169w ago - Today PS3Center.net (linked above) has ran across a free new iPhone application dubbed
Pocket Blu, which essentially turns your iPhone into a Blu-ray player and PS3 remote control.
It can be downloaded from the
iPhone App Store and is being labeled as "the perfect utility application to compliment your Blu-ray movie watching experience."
The app is also also available for Blackberry and Android devices.
Requirements:
• Pocket BLU enabled Blu-ray discs
• BD-Live enabled Blu-ray player
• Pocket BLU enabled device
• Wi-Fi connection
Current Pocket BLU enabled Blu-ray discs: Bruno, Funny People, Public Enemies, Inglourious Basterds, American Pie 7 - American Pie Presents: Book of Love, 9, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassin's Ball, Couples Retreat, Cirque du Freak, and Fourth Kind.
i played on rebug 4.21.2....flawlessly with no problem...fast loading btw...
We actually did that a few months ago, for those interested the article: http://www.ps3news.com/ps3-hacks-jailbreak/video-control-the-ps3-with-a-nokia-n900-via-bluemaemo/
Basically nearly the same but...
Reason being, I never bought one of those PS3 Blu Ray remotes. But I would be willing to buy a real physical remote before I paid for an app. The app would have to be free or only a few bucks to get my attention.
Yeah. If it were a 'software Blu-ray remote', then people who already had one of those smartphones could get this instead of a PS3 Blu-ray remote. I could see a limited market for that. Even more interesting would be something that allowed a smartphone to emulate a PS3 controller.
But this... I can't imagine what the sales pitch was to make anyone think it was a marketable idea.