(Credit: Flipside)
With game controller support headed to iOS 7 in just a few months, the lineup of third-party hardware is already starting to take shape.
The latest: the Flipside, an iPhone case that can expand out to add buttons and controls for games. It’s also got solar cells that can recharge the case itself.
If this looks and sounds familiar, it’s because the same product was pitched on Kickstarter in December though was halted before it could be completed. Nonetheless it raised a little more than $8,000 of its $135,000 funding goal. Things are different this time, says creator Justice Frangipane.
“We have gotten a few investors since our Kickstarter launch and are in a better place to move forwards,” Frangipane said. “We also hired an ex-military (colonel) who is doing the electronics, who is simply amazing.”
The result is a redesign that adds a larger solar cell to recharge the case, as well as slightly larger control pads.
What hasn’t changed is that the hybrid case still us… [Read more]
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