkin JoyPod Game Controller for iPhone with App Support? [Update: No]

Sunday August 31, 2008 1:27 pm PDT by Arnold Kim

Over at TouchArcade.com, we have posted an image of what appears to be a Belkin gaming controller accessory for the iPhone. The ad copy of the accompanying unconfirmed image claims that the new "JoyPod" will provide App Store support. If true, this means Apple will be incorporating official support for the accessory in the iPhone SDK. Other features listed include:

- 8 buttons total (6 on the front)
- Audio output
- Dock connector for power and syncing

iControlPad is another control pad accessory for the iPhone that has been under development, but without Apple's involvement, that controller may be limited to Jailbroken apps.

Update: Belkin denies that they are releasing this product.
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c-Row
45 months ago
I really hope to see something like this soon since it would make for a far better input device for a wide range of (then possible) games on the iPhone/iPod Touch. :)
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iTeen
45 months ago
Huh.

That is the point of the iPhone...to get away from buttons. :confused:

I would never waste my money on that.
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gutefahrt
45 months ago
Looks like my Tapwave Zodiac:
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kntgsp
45 months ago

Huh.

That is the point of the iPhone...to get away from buttons. :confused:

I would never waste my money on that.


I think the idea of playing the hundreds of NES/SNES ROMS is enough for me to buy it.

Hell I'd pay for this thing to be able to have real controls for Super Mario, etc. Long train/plane rides would be easier. Saves you from having to buy a full fledged portable gaming device and all the discs and crap that go with it.

Anyone who tried the NES ROM emulator with jailbreak knows how crappy it is when you don't have real buttons.
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Raidersmojo
45 months ago
so I have this cool iphone with an accelerometer, touch screen controls, and other bells and whistles then I'd want to take out this nintendo NES looking controller to play some iphone games?

LMAO

this thing will flop hard, if I saw anyone with one of those I couldn't stop laughing
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abhimat.gautam
45 months ago
Why the screenshot of cover flow? Do they want us to control cover flow with buttons?:eek:
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darklyt
45 months ago


NO!

Imagine answering your phone with the joystick poking you in the ear...
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Santa Rosa
45 months ago
Gonna call fake or epic fail on this one.
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paulshephard
45 months ago

http://citizens4ethics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tstevensmain.jpg

NO!

Imagine answering your phone with the joystick poking you in the ear...


Ahaha :)
That thought just made me laugh out loud.
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The General
45 months ago
That doesn't mean Apple will support it officially through the iPod connector.

It might just run an adhoc network that the iPhone would have to connect to and they could provide some sort of API for developers to use the controller over wifi.

And there'd be nothing Apple could do about it. Though I dunno why Apple would ever want to block the use of controllers. :rolleyes:
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