Who Needs An iPad When This Tablet Has Twin Sticks, a D-Pad And Buttons? [Android]

Who Needs An iPad When This Tablet Has Twin Sticks, a D-Pad And Buttons?I love my iPad for gaming, but only for certain types of games. Usually the ones that don’t ask you to move a lot. Anything that requires a virtual d-pad, or joystick, or buttons, gah, no, kill it with fire.

Unless…unless there was a tablet like this one. Archos’ GamePad is an upcoming Android tablet that sticks two sliders, a d-pad and some face buttons on the side of a tablet, turning it into an enormous custom gaming handheld. Specs are thin, but consist of “a dual-core processor @ 1.5 GHz combined with a Mali 400mp quad-core GPU”.

Which would be awesome for Android games, but think about it, it would be even better for all those old PC games you’ve got lying around the house.

Because Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS now supports game controllers, Archos reckons over 1000 Google Play titles support the sticks and buttons. If GTA III is one of them, that would be great.

It’ll go on sale in October for “less than £130” (USD$205).

Originally written and published by Luke Plunkett at Kotaku. Click here to read the original story.
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