PSP Phone from Sony Ericsson

Nowadays everything seems to be converging into a mobile phone. It already can be a perfectly good digital camera (e.g. SE K850i Cybershot), a mobile TV station a music player or GPS receiver. One of the things missing here was a mobile gaming platform. But it’s coming too.

And who’s better positioned to create a perfect mobile gaming platform then Sony? It already has one – Sony PSP. It also makes some great mobile phones via joint venture with Swedish Ericsson.

Their recent patent filing shows how Sony Ericsson will go about integrating these two gadgets:

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The main question Sony Ericsson asked when designing PSP phone was – what is the main problem with using your phone for mobile games?

And the answer was – gaming controls.The numeric keypad is just not good enough to control the action in games. But who says all the keys on the numeric keypad have to be identical?

Sony has already designed very good game controls on PSP. So now they just made a few keys on numeric keypad into a game controls and the problem was solved.

The other problem was that most of the good games are played holding PSP console with both hands and using two thumbs to control game characters. And the phone is operated usually with a single hand and thumb.

Rotating screen came to the rescue here. When the device is in a phone mode, all you have is a simple mobile phone with numeric keypad , menu and function keys. Turn the screen around 180 degrees, your menu/functional keys are transformed into game controls and you have a perfectly good portable gaming device.

Oh and why not use the screen turned 90 degrees to make this device into a mobile TV station as well?

The beauty of it all is that Sony will not have to worry about the games for the PSP phone. Just make it compatible with the standard PSP games and Nokia will have a really tough time catching up with it’s next gen N-Gage platform.

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Posted on 01 Jun 07 - Filed in Patents, Sony Ericsson, Wireless - Comments - Written by Staska

  • Yusuke
    Wow! Amazing, I can’t wait to get my little hands on it.
  • kell
    how much it cost and wat company it going to be with
  • rohan
    its of sony ericson
  • sexyt
    datz like the dumbest shit i've eva seen!
  • anaon
    EW.
  • I think this device i wonderfull but i dont believe that Sony can make this device properly :D
  • 1* Charlton Fan
    im getting 1 as soon as it comes out!!
  • 123psp
    Very informative article. I just created a private blog where you can download PSP games, videos, music and themes. Email me and I will send you the URL and invitation code.
  • jason
    send me that link i wpould love to have it
  • Don corleone
    I ll be the frst to buy....but i cant wait to have it in ma hand
  • luke
    OMG IF THIS PSP GETS OUT I WILL BUY ONE CUZ IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!
  • macalister tuplano
    ...that said well i guess we'll see the last of the UMD in psp games and replace it with HDD am i right people? and once perfected it will definitely cost much but it will be the all in one gadget of all time and the inventor shoul be given a nobel prize heheh =) goodluck to the developers and other platform makers beware!!!
  • seymour butts
    wtf?
  • David
    has the new psp phone even released yet
  • ADIE
    WHEN IT WILL BE LAUNCHED BY SONY? THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT IT SINCE 2006.
  • ldsboots
    Sony released that it will not be letting sony ericson make a psp phone, and that if one is made it will be made by playstation. Read the article released by going to joystiq.com and searching psp phone.
  • boodigga
    this will be the envy of all phones and games systems
  • umesh
    ummm...i hope it comes out soon
  • TMAN
    WHEN IS IT COMING OUT AND FOR HOW MUCH!!!!
  • moe
    thats pretty sick
  • me
    WHEN
  • Danny
    looks high tek but how does it work?
  • John
    OMG. What is so difficult? A PSP phone should be completely identical to a PSP with the phone controls completely on a touch screen save one or two function keys like any modern touch screen enabled mobile phone. there should be no alterations to the PSP because that is essentially what it is; a PSP. Wont be the same otherwise.
  • iphonenono
    if you dont mind me saying F U C K the iphone its doing my head in about how great it is, yes its a good phone and no one can say it aint plus it wont be beaten for some time but we need something completely in a new direction and if they make a decent camera and good unique features i think it may get a decent chance to challenge the iphone.
  • simon
    is the psp phone already out in sore or when does he comes out you can contact me on simpson.simon@hotmail.com
    how much does it costs
  • Woow powerful this gadget
  • sya-ke
    lol ive ever seen human who wanna tell own friends with playing game
    such behavior is a breach of etiquette.
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