PlayStation Phone spied in China

PlayStation Phone spied in China

Gadget bought, photo'd ahead of launch


By Tony Smith ....

Sony Ericsson's upcoming Xperia Play handset - aka the PlayStation Phone .... - has turned up for sale in China.
Taiwanese website ePrice .... says it was tipped off to the fact by a reader on the mainland, and promptly sent one of its Shenzhen-based correspondents to go and have a look.


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Source: ePrice

The result: a wealth of hi-res snaps of the gadget - model number R800i - that would seem to be shots of a genuine device. Here are three - ePrice has a lot more ....
The Xperia-branded handset has all the key PSP controls, which slide out like they do on the PSP Go. The layout isn't identical, suggesting this isn't a fake made by grafting bits of the handheld console onto a Sony Ericsson phone. The 'joysticks' are made from touchpads


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Source: ePrice

The site says the Xperia has a 4in multi-touch touchscreen and a 1GHz CPU and runs Android 2.3. The key application is PlayStation Pocket, but with no service in place and no content to download, the app doesn't do anything now, ePrice claimed.


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Source: ePrice

The hardware seems essentially ready to go, suggesting to us that a Mobile World Congress launch next month is on the cards. ®




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I wonder how much it will be?

I can't play games needing directional buttons on regular touchscreens.

a perfect cross really, psp quality games with android phone capability? I'm sold already.

i want one

as long as they crack the battery times should be ok?

I think this would be Sony's best stab at the handheld market, phone gaming is starting to bloom now, as well as having lots of cheap and even free titles on the Android market already, which I assume this will be able to access. they could easily give this phone access to the PSN where you can download PSPhone dedicated software as well as PSP and PS1 stuff too. The only issue I could see would be that some of its appeal is lost if you already own a high end smart phone.

I would rather have a festering turd in my pocket to be honest.

I think it looks awfull and would never dream of owning one.

I would rather have a festering turd in my pocket to be honest.

I think it looks awfull and would never dream of owning one.

I'm not quite sure whether you like this or not - tell us what you really think

I'm not quite sure whether you like this or not - tell us what you really think
I was taking a diplomatic approach .

I reckon allot of people who get an iPhone for example, then download the odd game to kill some time are people who would never buy a PSP or a phone that looks like this.

looks like any other smartphone to me, granted its no design masterpiece but I would expect it to cost far less, and do far more than an iphone. There's no reason why they wont release smaller/larger or different styled models too.

The geek in me says wow, but I think the psp control bit looks a bit cheap.
As an iPhone and psp owner I'd be tempted to have a long look at this.