Sony Ericsson to launch games phone?

  • Posted September 8th, 2007 at 08:43 EDT by
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Sony will unveil a gaming phone at the Mobility World Congress, according to news and community website Mobile Entertainment. Speculation has been mounting that the company will reveal a PlayStation branded phone.

However, now that the Mobility World Congress is almost here, Mobile Entertainment confirms that the device will not be a PlayStation branded phone like many industry insiders believed. Instead, it will be a new brand packed with a user friendly gaming interface, comprised with technical innovations like motion sensitivity. Mobile Entertainment believes it ”will pave the way for Wii-like gameplay on a handset".

The speculation of a gaming phone became more serious once Sony Ericsson’s designers, Rikko Sakaguchi, hinted that he was designing a gaming-type concept. Nokia is currently developing a new N-Gage. The first two versions of the company's games phone have had little success, mainly due to the lack of developer support, and also because of poor design decisions.

Source: Mobile-Ent

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  1. Quijiba

    • 9:08am BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 1

    meh i got a phone

  2. Enacku | enacku

    • 9:09am BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 2

    instead of upgrading my cellphone to an iphone, i bought a ps3 lol

  3. shadowlusterx | shadowlusterx

    • 10:40am BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 3

    I"m going to get this. Probably will buy a psp and use that ore but this looks cool too.

  4. Azmatik | Azmatik

    • 12:42pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 4

    ps3 ownz

  5. gingo | gingo

    • 1:14pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 5

    psn id: gingo.. sounds pretty nice but will it compete with the iphone? we'll just have to wait and see

  6. willisc89 | liquidsoap89

    • 2:11pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 6

    hmmm now I have to choose between an Iphone and this, man, I hate choices.

  7. mikehunt92

    • 3:58pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 7

    the ipone will win if the prices are close to the same

     

  8. blachaze | blachaze213

    • 5:22pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 8

    why wud u buy a games phone wen u can get a psp or a ds?

  9. Sniperwithacause | Sniperwithacause

    • 7:06pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 9

    to blachaze, Since the other two cant call anyone! Game music ring tones would be nice. Oh and character voice ring back tones! Getting both those ideas copy righted and sell it to Sony Ericsson.

  10. XenoSilvano | XenoSilvano

    • 10:03pm BST - September 8th, 2007
    • 10

    can't say I'm really interested but that guy had a good point

  11. franckribery07

    • 2:32pm BST - September 9th, 2007
    • 11

    what a waste of money by sony ! the n-gage was a huge flop, why invest money in a segment that doesn´t give any kind of revenue ... they should use it in a new marketing campain for ps3 or simply invest it in the programing studios !!! 

  12. oopsadoops | hbears93

    • 2:58pm BST - September 9th, 2007
    • 12

    hmm. this could be interesting.

    im not big on mobile gaming hough.

  13. lovelyguy | 15975997

    • 10:04pm BST - September 9th, 2007
    • 13

    its a good news as we would b able to use both mobile and game in a single cell

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