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Sony Won't Shut Up About The Damn PlayStation Phone

Shaoko — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:03:08 MST

@TheApprentice: Your "Sony might actually pull this off" reminded me that the trying to put movies on UMD's failed. I bet some said "Sony might actually pull this off" as well.

Shaoko

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DaiMacculate — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:39:37 MST

@Anemone: I think we just have different needs in our portable players, is what it comes down to. I'm familiar with the D2, nice player, and simply more than I need. I'll never go beyond an iPod Shuffle/Mini/Nano because I don't need more space or features that what they offer.

I also have a 275GB iTunes library (200GB Video, the rest is my and my GF's music collection), but I prefer to use the vast majority of it through the AppleTV; contemplated just using the 360 before I got the aTV, but the RROD fear makes me avoid it for non-gaming use. If I was a true "audiophile" then I would be right onboard with you using something with obviously higher quality sound output like the D2. Fortunately my 5.1 speaker system at home plus G4/AppleTV for works pretty well, and if I'm on the go again its podcasts which don't require HQ playback.

And yes, way offtopic (and late) ;)

DaiMacculate

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KaneRobot — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:38:38 MST

For some reason this is one of my favorite Kotaku headlines in a long time.

KaneRobot

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personaehiro — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:43:32 MST

"hugely intellectually seductive."

Tell me someone made the joke already. I'd read through the comments myself but i'm late for thanksgiving dinner.

personaehiro

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Anemone — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:42:11 MST

@x23: Thanks for calling me out on that so I actually looked it up. I suppose I deserve that for listening to the dude at Radio Shack when I bought a batery. [www.batteryuniversity.com] @arashi: Same as above.

Anemone

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ara — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:40:26 MST

@L_K_M: Did they actually do any harm for the already dead Walkman brand? I would say that Sony-Ericsson W-series phones are best MP3 phones out there. They are actually designed to be portable music players, not just some crappy media player software that every other manufacturer bundles with their generic phones.

@Anemone: "For reference though, you shouldn't charge it all the time. The sort of batteries that they use are only good for a set number of charges, regardless of how much you actually use of each charge."

Luckily I've yet to encounter such problems. Actually my iPod is second generation, and after all these years of abuse, it still has about 60% of it's original charge left, and I've used it almost daily. But I will keep that in mind and look into the matter when upgrading soon. The current understanding I have is that the battery wears out more rapidly when the charge drops below 50%, so keeping it at least half all the time should preserve it better. But there seems to be so much mythology going on about those things that I know nothing of them anymore. : P

ara

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L_K_M — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:57:39 MST

"PlayStation almost enjoys cult status"

Yeah. See how long that remains once you start whoring out the brand to cell phones. Sony should write a book on how to destroy brands. It ain't the first time they'll do it - Walkman cell phones, anyone?

L_K_M

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x23 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:23:10 MST

@Anemone: "The sort of batteries that they use are only good for a set number of charges, regardless of how much you actually use of each charge."

no. that is incorrect.

x23

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Garo — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:58:50 MST

Nice... Sony has already debunked those rumors:

[www.gamesindustry.biz]

"Sony rubbishes PS Phone claims
Phil Elliott 12:37 (BST) 22/11/2007
Company "not currently working" on project
A Sony representative has told GamesIndustry.biz that reports of a PlayStation Phone are wide of the mark.
This comes after a story in the Economic Times of India which claimed that Sony Computer Entertainment might be working with Sony Ericsson on the project - following the launch of a Bravia-branded handset.
SCE's co-chief operating officer, Jim Ryan, had apparently told the publication: "The PlayStation is a proven success and so is Sony Ericsson. Convergence with the two arms working together is definitely plausible."
But now a company spokesperson has denied the two brands are colluding.
"Jim Ryan was in fact misquoted by the Economic Times of India about this issue. We are not currently working together on the creation of a PlayStation Phone."
There was no indication given as to whether such a collaboration was planned at any point in the future."

Garo

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quen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:10:07 MST

Don't really want to get into the argument about iphones (expensive crap as far as I'm concerned - I want my phone much, much smaller, and with actual buttons that go down when I press them).

However as for a PSphone, I've not really got any interest in that either... except that the picture is awesome. I guess Sony should probably release one - for the type of people who want large, overcomplicated phones, maybe it's cool to have a PSP built in - but I can't believe they will get the software right.

(And for the record, nope, I don't want a DS phone either.)

quen

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Maxinux — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:40:54 MST

if they only make it runs PS one games thats enogh for me, Sony has a great library of PS one games.

