Now we have already told you how BlueMaemo lets you use your N900 as a PS3 controller, but what if you want to do the other way around? That is use a PS3 Sixaxis controller as an input device for emulated games on N900: its possible now. But it’s no simple app that can let you do that but it involves a bit of fiddling around with the kernel and installing a SixA daemon. So unless you want to get your hands dirty, this hack is not for you.

But you don’t have to lose heart. What if you are not brave enough to poke your finger at the core of the OS-kernel, you can always admire the work done by others. So let’s first do that, by taking a look at this demo video released by Tomasz Sterna aka Aberration, who takes the credit of being the first person to connect the PS3 Sixaxis controller to N900. Read the rest of this entry »

Need an extra wireless controller for your PS3? Instead of shelling out 50 bucks on a dual shock PS3 controller, you can as well use your N900 as a PS3 controller, harnessing the bluetooth connectivity of PS3 and N900. Sounds to good to be true, right? Just don’t take my words on it for you can check for yourself in the appended video, after the break.

Well, I have been maintaining that a true linux platform like the maemo is every hacker’s dream and with Nokia being spot-on with their choice of hardware for its N900 (except may be for its resistive screen), hackers and developers are unleashing the hidden power of N900. I can go on and on,  glorifying the Maemo 5 platform and the N900, but lets check the PS3 controller capabilities of our N900 first. Read the rest of this entry »