Mobile

Your Old Blackberry Now Functions As A PS3 Remote

To go along with the release of the PlayBook 2.0 update, RIM also included new remote functionality in the BlackBerry Bridge app, so that BB phones can control the PlayBook But as people are finding out, it can control much, much more than just a single tablet.


December 22, 2011
Entertainment

Quickflix Available On PS3 Tomorrow

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Sony has made good on its promise to deliver the Quickflix movie streaming service to the PS3 before Christmas, with the service going live on PS3s everywhere today tomorrow.


December 18, 2011
Gadgets

Sony Tablet S Update Adds PS3 Controller Support

Sony has just released an 18MB update to their Tablet S that improves Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS and notifications. It also finally adds official support for using a PS3 wireless controller, a vast improvement to playing games using on-screen controls.


December 5, 2011
Gaming

Lunchtime Deals: 160GB PS3 for $288 At Kmart

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$288 for a 3D Blu-ray player is pretty good value any where you look, but throw in the PS3′s game playing functions, IPTV, and 160GB HDD and it’s hard to go past at this price. If the 160GB isn’t big enough for you, you can replace it yourself, too. Worth every cent… [Kmart]


December 1, 2011
Gaming

The Playstation Vita To Offer Remote Play On All PS3 Games?

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According to Eurogamer, a future firmware update on the PS3 will allow Playstation Vita owners to remotely play any Playstation 3 game on the portable device anywhere there’s an internet connection. My need to buy a Vita suddenly grew exponentially.


November 15, 2011
Entertainment

Sony PlayStation 3D Display Review: The Perfect Small TV For Rich Gamers

Online console gaming is the status quo, but nothing will ever usurp the joys of throwing your controller in disgust, cursing and punching your friends in the arm during couch multiplayer. Sony has a magical, magical reinvention of offline competition.


October 13, 2011
Entertainment

Sony PlayStation 3 TV Will Be Exclusive To Harvey Norman

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Screenplay has a great interview with Sony Australia’s Michael Ephraim discussing, among other things, the uptake of 3DTV and the difficulties facing the 3DS. He also revealed that Sony’s swish $700 PlayStation 3D display, which allows gamers to play split screen games on a full screen via 3D glasses, will only have a limited test release in Australia – through Harvey Norman.


Gaming

PlayStation 3 Official Wireless Headphones Review: KILL

As great as great graphics are, splendiferously blasting sound can be just as gratifying. Sometimes we take sound for granted, or just don’t care about it — but with Sony’s great new 7.1 wireless surround headphones, you will care.


October 2, 2011
Gaming

Thrustmaster’s Ferrari F1 Wheel Looks Like The Real Thing

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It’s missing the LCD display and a couple of buttons and dials, but otherwise, it’s a fairly spot-on replica. We’ve included an image for comparison purposes, because we’re nice like that.


September 18, 2011
Geek Out

Giz Goes Inside Sony’s Secretive Tokyo Product Centre

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Sony’s Tokyo HQ houses a floor that’s just for product demos. Very cool product demos. For their own strange reasons, Sony’s happy for me to write about it — but wouldn’t let me take photos, or even tell you what they name it.