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Report: That Sony S1 Tablet Is Actually the PlayStation Tablet

Sony’s rumored S1 tablet apparently isn’t just some design curio; according to an Engadget update, it’s also PlayStation Certified—meaning that this is a full-on PS tablet. And maybe the first great dedicated gaming slate? [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/this-rumored-sony-tablet-is-a-crazy-curvy-trip-5761948

Tech News Brian Barrett

Sony Says Jailbreaking Your PS3 Will Officially Get You Banned

Sony has finally come out with an official stance on the PlayStation 3 jailbreak. Guess what it is! (Spoiler: any jailbreaking, whether playing pirated games or not, will get you banned from the PlayStation Network and Qriocity service.) [PlayStation]

Tech News Jason Chen

This Rumored Sony Tablet Is a Crazy Curvy Trip

Everyone’s got a tablet these days, except for one of the biggest names in consumer electronics. Oh Sony, where art thou? If the rumors bubbling at Engadget are true, apparently off somewhere working on a very curious take on slates. Meet the S1. What you’re looking at is an interpretation of a reported 9.4-inch Honeycomb…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Xperia Play Hands On: The PlayStation Phone Is a Button Masher’s Dream

From March, you’ll be able to pick up the latest PSP. Sorry, did I say PSP? I meant Xperia Play phone—but really, it’s hard to tell the difference. True, it’s running Android, but at the very core of the phone is a gaming titan begging you to play it. And play I did. In the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Xperia Play Arrives In March with 50 Games, “Legendary” PSOne Title Pre-Installed

When Sony Ericsson‘s Xperia Play “PlayStation Phone” becomes available in March (“early spring” for Verizon) it will debut alongside 50 launch titles and come preloaded with what execs said was a “legendary” PlayStation One title. Updated. Other confirmed features include local multiplayer and a wifi hostspot hosting feature for connected head to head gaming. Really,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Why I Was Wrong About the PSP2…And Why I Don’t Care

If you’d have asked me a year ago if I would buy a new PlayStation Portable from Sony that wasn’t a phone, I’d have scoffed. So why am I desperate for the NGP—the PSP2? Nintendo and Sony are in a pickle. While they’ve both been milking their portable gaming lines over the last three years,…

Tech News Joel Johnson

The NGP Is Sony’s Super-Powered Playstation Portable

The Sony PSP2 has arrived under the codename NGP. It has a 5-inch OLED touchscreen, dual analog sticks, front/rear cameras,a touch-sensitive panel on the back of the device used for control along with a quad-core CPU and GPU. (Updated) https://kotaku.com/the-psp2-is-here-dual-analog-sticks-touch-sensitive-o-5744485 Update: Turns out the internal magic of the PSP2 lies in its quad-core ARM Cortex…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Prisoners Are Hacking Playstations With Stolen Computer Mice For Charging Cellphones

Honestly, I’m beginning to think prisoners have been receiving some sneaky electricians’ training, such is the quality of rewiring skills they possess. From rewiring Playstations into tattoo guns, Scottish crims have gone a step further down the sparky route. https://gizmodo.com/uk-prisoner-tattooing-jail-buddies-with-hacked-playstat-5545968 They’re finding much better uses for their IT classes’ computer mice, plugging them into Playstations…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Root Key for PS3 Now Available, Hacker Claims

After German hacker group fail0verflow showed they’d hacked the PS3 to run pirated apps and games, another hacker has published the PS3’s root key online, which allows precisely that. [Geohot via Kotaku and PSX-Scene—Thanks, Affan!] https://kotaku.com/the-ps3-may-have-just-had-its-front-door-kicked-in-452571548

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: PlayStation Phone May Come in Spring 2011

The rumor mill is churning out reports that the PlayStation Phone’s debut might not be far away. In fact, according to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper, the device might show up in Spring 2011. [PC World via Hiroko Tabuchi] https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-playstation-phone-5674138

Tech News Rosa Golijan

PlayStation Phone Caught On Video

We’ve seen a video of the PlayStation phone before, but it didn’t exactly show us very much. This latest little clip though actually reveals a bit of the device’s interface. Check it out. [Engadget via Kotaku]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Sony Ericsson CEO Teases February Announcement, Could Be PlayStation Phone

“There’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere,” Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg told the Wall Street Journal the other day. He was talking about a phone! But not just any phone… A “games-oriented” phone, to be precise, and that sounds a heck of a lot like something…

