• PlayStation Phone: Xperia Play Now Official

    PlayStation Phone: Xperia Play Now Official

    Nachiket Mhatre, Feb 07, 2011 1030 hrs IST

    Android based smartphone will have access to PlayStation Suite

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Looks like practically everyone's got their hands dirty on NGP's smartphone cousin. Sony Ericsson's not-so-secret PlayStation Phone aka Xperia Play is now official, and will see an official launch on February 13 on Facebook. Sony Ericsson's Facebook page has a countdown timer and a video of the latest Superbowl TV advertisement embedded within the page. The announcement time on the page reads 18:00 GMT, that s 23:30 here in India.





What we do know at this junction is the Sony Xperia Play is an Android smartphone with a gamepad and access to PlayStation Suite. That's about the extent of its association with the PlayStation name, as the phone got no mention during the NGP conference. So don't expect to play full blown NGP games on the Xperia Play; not with that big a difference in hardware compared to the multi-core goodness of the NGP.
 

The Xperia Play is more of a step up for casual gamers on the Android platform, with its dedicated gaming keys. Sony seems to be treading the thin line between the handset's gaming credentials being overlooked by casual gamers and the hardcore gamers sticking to the NGP. Let's hope it doesn't go down the same path as Nokia's N-Gage.






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MDS
,Puducherry, on Feb 07, 2011 10:54 AM
You shouldnt have the "discuss" option if your sole intent is to censor the discussions..or totally clamp them
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Mr. T
, '80s, on Feb 07, 2011 06:51 PM
Shut up foo!
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MDS
,Pondicherry, on Feb 07, 2011 11:10 AM
Before ppl jump in saying how useless and irrelevant the point raised by me is, lemme make it clear that its a stripped down version of a discussion that these techtree guys wouldnt publish. And as for the inappropriateness of my arguement , well, im just in the mood for some "technology" bashing today. Of late iv been getting a lot of these moody spells , esp when i see a news on the "latest smartphone sporting the latest flavour of android and the maximum megapixels"
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MDS
,Pondicherry, on Feb 07, 2011 11:05 AM
Baloney!. Does getting a phone with the latest version of android really make one's life better than it was yesterday? The degree of importance given to the improvement in mHzs and megapixels is directly proportional to the reduction of one's imaginative ability. Go ahead , ape the west , dumb yourself down. And fuel this demon called "Technology"
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MDS
,Puducherry, on Feb 07, 2011 10:56 AM
Nothing related to this news.But theres something scary in this mad rush to acquire "bigger" and " better" gadgets. Its a sign of the vacuity of present day existence. Does getting a phone with the latest version of android really make one's life better than it was yesterday? The degree of importance given to the improvement in mHzs and megapixels is directly proportional to the reduction of one's imaginative ability. Go ahead , ape the west , dumb yourself down. And fuel this demon called "Technology"
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