Video: Hama's iPod touch racing wheel exemplifies overkill
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 4th 2009 6:59PM
posted Mar 4th 2009 6:59PM
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Is not gonna work in all iphone/touch racing game, some newer racing game require you to touch the button for brake and speed, so this gear won't help.
Developers can change that whenever they want, and if you look carefully you'll see most have the option to switch to auto in the settings. This is still a stupid idea though...
In the first video, is that a 4-th gen Nano in a grip!?
That'd gotta be worse than the iPod grip.
Why can't I see anyone toting one of these in their purses, man purses, or backpacks? No wonder it gets the title "OVERKILL."
point defeated, indeed.
I don't know. Maybe for youngsters w/the Touch.
I read that very fast and thought.. Hamas? Overkill? WTF?
I thought they had enough problems to deal with in the Gaza strip and they want to tackle iPhone accessories now?
THE TERRORIST HAVE WON!
So this is what hamas is doing with the money the US sent to them.... Next step: super retro quintino
lol. Yeah, that's an unfortunate company name.
ugggghhhhhh....
eww... glossy grips >_
Is it me or were the fingerprints on the iPod touch the first thing that stood out to you...
they dont get it, when you turn your hands quickly, the screen becomes a blur.
Nice SS Rolex to whoever is holding the wheel in this pic... is this the sea dweller referred to in the bluetooth bracelet post?
Ugh. I remember the Hama booth from the times i visited CeBit. The largest collection of random and useless plastic crap outside the CeBit Asian pavilions.
Looks OK, but does it play Crysis?
just what i needed a double ended black dildo attachment for my ipod touch ;)
Its what every apple fan wants from the "experience" of using an apple product, the feeling of holding a cock in each hand.
A more interesting idea would be applying this concept and using the iphone as a racing wheel controller for a computer!
Not so green. Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2snZPaxOI
Comment One: How could you go wrong with a name like Hamas? I can't wait to buy Hamas products from WalMart.
Comment Two: When did Hamas open a consumer electronics division?
lol thats exactly what came to mind at first... First the 2nd man of the Taliban says he loves his iphone now this..
wow... just wow.
i'd be the envy of all my iphone toting friends... or not.
No
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha etc etc etc.
wonder what Rolex the dude is wearing
Oh, that's for racing games? I grabbed one for general use because I thought that not enough people noticed my iPhone. Now everyone notices that I have an iPhone.
Hamas is totally out of control!
I honestly wonder how many units need to be sold to cover the price of 'developing'/making the thing. I imagine Hama's quarterly meetings goes something like:
"Well, gentlemen, seems we increased our sales over 1000%!!! We just got an order for 100 units!"
"I'm going to the Bahamas!"
"I'm going to make my dollars into pennies and swim in them!!"
"...I'm going to kill myself..."
You know what's really funny about that?
Nothing. Because it's fucking dumb.
That's just a waste. How hard is it to hold an iPod Touch in your hands and twist/turn/flip it around?
Remember theyre targeting the iphone and crapple crowd here. Theyre really not the smartest consumers out there.
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