• Sony Exec Confirms PlayStation Phone, Well Almost

    Sony Exec Confirms PlayStation Phone, Well Almost

    Jayesh Limaye, Oct 31, 2010 2056 hrs IST

    Android-powered PlayStation gaming Phone may be on the horizon

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While Sony has maintained its official stance towards the leaked PlayStation Phone by declining to either confirm or refute the claims that the PlayStation Phone does exist, by refusing to comment on "rumors and speculations," a senior Sony executive has dropped some hints, and boy are they going to set your imagination racing towards some happy speculations?


 


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In a recent interview on CNN, Sony's senior vice president of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment of America Peter Dille seems to have said a few things and proponents of such a device will be happy to learn that they are optimistic. Dille stated that the main reason behind PSP's failure is the lack of an always on connection. He said, "The PSP is a Wi-Fi device. People are used to having always-connected devices." Explaining Sony's vision of the PlayStation Network to be an always accessible entertainment centerpiece, he added, "I don't think we fully realize that vision with a Wi-Fi device. If it's not connected then it does sort of limit people."

Speculators interpret that Dille actually may indeed have meant "connected to cellular networks" here. When asked about whether he sees Android's gaming marketplace as a competitor or potential partner, Dille declined to comment. But a Sony spokeswoman present during the CNN chat stated later, "We have working relationships with Google". Indeed, it would make sense that the rumored PlayStation Phone would be running on Google's popular Android OS, which makes sense right now.

What are your views about the rumored PlayStation Phone? Please do let us know in the comments section below.

Sourcec: CNN

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(3) Comments
freak!!!
,mumbai, on Oct 31, 2010 10:46 PM
The specs look so dated!!!
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Zak
,Bangalore, on Oct 31, 2010 09:37 PM
I hope this will rock,so that i can through my ipod touch to trash.Bcoz i'm n't satisy with it's Game Quality.
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shobhit
,bhopal, on Oct 31, 2010 09:10 PM
eagerly waitin for it :D.... already strted saving fr it....however my past mobile gaming experience wasn't tat gud(SE F305) bt still i am considering this one to give a tough fite to iphone!!! if se prices it well....my speculation is abt 20k then it wuld be case of definately go n buy!!! n deal becomes sweeter with android 2.3!!!!
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