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Friday 09 January 2015 05:09 EST

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Ever been playing a game on your smartphone and thought 'Boy, this sure would be a lot easier if I had a Transformers-esque, arachnid external controller with at least 10 different buttons and two control sticks?'

Well, the LYNX 9 Mobile Hybrid Controller is the third-party tool for you, which can wrap around both Android smartphone and tablet and communicates with the device using Bluetooth.

Meaning you will never fling an Angry Bird or swipe an Infinity Blade with anything other than God-like deftness again, the controller's buttons can be configured and tweaked through an app and there's also the option to snap in a QWERTY keyboard for social stuff (though presumably not a concern if you're buying one of these).