Maxinux

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gique — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:15:08 MST

so, will sony manage the games , or will the mobile providers do it??

that's the main question - if they don't we'll be seeing some really poor stuff as most cel game developers have to port to every single handset in existence to make a profit, usually to the detriment of superior tech phones.

gique

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FlapjacksAreTasty — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:45:04 MST

...envisioning a product that is primarily a gaming device...

They should have put those guys on the PS3.

(I kid, I kid!)

FlapjacksAreTasty

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Bando — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:45:26 MST

WARNING!
Do not expose PlayStation phone to air, may cause Playstation Phone to burst into flames. Do not handle PlayStation Phone with bare hands, for it may cause serious damage to the PlayStation Phone's outer case. Do not use PlayStation Phone in direct sunlight, in fact, do not use PlayStation Phone at all, just keep it in it's package, safe and sound.

Bando

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Anemone — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:51:10 MST

@arashi: Good point. I tend not to keep many songs on at once except the ones that I'm into listening to at the time, so I'm constantly shifting what's on the player. (I vary in taste once every few weeks, I can't explain it.) Towards that end I set up a folder system on my computer for each sort of music and artist, which took, well, a few days. That was for general music through winamp/sonique though.
For reference though, you shouldn't charge it all the time. The sort of batteries that they use are only good for a set number of charges, regardless of how much you actually use of each charge. And the number is only somewhere between 1000 and 5000 depending on the battery. Just tossing that out there... then again the life span of a media player isn't very long anyway depending upon how often you upgrade your gear. It could save you $66 for the replacement fee eventually.

Anemone

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Campion of Drymouth — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:27:31 MST

@Weirdwolf: CDMA, one carrier per region, "special" PSP rate plan only? I'd say they couldn't be that dumb, but they probably can.

Campion of Drymouth

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Aimless — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:14:50 MST

"hugely intellectually seductive."
...

GEWWW!

Aimless

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:10:58 MST

'Cult status'? Are they talking about the fanboys who became a self-parodying fringe group upon the release of the PS3, or parents who bought whatever nintendo was cheapest and prettiest at the time?

Attention Sony: You are not Apple.

But Sony hate aside. I don't care as much about phones as everyone else my age on the planet seems to, but this might be interesting if it supplies a middle ground between conventional phones and the iPhone, and/or makes mobile gaming viable. Though Sony has not been known for its good business decisions and hardware triumphs lately.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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ara — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:06:32 MST

@Anemone: Well, my music library is in tens of thousands songs, I would have to pic there by hand, I would be lost. Granted, there is no real need to update the songs all that often so it probably wouldn't bee such a chore after all. And I'm accustomed to plug in both phone and pod whenever I get home. That way I can be sure that whenever I leave, both have latest data and full battery, but neither of them would even survive more than few days without a charge with my usage.

ara

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Anemone — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:51:13 MST

@arashi: Assuming the computer you hook it up to has iTunes... You make it sound like copy-pasting is terribly difficult (in this way it also acts exactly like a flash drive so you can move files just as easily.) Luckilly I don't need to charge more than once every month or so because of the 50+ hour battery life.

Anemone

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NeoAkira — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:51:08 MST

@tehFluffzComeback:

I thought the PSP debuting for $250 was pretty expensive

NeoAkira

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tehFluffz — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:50:08 MST

@Soldrak:
Are people even buying the iPhone?,
for something that expensive it's retarded, like I said in the post before, I'm considering getting a W960i which has all of the iPhone's functions plus more and costs less.

tehFluffz

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tehFluffz — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:45:37 MST

@Stratovarius:
Actually, except the PS3 (which has it's obvious reasons to be expensive) I can't really think of any highly overpriced products from Sony.
Also, if this costs less than $300, is functional outside gaming, and has some sort of online store to buy games through - I'll buy it since I'm already planning on buying a W960i.

tehFluffz

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ara — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:42:11 MST

@Anemone: I, for one, would be bored to death if I would have to manually manage what songs go to my iPod. Now I just have few smart playlists that have most recently added, played, best rated and some handpicked songs that automatically update and sync to my pod whenever I charge it. Manually managing files is not the way of the future.

ara

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Sailorcancer — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:31:55 MST

I wonder if this one will come out. Most Sony phones don't.

