Sony and one of its sister-companies, Sony-Ericsson, are hinting at a couple of interesting possibilities for a PSP phone, including the possible addition of VoIP capabilities to our favorite handheld as well as the potential for Sony to introduce some sort of brand-new "Playstation Phone" Frankenstein that would be separate from the PSP all together.In an informative and fun read, GameDaily goes sluething and digs up some interesting evidence that supports the rumors. Here's our favorite nugget-of-fun:
"Sony Ericsson's senior vice president of Product and Application Planning, Rikko Sakaguchi, said such a phone may actually be in the works. Sakaguchi cryptically revealed to CNET Asia that the company 'is working on something' related to a PlayStation phone, but that 'the surprise must be kept for the future.'"
Without doubt, that quote is cryptic, non-specific and bordering on hearsay. But that's the stuff that fanboys like us live for. Now, go and discuss.
[Via GameDaily]
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9-05-2006 @ 8:16PM
alienclay said...
..... i'm trying hard not to think of it,... but why do nightmares of n-gage run through my head?
i'm sure sony can learn from the failures of others. the psp itself is testament to that as no other handheld has taken this much market share in the portable market from nintendo before but,.... something still causes me to shiver,...
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9-05-2006 @ 8:36PM
john said...
is this in any way related to the comment by Kawanishi that the ps1 emulation will be available on the ps3, psp, pc, and possibly a cell phone?
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9-05-2006 @ 10:18PM
Omen_20 said...
Thats what I was thinking John. Considering Ericsson has Cyber-Shot and Walkman branded phones this is a severe possibility. Plus Sony has a claim on the most popular music phone in the market. They probably want a jump on gaming phones as well.
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9-06-2006 @ 4:05AM
Haydio said...
Not another N-Gage
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9-06-2006 @ 8:05AM
Ryan Johnson said...
the psp was successful unlike the n-gage... but if you ask me I say sony will get it right this time with the new psp/phone idea
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