Tech News Jack Loftus

VUDU HD Movie Rental Service Coming to PlayStation 3 Soon

Sometime later this month, VUDU’s on-demand movie streaming service will come to the PlayStation 3. This’ll mean instant access more than 4,000 HD movies at the cost of $2 per two-night rental. Not too shabby. PlayStation®Network Continues to Expand its Industry Leading Entertainment Offerings with VUDU™ HD Streaming Movie Service VUDU Brings High Definition Movies…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Live or Die? PlayStation Phone

We’ve wanted a PlayStation Phone for a long time. Before there was an iPhone or Windows Phone. Now it’s real, finally, running Android 3.0 with a multitouch trackpad for joysticks. But in today’s world, should it live or die? PlayStation Phone: Live or Die?customer surveys

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Meet The PlayStation Phone

Looks like the folks at Engadget got their hands on photos of something interesting: A PlayStation Phone. We’ve heard about this mysterious device in the past, but this is the first look at a prototype model. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-readying-an-android-3-0-playstation-phone-5610662 The phone apparently has a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 chip, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and support for…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Netflix Streaming on PS3 Gets 1080i and Surround Sound With No Disc Required

Click to viewStreaming Netflix to your PS3 is about to get a whole lot nicer. Starting next week you’ll be able to stream Instant Watch content without the Netflix disc—Hallelujah!—as well as watch some content in 1080i with 5.1-channel surround sound. Starting Monday, PS3 owners will be able to access Netflix via a new app…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Grown Man Drives Girlfriend Off the Road For Taking His PlayStation Away

This is Darren Suchon. And even at 42 years old, he doesn’t understand that it’s wrong to drive your live-in girlfriend off the road just because she took your PlayStation away. Especially when you’re using her Porsche to do it. Suchon is, as one might guess, unemployed, and apparently spends most of his day playing…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Sony’s PlayStation Division Wants Some Android-Savvy Engineers

Well this could be interesting! Looks as though Sony’s apparently in search of a developer with Android experience for its PlayStation division. Which could mean that the rumored Android 3.0 PlayStation phone closer to reality than we thought. Or maybe—if they’re just staffing up now—further away. Either way, it’s a positive sign that this really…

Tech News Brian Barrett

PlayStation Move Controller is a Cheap Cellphone, Minus Calling Capabilities

On one hand, the Move controller is a very pricey gaming controller. On the other paw, iFixit’s tear-down revealed “it’s quite the bang for the buck,” with a processor, accelerometer, gyroscope, Bluetooth, vibrating motor and MEMS compass tucked inside. https://gizmodo.com/sony-move-review-dont-be-wii-2-0-5640908 iFixit’s rip-apart didn’t reveal much that we didn’t already know about the spec, but apparently…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony Move Review: Don’t Be Wii 2.0

As expected, Sony’s Move is perfectly competent, hardware-wise, because Sony is a hardware company. But making games that mimic Nintendo’s casual-friendly Wii party games is the wrong move. Instead, they need to focus on their true fanbase: The hardcore fans. Of the three current-gen consoles, Sony has done the most to appeal to the hardcore…

Reviews Jason Chen

Report: That Sony S1 Tablet Is Actually the PlayStation Tablet

Sony Says Jailbreaking Your PS3 Will Officially Get You Banned

This Rumored Sony Tablet Is a Crazy Curvy Trip

Xperia Play Hands On: The PlayStation Phone Is a Button Masher’s Dream

Xperia Play Arrives In March with 50 Games, “Legendary” PSOne Title Pre-Installed

Why I Was Wrong About the PSP2…And Why I Don’t Care

The NGP Is Sony’s Super-Powered Playstation Portable

Prisoners Are Hacking Playstations With Stolen Computer Mice For Charging Cellphones

Root Key for PS3 Now Available, Hacker Claims

Rumor: PlayStation Phone May Come in Spring 2011

PlayStation Phone Caught On Video

Sony Ericsson CEO Teases February Announcement, Could Be PlayStation Phone

VUDU HD Movie Rental Service Coming to PlayStation 3 Soon

Live or Die? PlayStation Phone

Meet The PlayStation Phone

Netflix Streaming on PS3 Gets 1080i and Surround Sound With No Disc Required

Grown Man Drives Girlfriend Off the Road For Taking His PlayStation Away

Sony’s PlayStation Division Wants Some Android-Savvy Engineers

PlayStation Move Controller is a Cheap Cellphone, Minus Calling Capabilities

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