the icade was originally announced by thinkgeek on april 1, 2010 as an april fools' day prank, however, it was widely covered in electronics media as a potential product, and thinkgeek responded to this speculation, saying a real icade was "a possibility". the april fools' icade was stated to connect via the standard apple dock connector, which was noted as a potential blocker for release due to licensing fees and restrictions placed on dock connections by apple.