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When the iPad was announced, we all crammed into a conference room to
watch live and drool over every shiny corner and reflecty icon. After
the glow of the initial announcement wore off, many of us came to the
conclusion that the iPad was actually pretty useless. "It's a giant
iPhone!" some said. Others exclaimed, "WTF, no Flash!?". Still, we knew
that most Apple fanbots (us included) would have to have one anyway.
Knowing that many of our loyal geeky customers would eventually get
their retractable claws on an iPad at some point, we knew we needed to
take it to the next level. What cool things could we do with the iPad
that you, our lovely geek customers, would squee over? A few
brainstorming sessions later, the idea of a MAME cabinet came up and we
knew we'd struck gold. How cool would it be to slide your iPad into a
desktop-sized arcade cabinet and rock it old school with some Battlezone
or Tempest?
Enter the iCADE iPad Arcade Cabinet! To use the iCade, gently slide the
iPad into the cradle. The iCADE uses Bluetooth to connect to the iPad so
there's nothing else you need to do. You're ready to "insert coin" and
game on!
To bring the iCADE to life, ThinkGeek has partnered with ION. Atari,
the first name in classic arcade games, also signed up to bring a huge
suite of classic arcade titles including Asteroids to market with iCADE
support built right in.