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Anemone — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:28:57 MST

@DaiMacculate: The iPod was the best when it first came out years ago, but since then there have been many technological advances. Apple has not kept up with them. The only thing that keeps it afloat are the comericals and the fact that when most people think of portable media devices they think 'iPod.' Think about the way old people refer to consoles as "Nintendos" (idk how to pluralize Nintendo, Reggie should make a how to video on that) The same thing happens with portal media players, but on a cultural level, not just with old people. Want to know how a D2 works? Plug it into any computer, it registers as a USB flash memory device. Toss songs/videos/games onto it. Unplug it. Turn it on. That's how all PMPs should work these days. Anyway, I'll stop there, this is pretty off topic.

Anemone

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DaiMacculate — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:12:27 MST

@Anemone: I think you grossly overestimate the importance of marketing in the iPod's success. It's _relative_ ease of use, particularly on the software end, are what has lead to its success. I've never had an MP3 player that required less set-up and management time than my beat-up little Mini. Sony, Creative, all of these people have made devices with as many/more features for the same or less money, and the software always sucked. iTunes isn't perfect, but it is easy-in fact its more glaring issues only become apparent if you're a relative "power user".

Of course, I probably wouldn't even have an MP3 player if I hadn't gotten the mini free with my Laptop, I was never sold by the marketing that I really need it. Now I use it for podcasts primarily, good way to consume sports and video game news. So, if its not the highest sound quality, that doesn't make much difference.

As to this PS Phone idea, I'm torn between saying Sony shouldn't do it, because they've made many products I've enjoyed over the years (not least the PS1/2) and I don't hate the corporation in general, and hoping they'll do it and drive their games division further into the red, to further punish their arrogant executives and the more obnoxious members of their "cult". Especially if they give it UMD, a memory stick slot, and perhaps a bunch of proprietary video codec stuff, that will definitely work well ;)

Oh and just to throw it out there, Ghost Squad rocks on Wii. I like it better than the Zelda game so far.

DaiMacculate

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ara — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:45:54 MST

And for the actual article... *cough* Well, if they had equipped PSP with touchscreen and all the basic phone software I would be buying it the very second. My current phone already has more powerful CPU than PSP has, only thing that's missing is GPU and if I recall right ATi sells good ones for such devices. It wouldn't even be all that expensive compared to other smartphones if they would be satisfied with current PSP level performance. Battery is always the issue with such multitasking devices, it really sucks to have a phone with no power. It wouldn't matter so much if it were just a MP3 player or PSP, but to loose the communication device, that hurts. At least my day would be ruined by such tragedy. : P

ara

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Anemone — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:38:41 MST

@Wyld: You obviously don't leave America much. Michael Jackson could fart on 8-track and people around the world would buy it in droves.

Anemone

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Anemone — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:37:33 MST

@GGL: You'll note where I said that I don't dig cellphones either. So I'm with you there, I wont be buying this either. At the same time, it's nice that someone is actually trying to fix the mobile gaming market.
@EddyBrentwood: You're welcome. And you're far from crazy, anyone who shows up in an audiophile board can tell you much the same.
@NeoAkira: Nice icon, and all of your points are about spot on. I think they would be best served by making a chip/software that is put into other companies phones for gaming.

Anemone

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Wyld — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:31:29 MST

I think it´s more like "Pop Status" rather than Cult Status.

Like a pop star.

Like Michael Jackson.

A idol on he past, and today.. er.. you got it.

;)

Wyld

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ara — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:24:50 MST

@Soldrak: Uh... I guess you live either in US or South Korea and know nothing of the rest of the world? Nokia has about 39% market share of all mobile phones out there, they sell more phones in a single quarter (111,7m) than Apple has sold iPods during it's whole lifetime (110m in 6 years). Now I'm no fan of their phones, but they are market power that diminishes all others in the mobile phone sector. Motorola, for example, shipped 37,2 million units in past quarter, third of what Nokia did. iPhone is hardly worth mentioning at this point. It's riding on it's initial hype and the iPod brand. I mean, I love the thing, but it's way too early to say anything other that they did remarkable job at pushing touch screen devices in the market. Every manufacturer has either released or demoed their similar device since Apple caught them napping and shook them up.

ara

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Mukatsuku — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:14:43 MST

Seriously..this is the 1st time i've heard them said something about this phone since TGS..arent we a little harsh? I mean no one complained with Halo 3 was beid said for the past year. And look at it now, it sucked. same crap with slightly better graphics.

Mukatsuku

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Doshu — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:06:19 MST

@Soldrak: You're joking about Nokia right? Their market share has been shrinking quite rapidly for almost five years now ever since Motorola started to aggressively compete with their Razr line.

