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Loading ...A PSP-style gaming cellphone from Sony is one of those perennial rumors you generally see rolled-out in naff “the year ahead” prediction features, but this time around it’s Sony Magazine itself that’s dropping hints about the manufacturer’s mobile plans. According to the article, the “PSP-Style Phone” could be in shops as early as February.
While admitting that the idea might have merit, Sony has continuously denied that a PSP-based gaming cellphone is in development; in fact, Sony Ericsson VP Merran Wrigley told Brighthand’s Ed Hardy that the company doesn’t believe that “given the current state of mobile technology it would be able to create a phone worthy of the PlayStation brand”.
As SEfanatics point out, we’re already halfway through February, so if Sony have anything up their sleeves they’d better whip it out soon.
[via Digg]
UPDATE 2/17/2008: New picture of the Sony Ericsson PSP-phone surfaced.
February 16th, 2008 at 2:22 am
of course, with the nintendo ds around its near impossible to create a successful competing portable gaming system.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:17 am
kk…so
February 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Looks great, Sony has everything the perfect PSP and PS3 VAIO Blu-Ray Sony rulez the electronic world with iron fist.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
great idea cant wait for it to come out just would like to know what service provider its going to be on hopefully not nextel/sprint or verizon. i think they should do at&t personally
May 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
cant wait!
June 24th, 2008 at 7:45 am
i dunno, sounds good, but wut about UMD port. it wont be made until sony make a better psp which does not use UMDs, as UMDs are not popular.