Still unofficial, the PlayStation Phone will be released next spring, reports Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun.
According to the report, the Sony Ericsson-developed phone could go on sale first in the U.S. and Europe and be based on the PSPgo and use slide-out PSPgo-style gaming controls. However, instead of analog thumb nubs, there is apparently a touch-sensitive tracking pad. UMD and Memory Sticks seem to be eliminated, too.
Sony Computer Entertainment did not offer a comment to Bloomberg regarding this story.
As previously noted, the PlayStation Phone is rumored to be based on Google’s Android 3.0 platform and sport a “custom Sony Marketplace which will allow you to purchase and download games designed for the new platform.”
https://kotaku.com/report-sony-making-playstation-phone-built-on-google-a-5610661
The Sony Ericsson phone is also reported to pack in 1GHz Qualcomm CPU, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and a screen “in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches.”
https://kotaku.com/meet-the-playstation-phone-5674144
And if it’s real, it could be out in the West as early as next Spring.
｢プレステ携帯｣来春にも発売、ソニーがシェア増へ欧米皮切りに－朝日 [Bloomberg]
