Remember how the Tauntaun sleeping bag ThinkGeek made as an April Fool’s joke was later turned into an actual product because there was so much demand for it? Well Ars Technica makes an interesting case for why the fake iCade from yesterday’s festivities could also become a reality.
While the iPad’s accelerometer and touchscreen give it some unique gaming options, game developers could certainly do more if the product supported some kind of external D-pad or joystick. This is actually not a completely new idea because two years ago a group of hackers created the iControlPad designed to turn a jailbroken iPhone into a more traditional portable gaming device. Since then, a few prototypes for the iControlPad were created and the product is now being manufactured in the UK in limited quantities.
