Apple Working on Game Console for iPhone?
Posted by unlocker on Wednesday Apr 25, 2012 Under NewsThere is a rumor that Apple is currently working on a game controller for easier playing in iPhone.
The rumor started when AnandTech released its review of the latest iPad. In the review, they highlighted one of the advantages of Android tablets is their unique feature to support wired and wireless game controllers. This is quickly followed by the statement that Apple is currently working in making a controller for its iOS devices for easier game playing.
AnandTech reported and the author said, “I know of an internal Apple project to bring a physical controller to market, but whether or not it will ever see the light of day remains to be seen. As smartphones and tablets come close to equaling the performance of current game consoles, I feel like the controller problem must be addressed.”
Although most of the games work quite well using the touch screen, there are some games that work best with physical buttons that are available in game controllers.
There are third party controllers that works with iPhone, iPod, and iPad such as iControlPad, Ion Audio’s iCade game controllers, Think Geek’s iCade 8-bitty controller etc or accessories such as Fling. These game controllers connect to iOS devices via Bluetooth.