iControlPad goes into production

So they are releasing a product to a very small percentage of the market to try and convince Apple that they should endorse it? Even if it sells well this company will never make an officially licensed accessory for the iPhone. Like someone said, they are supporting a segment of the market that Apple isn't too keen on. With no App from the App Store supporting it because it won't work, they are going to have a long struggle ahead.

ars_workerbee: I guess this is mostly for jailbreakers who can play Nintendo games etc. They dont need to meet the app store criteria.

this is nonsense. there's no dock connector access to be had in the SDK, so any app that works with this wouldn't meet the app store criteria.

le sigh.

I agree on two things...

1. This will have a decent sales record for the jailbreakers.
2. This will have a huge sales record and possibly open Apple's eyes if lots of apps in the App store support it.

I thought the SDK didn't allow access to the dock. Wouldn't a company have a hell of a time getting Apple's approval to make the device when it's pretty clear they're big caterers to the jailbreak community?

This grammar nazi will not. I have no problem with the use of the on-screen touch controls that iPhone/iPod Touch currently has to offer. I think that part of the allure of the collective touch devices is their simplicity and ease of use; adding new hardware will diminish this. This seems to be a product better suited for the jailbreaking community where ease of use is not as much of a factor (From what I have experienced the jailbreaking community gets its jollies due to the complexity of what they are doing.).

Yes but will the grammar nazi's BUY a unit? I will.

I read T.U.A.W. religiously, and I have to say that the grammar trolls around here are ridiculous. Yes, the writer used parenthesis when he should not have but the message was still conveyed. The problem is not with his parentheses but with his run on sentence.

"I'm not so convinced anymore that the iPhone really needs buttons or a d-pad; however they will really help for retro gaming."

The sentence is a run-on for two reasons: 1) the proteosis of his argument is a dangling modifer and 2) the apodosis is really a semi-independent argument and as such needs stronger linking punctuation such as a semi-colon. There is nothing wrong with using parentheses in his arguement (think of prarentheses as whispering a secret to someone). Anyway, I have thus become guilty of what I was just ranting against. There are at least 5 grammatical errors in what I wrote, but as long as I convey my message distinctly and clearly it does not matter. Cut the writers some slack.

Happy holidays to all!

WHile the iPhone & Touch make awesome use of the touchscreen potential, there are some game controls, as many have noted, that do not translate well. Having some additional buttons and d-pad will allow for more and different games.

As a gamer I am definitely interested in this product.

Unrelated Grammatical Comment: Your first sentence makes no sense if you remove the parenthetical section:

"I'm not so convinced any more that the iPhone really needs buttons or a d-pad, but especially for retro gaming, they'll really help."

Parentheses are separate and not use like clauses.