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Squall_Leonhart on 05 March 2008

I always thought that the Bluetooth remote for the PS3 running off AA batteries was a bit stupid, it would have been much better to be able to charge it in the same manner that the Sixaxis is charged, through USB :D

I know it would be more expesive due to the L-ion battery but it would be worth it!



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Munkeh111 on 05 March 2008

I though that Sony had stopped 3rd parties from using bluetooth



albhum on 05 March 2008
ion-storm said:

Never happened to me.

There's nothing wrong with the bluetooth in the PS3. It is just a standard implementation of the standard. Probably 2.0.

There are no apps for phone control of a PS3, or at least none I know of, because no one has programmed them. You can if you so wish, do it yourself. There isn't any substantial demand for it.

 

*edited to correct spelling*


 Thanks, ion-storm, but I asked for documented answers, not guesses nor adivice on how to invest my time.

Anyway, thanks for taking part in the thread.  



akuma587 on 05 March 2008
Domo-Kun said:
I've had the problem of my SIXAXIS randomly losing connection in the middle of a game.

I'll be playing Warhawk, all of a sudden I'll be running in one direction and the controller won't respond.

 

I've only had this happen with one game, Folklore.  But it doesn't happen often enough for it to really bother me that much.  And it isn't the first wireless product that has been unresponsive, so whatever.  Just the cost of new technology.

 



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Mars on 05 March 2008

Probably most likely its u, mine works fine.



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BenKenobi88 on 05 March 2008

Bluetooth is more expensive to make than stadard RF devices, so third parties don't have much incentive if all the consoles also have USB ports.



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antfromtashkent on 05 March 2008
.:Dark Prince:. said:
Lol btw has anyone noticed their controller going weird?

Lol when i'm watching movies or when i leave it on the XMB after a while the menu that shows up when you press triangle pops up by itself.

 yeh sometimes my controller locks up when im playing a game, its kindof anoying but it happends so rarely i dont really care



IllegalPaladin on 05 March 2008
akuma587 said:
Domo-Kun said:
I've had the problem of my SIXAXIS randomly losing connection in the middle of a game.

I'll be playing Warhawk, all of a sudden I'll be running in one direction and the controller won't respond.

 

I've only had this happen with one game, Folklore. But it doesn't happen often enough for it to really bother me that much. And it isn't the first wireless product that has been unresponsive, so whatever. Just the cost of new technology.

 


It's happened to me in Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, and Dynsaty Warriors 6 (of the games I can recall of the top of my head). It's the worst in Warhawk because it can cost me a frag/death.

If that's something that's fixed with the Dualshock 3 (along with fixing buttons from sticking), then I may just have to go out and grab a DS3 as soon as I can.

I also like/dislike the battery in the PS3 controllers. It's bad because it's inside the controller and you'd probably have to some stuff if it dies (as compared to simply replacing AA batteries), but I bought a couple of dollars worth of a USB cable extension and I can play/charge my controller easily (along with charging it in down time. If you can invest in rechargable AA's for your 360/Wii, do it because I have some 15 minute rechargable batteries that I mainly use for backup with my digital camera that work wonders for console gaming. Also, they're probably a heck of a lot cheaper than some kind of official battery pack thing (aka the 360 one).