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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: dgame on October 03, 2012, 11:26:39 am
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iControlPad 2 - The open source controller
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller)
What do you all think about it? Would you get one?
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I like the idea and they have Keyboards this size already out in the wild and for sale on Amazon so it's nothing super extraordinary. Price wise I think for 75 it's a bit high. The keyboard on Amazon is like 30 so this should be in the $30 range imo.
Here's the keyboard I'm talking about. www.amazon.com/FAVI-Entertainment-Wireless-Keyboard-TouchPad/dp/B003UE52ME/ (http://www.amazon.com/FAVI-Entertainment-Wireless-Keyboard-TouchPad/dp/B003UE52ME/)
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I have a couple different versions of the keybord you linked too, search "Ipazzport" on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Ipazzport (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Ipazzport)
Those are cool and I use one to control my main PC/TV which is an ArcadeVGA (15 khz) equipped PC attached to a sweet Sony PVM monitor.
The niche that the the iControlPad2 has is gaming controls (dpad, buttons, analogs) built in with the keyboard.
Personally it is not for me as I don't have a tablet or a smartphone that needs physical controls.
As an owner of a Pandora http://www.openpandora.org/ (http://www.openpandora.org/), made by some of the same people, I appreciate having the controls and keyboard on a portable device.
Great for general computing, game console emulation, and computer emulation.
For home use I have the aforementioned iPazzport and four original Logitech Cordless Rumblepads.
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