iControlPad2: Live on Kickstarter

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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?

[kahlid74]

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/

[dgame]

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

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/, 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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