Control your Playstation 3 games with a mobile phone 01.06.2009 01:02

Sony Ericsson has invented a new feature for mobile phones that we didn't know the world needed before we discovered it. It actually makes perfect sense. If you have a game console, in this case a Sony Playstation 3, at home but you don't want to sit around the console the whole time when a game is on, this could be something for you. The Sony Ericsson Aino mobile phone lets you wirelessly connect to your Playstation 3 in order to control it remotely.

The Sony Ericsson Aino looks like an ordinary phone. It has, however, a piece of software originally created for the PSP (Playstation Portable) that makes it possible to control a Playstation 3 game console wirelessly via home Wi-Fi/LAN network or from the other side of the world via the Internet. If the idea of playing games remotely feels odd to you, you may access TV programs with the Aino as well. In the countries where PlayTV service is available for the Playstation 3, it is possible to view TV shows on the mobile phone.

The Sony Ericsson Aino is a quad-band GSM world phone and tri-band 3G UMTS phone. It comes with GPS, Wi-Fi, MP3 player, 8 megapixel camera, YouTube and Facebook access, Bluetooth, USB, and microSD memory card slot.