It’s no secret that Apple has taken the mobile gaming world by storm with the iOS platform and the multitude of cheap games available on the App Store. However, while touch-based games like Infinity Blade and Angry Birds work perfectly with Apple’s devices, it doesn’t apply for all the games developers have ported over. That’s where 60beat and their GamePad accessory comes into play: it’s basically a console-style gamepad that plugs into an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via the device’s 3.5mm headphone jack.
If you own a simple iPhone dock, you already know the drill: it definitely works, but it mostly feels clunky and you don’t get that plush sense of awesome design and engineering that you enjoy from your typical Apple product. Enter Elevation Lab, a startup who’s looking for support (via Kickstarter) for what may be the best-looking iPhone dock in the market (…next year). Called the Elevation Dock, it’s a simple iPhone dock that focuses on beautiful design and practical functionality, letting you slot in an iPhone (with or without a case) perfectly, and letting you undock it just as easily. [Video after the break]
Accessory maker USB Fever has put out an iPad 2 accessory called the “Retro Macintosh Cover for the iPad 2”, a name that’s also a pretty accurate description. It’s basically a “back cover” for the iPad 2 that features a front mask that makes the kit look like the classic Macintosh’s front.
iLuv has announced the iSM524 ArtStation Pro, which is basically a speaker dock much like the iMac-looking ArtStation Pro dock that they released for the iPad. The difference here is that this dock was specifically built to work with Samsung’s Galaxy Tabs, making it the first third-party dock to cater to Samsung’s tablets.
This is the iNuke Boom by Behringer, the world’s largest, heaviest and loudest iPhone speaker dock for anyone crazy (or rich) enough to buy. An iPhone dock that’s so loud, it pumps out 700 Watts of power – enough to power a live concert or build a reasonably large club around. And how big is it? So big, you’re going to need to clear out 32 square feet of floor (or stage) space to fit this 8 x 4 foot, 700-pound dock. So big, in fact, that if you look at the photo closely, that tiny speck on top is an iPhone.
