Posted Oct 09, 2006 at 02:48PM by Ryan A. Listed in: Cellular News Tags: Sony Ericsson, Sony
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PlayStation Phone designDo you remember the Playstation Phone that we featured around a month ago? Accordingly, Sony Ericsson is planning to create a device that combines communication and gaming functions alike. After that, no more word were further heard regarding the project. So, we could only imagine the Japanese-Swedish conglomerate's surprise when the PSPhone appears in one of their contests.

As part of their 5th year anniversary celebration, Sony Ericsson hosted a Concept Phone Design Competition. Participants are students of various Chinese universities and colleges. The contest was welcomed well and designs came in droves and various concepts. Some look normal enough, while the others seem to have come from an advance civilization from far away.

Interestingly though, a rather familiar-looking diagram appeared: the rumored PlayStation Phone! This specific render features a UMD slot and a somewhat DS-inspired flip top. Also, the diagram from whoever that brilliant Chinese student was, appear slightly smaller but thicker than the PSP itself.

We think the design looks promising enough. We wonder what you guys think and if this does not cost too much, are you willing to get one?


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   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » Again with the firsting

yawn First

   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » hahah

haaaa

   by me (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » Huh

looks like a n-gage with a better joystick

   by Bigbob (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » Uhhhh...

Kind of weird pictures - but i do like the concept

   by KirbySS - 2006-10-09
 » Huh

Imagine how fast the battery would die.

   by Bob (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » Is he crazy??? Thicker than the PSP???

He bought an N-Gage, didn't he...

   by God (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » ZOMG!

If they are gonna do a redesign they better at least add a second joy stick!

and N-gage was the gey, this would at least have decent gaming ablities, as for the phone part, that could be lacking.

   by vato (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » the idea

is good and bad like a psp aint big enough now i gat a phone on it:P and i'd never bring my psp anywere outside unless i was on vacation (cause i liv in the ghetto) so a psp phone seems illogical

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   by DASH (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » SWEEET

Awesome, but kinda looks weird; the mini psp and phone mix.

   by Djhg2000 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » YAY! Power to Sweden!

I'm gonna buy it, especially since it will add a second screen and possibly a touchscreen function as well.

And buy the way, Sony Ericsson is my favourite cellphone brand. Even tho my T610 is in a wierd half-broken state...

   by BEST (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » Best

im going to create a four " by 3" device with a touchscreen with computer gaming capabilities, internet connection keyboard support, umd, every memory stick device imagineable, .2 inches thick, cd support, and did i mention keyboard support? Then EVERYONE will me happy, oh and the battery lasts for a month and charges in three seconds

   by best (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » best

and it has a four terabite 1 inch flash memory

   by $s2 - 2006-10-09
 » lawl

Best, your order comes to 3.4 billion USD. Will that be cash or charge?

   by Ero Sennin (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » OMG!

It's a Nintendo PSP! *laughs* XD

   by Jimgo (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » #1

I'll take 5.

   by lansingone - 2006-10-09
 » @11

no joke somone is making a battery that charges in 3 seconds, im not sure about lasting a month but it lasts longer than other batterys, i think a psp sized one would last about 5 hours longer than the current one

   by Sr_Moska - 2006-10-09
 » I have to buy the whole PSP again!?

that's bull*****, I already have my PSP so ***** off!

I heard a Ngage eco

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   by BEST (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » BEST

yeah i actually have heard of that new battery that is somehow related to a resistor and can be made into fabrics or the shell of the device itself, and @13 more like 4.4 billion, duh but my company only charges a hundred bucks because were a negative non profit company..yeah... i think... ...

   by PSPKing737 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » Awesome

I would definatly get a PSP Phone if it comes out. It would be so cool for my PSP to be a cell phone!

   by davidthefat (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » sweet

they r cool but many existing ideas... in korewa there is those flip fl;ip ones... but the psp looking one has no umd cover just a slit... there will be dust getting in.

   by anyone (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » wtf???

PSPDS???

   by vato (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » i dont think

ya hafta buy a new psp with this i think it connects via the usb posrt and conects too those 2 screw holes up top ur at least that wut i think

   by name (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » @22

If you look carefully at the pictures you can notice that it is a totally different gadget from your normal psp, except for the buttons you use to play your game

   by Task514 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » If PSP is a flop...

If PSP is a flop... this device would be a flip flop... as in a second flop around. Cell phones should stick with them java apps and that's it.

   by imallama (Unregistered) - 2006-10-09
 » oh dang

oh dang. this thing'd be humongo. a phone the size of a psp? no thanks i'd rather just use my cell phone. its a lot smaller, a lot lighter, and if somebody steals it i'm not loosing a psp AND a cellphone.

   by A Swede (Unregistered) - 2006-10-10
 » Yeah, it's gonna flop.

The N-gage flopped, and so will this if it's ever produced.
There is no advantage of having an enormous PSP-phone for playing and calling with, they don't get along together. PSP is for playing, phones for calling. Combining two successful yet completely different nisches will result in one failure. Just look at N-Gage.

But still, thanks for the "YAY! Power to Sweden!" thing! :) Just for fun, do you all think it's the tiny country squeezed in between France, Germany, Austria and Italy? So wrong! It's between Finland and Norway. (Hope noone thinks anything else...)

Cool news though, even if it's a flopper.

   by jabberwocky20 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-10
 » Why not an attachment?

Looks nice and all, but unless it can hold a ton more memory than the current PSP, then it's not much of an improvement. Apple can make a 30G iPod, yet Sony still relies on their extrememly over priced memory sticks. I hate that...it almost makes apple look good :P...lol.

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   by erfs (Unregistered) - 2006-10-10
 » Therrible

It looks AWFUL!!! I hate those pictures... I hope psp 2 is not going to be like this.

   by m3h! (Unregistered) - 2006-10-10
 » PhotoShoped T300

This is just a PhotoShoped SE T300 (wich is a crap phone btw.)

   by KRAID (Unregistered) - 2006-10-10
 » looks like

it looks like a DS to me whats the bottom screen for? maybe instead of a bottom screen there should be a keyboard, then i would definately buy it. you could use the keyboard for e-mail, or to communicate during online play.



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