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Filed under: Games, Peripherals, Apple, OS X

For better or worse, it seems like the so-called iControlPad is edging closer to reality — or at least something really similar. According to a new image (and our limited Spanish translation skills), Belkin is actually looking to produce an App Store gaming controller, though we’re still not entirely convinced that what we’re seeing is legitimate. Whatever the case, the JoyPod would somehow, someway provide users who purchased Super Monkey Ball to play it using a bona fide game pad, though we can’t figure out if the iPod touch / iPhone slips in behind the controller or if it just morphs to fit the JoyPod’s space constraints. Guess we’ll see (or not) soon enough.

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Filed under: Games, Handsets, Peripherals

We saw a couple versions of the iControlPad iPhone gamepad surface back in May, but it seems like the clever add-on is getting close to reality — check out these case prototypes that just popped up. Yeah, it’s not, uh, small — good thing the target price is under $30. Touch Arcade also has some other pictures of another iPhone gaming accessory that looks like it slides open, check it out at the read link.

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, EDGE

We’ve seen the candybar and the flip, but if you remember correctly, there’s a third member of Nokia’s forthcoming Supernova series — a slider, naturally. The 7610 has broken cover just after its two siblings, revealing a device that shares the same overwhelmingly mirrored surfaces, brightly colored battery covers, and penchant for style. No need to throw the phone away when you get tired of the color, either, as it seems that the 7610 will bring back the XpressOn exchangeable covers that Nokia used to be known for; otherwise, though, we’ve got a 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, and 64MB of internal memory. It’s Series 40 and it lacks 3G — Bot. strikes against it for series phone nerds — but we can see this one finding a few customers.

[Via Slashphone]

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