Sony Ericsson Shows Off its PSP Phone Design

Louis Ramirez — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:23:10 EDT

If anyone's capable of making a gaming phone (worth buying), I'd put my money on Sony Ericsson. Their recent patent shows the blueprints for what looks like a PSP phone. What sets this phone apart from other attempts is that it packs game-friendly buttons (no more having to use your phone's tiny number pad) and a rotating screen (so games can be played in landscape mode as opposed to vertically). Make it compatible with all of today's PSP games and Sony Ericsson might give the Nintendo DS some competition. What do you guys think? – Louis Ramirez

Patent [via Unwired View]

What Would a Sony Ericsson PSP Phone Be Like?

Adam Frucci — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:50:00 EDT

Why is it that everyone is expecting non-phone devices to come out with phone iterations? I mean, yeah, the iPhone rumor ended up coming true, but does that really mean we want to deal with Zune Phone, PSP Phone, and Google Phone rumors for the next year? Aren't you people ever satisfied?!

Apparently not. I'm skeptical about Sony Ericsson making a PSP Phone just because Sony's been using the XMB interface on a bunch of different products, but Pocket Gamer went ahead and looked at the possibilities of Sony Ericsson creating a PSP phone, including a wish list of features. They've got some good ideas in there, but somehow missed out on the major point that Sony missed with the original PSP: good games. Oh, and make sure it can play UMDs, I'm beginning to think it was a bad idea to replace my DVD collection with them!

What would you want to see on a PSP phone? –Adam Frucci

PocketGamer [via Kotaku]

Gizmodo: Sony Ericsson PSP Phone

Sony Ericsson Shows Off its PSP Phone Design

What Would a Sony Ericsson PSP Phone Be Like?