Nikkei: Sony To Build Gaming Phone

By Luke Plunkett

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According to Japan's Nikkei business daily, Sony will next month begin the process of designing a "cellphone-game gear hybrid" which it's hoped will give Apple's iPhone a run for its money.

Apparently a "project team" will be set up next month to build an all-new device that combines the functionality of a Sony Ericsson mobile phone with a handheld gaming device.

In other words, a PlayStation Phone, in spirit if not in name.

Not the first time we've seen one of the these rumours, we know, but the specifics and the source make it by far the most plausible of the lot.

Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid - Nikkei [Reuters]

LMAO @ PIC!!!

They actually sell a Phone Adaptor like that..

It connects to your cell phone like a wired earpiece, so it looks like your walking around with a huge phone in your pocket..

haha... found a pic, the one I saw was red, looked cool..

LOL awesome ! I want one of those adapters XD


On the other news. It'll probably be a psp (or psp 2) (or compatible with psp games) with phone capabilities.

Here we go again...

On second thought... get the Blue-Tooth Version only $29.99... lol

Or make your own wired version here..

Best of luck Sony...iPhone needs to be stopped!

whats the betting it launches at $300?

In order to make a dent in the iPhone market, you have to be cheap, or come out with 100's of apps on launch.

In light of PSP Go, I'd say more.