Is it in any way connected to the rumored PSP2? :-( http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/26/the-playstation-phone/ It's hard to believe that what we're looking at is real -- but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you've long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread), along with a custom Sony Marketplace which will allow you to purchase and download games designed for the new platform. The device snapped up top (and in our gallery below) is sporting a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 (a chip similar to the one found in the G2, but 200MHz faster), 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and the screen is in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches. Looking almost identical to the mockup we hit you with this summer, the handset does indeed have a long touchpad in the center which is apparently multitouch, and you can see in the photos that it's still bearing those familiar PlayStation shoulder buttons. For Sony buffs, you'll be interested to know that there's no Memory Stick slot here, but there is support for microSD cards. The particular model in these shots is still in prototyping mode. As such, the unit doesn't have a custom skin (not even SE's Timescape design seen on the Xperia devices), and is said to be rather buggy. We're digging into more facts as we speak, but it's likely that much of what we reported earlier is still accurate, and though the device could still be headed for a 2010 release, 2011 is looking much more realistic. Still, there's a lot of time between now and the holidays... so keep your fingers crossed!
Couldn't they have found a better area for the placement of the "select" and "start" buttons? Not exactly the most ideal location, but then again, this is a Sony device so it's to be expected.
Its all the same, sony had enough power to move ericsson out of symbian anyways. If the specs of the PSP2 (like it using tegra) are true then this wont be compatible with it at all, merely a marketing ploy since everyone including puma is launching a touch phone of their own. BTW, Sony? SEGA called, they have rights to the whole "multiple incompatible platforms" idea
Couldn't have said it any better myself... :-0 :dammit: :-( I see this device :gravedigging: very soon due to the :banghead: it has... Bob
Same here, and the only thing I miss on my HTC desire android 2.2 at the moment is decent gaming, fine I have emulators but the real paid games suck compared to let's say iphone, and then the next problem on screen controls suck big time! So I would actually like to have a Android/PSP dedicated buttons to game on. :thumbsup: $100 is a bit on the high side but see it like this, if you are a iphone/or other high end phone owner at the moment you also/already have a "$100" plan PLUS if you would like to buy a PSP(go) you would have to fork an additional $250 on top of the plan. Now you can basically do both within the "$100" plan and skip the "$250." And I don't know what kind of plans you have in the US, but I don't know anybody regardless of the phone they own that have more then $50 plans here in NL.
If they had done this around the time of the PS2 they'd likely be seeing iPhone levels of market penetration. Now? Good luck with that Sony.
I'll buy one if all the major studios get behind it. If they don't, this thing will flop quicker than the PSPGo
There is word now that it might be fake but I'm not sure on that. Even still. This thing is a epic joke and the fault of SonyErricson and not SCE (Playstation division). Not to mention that SE firmware support for their devices has been dismal in recent years, this thing will be a failure of epic proportions. Sony needs to kill this thing pronto.
I just can't believe they've released phones running Android 1.6 this year... Anyway, this thing looks like a piece of crap, even though I like the basic concept of an Android phone with actual gaming controls.
The iPhone gets along fine selling digitally-distributed games. The main problem with the PSP Go was that there was no way to transfer one of the many cheap UMD games onto it, so why spend the premium over a PSP-3000 to be locked into Sony's PSN prices? Why also would you upgrade to a device that had no extra power, but wouldn't play your existing (UMD) games either?
This isn't going to be targeting directly at gamers. This will be targeting purely at the cell phone market which really could give a rats ass on physical media. Not to mention, based on rumors, this possibly won't even play PSP software. I say wait till the PSP2 before you start jumping on sony for what they learned from the PSP-Go.
I think it's just geared to playh PSP minis, SONY's idea of disposable byte-sized entertainment..most of the games have disgusting art direction though.