That'd be true in the US, but I'm not sure it'd be true anywhere else in the world. I personally own a Motorola phone, but only because it came with a free iPod. ;P
Even then, it's several years old and I don't know anybody else in Australia who does own one. Everyone I know uses Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony-Errikson (sp?) or one of the various Windows mobiles (HP, O2, etc).

Doshu

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Kokuryukai — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:06:13 MST

I have a Sony Ericsson phone granted its doesn't have all the features of a iphone or crackbery but its still the best in playing music and with the interchangeable memory stick I can constantly switch to my PS3, PsP - if I had one)

Kokuryukai

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Jeff Paine — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:02:31 MST

"a product that is primarily a gaming device and secondarily a phone."

I'll believe it when I see it buddy

Jeff Paine

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Moonshadow101 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:01:32 MST

@Viewtiful Mico: Yes, because the PS2 had a small, devoted, cult of only ten trillion.

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TT — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:00:01 MST

phone first, games close second is good

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TheApprentice — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:59:14 MST

@Shaoko: dude what?
UMD movies are not phones or comparable to phones...

TheApprentice

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NeoAkira — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:58:04 MST

@Anemone:

Unless they plan to use fuel cell batteries or have a gigantic lithium ion battery having a phone and a gaming device in one package is a guaranteed 2 hour battery life. Also the phone market is pretty competitive and not many people are looking for a cellphone that is games first and phone second, there's just not a big enough market for it. I'm sure there are ways that they could do this and not making it suck, but chances are that it will also be very expensive and that's not too great either. So it just seems like the chances of this succeeding will be very low. ALthough sony erricson phones rock.

NeoAkira

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TT — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:57:05 MST

@Anemone: thank you, I thought it was my imagination that iPODs sounds was awful.

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GGL — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:56:35 MST

@Anemone: I neither have a mobile (cell phone) and havnt done for about 3 years and im not going to because a has been company are trying to rejuvinate sales.

GGL

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Anemone — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:53:16 MST

@ggl: I direct your attention to the Zune. Admittedly better than iPod, but iPods are notorious for sucking if you are at all versed in the ways of portable media. Zunes are barely a step above in that their sound quality is slightly better. Unfortunately people buy marketing rather than quality. I still get people who look at me like I'm poor as all hell and that I got my Cowon D2 from some drifter's corpse when they see it. Then I chuckle since it's better in every way excluding memory.

As for a PS phone, I'm all for it. I don't use a cellphone, nor do I want one, but games for cellphones have sucked since they first came out. Anyone taking a stab at improving the market in a non-shitty (N-gage, it was ugly and huge) manner is great. Knowing Sony it will be a flashy phone. Who knows, if it takes off in Japan, it may stand a chance. Let's just hope they pay attention to battery life.

Anemone

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7th_Ronin — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:52:50 MST

a challenger to the iphone, interresting

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Shaoko — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:52:27 MST

@TheApprentice: Just like the UMD movies?

Shaoko

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Insomnia Bob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:48:39 MST

Fuck the PSPhone. I wouldn't buy it with YOUR money. I don't care what features it has.

Well, I take that back. If it has an 'electricute Sony executive' button, I'd consider it.

Insomnia Bob

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BigChiefSmokem — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:48:34 MST

wow

i'll definitely be picking one of these up

BigChiefSmokem

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brello — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:47:39 MST

@NeoAkira: I will not hold my PSP up to my face and talk into it. I simply won't.

@Weirdwolf: You know they'll think of something. Other than the obligatory Memory Stick support. I hate that format, so very, very much, but my PSP demands it. I'd sacrifice what little extra space would be necessary to use compact flash any day.

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GGL — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:56 MST

its like if the wii made some kind of phone it would be a hit. Sony have kinda lost it,

GGL

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Superstar90 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:17 MST

I could see some other company going to mobile games because they can't get into the handheld/console market, but sony has done both... well! what are they thinking with this?

Superstar90

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GGL — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:40:07 MST

Sony are now losing their casual gaming status. PS1 sold because it was an advancement in its day, then when the N64 came out the PS1 was a hell of a lot cheaper. The PS2 was a top of the range when it came out and had all the best games but got cheaper and cheaper so it became casual for people to have one. the PS3 is too expensive especially with the 360 on the market and doesnt have enough exclusives for this PSfone to take off. maybe about 6 or 7 years ago when people didnt know any better and thought Sony are the only console out. personnaly i think microsoft have a better chance then this.

GGL

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kathartik — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:38:04 MST

funny that SCEE is still denying its existance... my fiancee does technical support for sony-ericsson, and they've already got all sorts of information on it...

now if I could just get her to part with one of the free phones they give her...

kathartik

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Gouki4u — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:36:43 MST

Primarily a gaming device, and secondarily a phone? Where have I heard this before? Oh yeah. N-Gage. We all know how that set the world on fire.

Gouki4u

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NeoAkira — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:35:02 MST

It's not like the PSP is doing so well that they need to make another portable gaming device. I think they should either A) add cellphone functionality to the PSP or B) conentrate efforts elsewhere like a $400 PS3 WITH BC plz

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NessD12 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:34:40 MST

Apple really hasn't cut a big notch into the phone market. Nokia still does hold a pretty big share at least 10% i would think. I mean compare the numbe of people with an Iphone to the number with a Sony Erricson (most of the people i know have one of those they're really nice cheap phones.) A playstation branded phone would only appeal to more people. And if you played Rainbow Six or GoW for your phone i think you'd disagree that mobile games suck.

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Phoenixtilt — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:32:29 MST

Yeah Phone games suck...so this better be better then ngage.. cause that was 200 bucks ill never get back....

My DS is the best...psp is cool dont get me wrong, great Graphics and perfect screen.....but I like my ds better.

Phoenixtilt

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Soldrak — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:29:31 MST

@Akvj1n: Apple is a relatively new entrant into the cell market. You're joking about Nokia right? Their market share has been shrinking quite rapidly for almost five years now ever since Motorola started to aggressively compete with their Razr line. I don't know what planet you're on, but on this planet iPhone adoption is skyrocketing and Nokia sales are declining.

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TheApprentice — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:27:54 MST

@Akvj1n: Apple is no doubt growing in this market... but it will take another year or 2 to be as big as Nokia/Samsung/Motorola/Sony

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Akvj1n — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:26:06 MST

@Soldrak: Are you serious? Apple is not nearly a dominating force in the cel market, compared to RIM or Nokia.

Akvj1n

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Americo — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:24:49 MST

*they

Americo

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JimElNino — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:24:49 MST

If they want to beat the iPhone, make a phone that works on any network. That would actually give it an advantage over the iPhone.

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Americo — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:24:41 MST

Sony lost their "cult" status when the jumped into this console generation.

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DaveKap — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:22:52 MST

I have that phone... it's such a classic!

I don't know why Sony wants to get into the phone business when the iPhone basically tells all other phones (except maybe the sidekick) to just go fuck themselves. That's like trying to release the Phantom.

DaveKap

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TheApprentice — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:22:00 MST

@Soldrak: you never know...Sony may pull this off...

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Weirdwolf — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:21:59 MST

Anybody want to hazard a guess at what unnecessary proprietary format they will shoe horn into this?
I would suggest extremely long numbers but Nintendo has that one sewn up.

Weirdwolf

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Walker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:21:23 MST

People still want to play games on their phone? Seriously every game i've played on a mobile phone sucks. Just about the only game that doesn't is Snake and look how old that is...

But more on topic, i think Sony can do a good job at it. The Sony Ericsson brand is pretty good and if they can combine it with the same interface on screen as the PSP and make the key/number pad more accessible for gaming then it should be ok.

Walker

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Stratovarius — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:21:21 MST

@FyroniK:

Smaller screen, make it flip. Yes, it will cost an arm and a leg, but that's pretty much historical Sony at this point.

Stratovarius

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Soldrak — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:21:08 MST

@TheApprentice: Haha what the.. You people can stop dreaming. Any company that tries to go against Apple and the iPhone are doomed to crash and burn in a flaming ball of failure.

Soldrak

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FyroniK — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:19:39 MST

@Stratovarius:
That would require a monster of a screen for a phone...psp games are designed for psp screens... wouldnt be the best idea.

FyroniK

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TheApprentice — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:19:14 MST

This is the main reason why i'm holding off on getting an iPhone... :P

TheApprentice

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okenny :) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:19:01 MST

LOL... sometimes Kotaku comes up with the cruelest art :) At least the color says Sony... it must be the PSPhone just on it's shear dust gathering potential.... ahhhh, potential.

okenny :)

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Stratovarius — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:18:31 MST

You know what could make this thing sell like the new hot shit? Let it play PSP games. Sweet Jesus Sony, let it play PSP games and UMDs.

Stratovarius