Debunk: Revenge of Stuff's Sony Ericsson PSPhone mockup
By Ryan Block 
posted February 17th 2008 12:07PM
posted February 17th 2008 12:07PM
[Via PSP Fanboy, with help from Engadget Español]
"New in 2008: July-Dec
Top box: Between both keyboards there is a 3 inches screen with the same resolution of the PSP (480x272 pixels) which guarantees a good gaming experience. Good as well for movies.
Lower right box: PSP functionalities were replicated in this architecture, making possible that all PSP games can be played. It won't have UMD slot, but it'll have M2 cards instead
Left box: Slide on one side and you'll find a joypad with analog stick for PSP controls. Slide to the other side and a number keyboard will show up enjoying the ergonomics of Sony Ericsson.
Plenty of opinion, final word: Probability of existence: 35%"
I swear I've seen this on Engadget before, maybe not. Anyways, sweet phone, looks great.
Why has no one seen this before?!
It's been in stuff magazine for months.
And personally, i think it is awesome. I do hope that the small bump when it is closed isn't an analgo stick. God that would suck.
I think it will happen, but it won't necessarily be a PSP/Phone combo. Sony/Ericsson has already cross-branded Cybershot cameraphones and Walkman musicphones, so a Playstation branded gaming phone is a logical idea, but I think its more likely to be a new mobile platform (a la N-Gage) that's separate from the standalone PSP.
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Looks like engad better start reading STUFF so they can debunk sooner than later from a 3 issue old news page. pah-tetic.
Or just read it so they realise the writers have no integrity whatsoever.
I don't understand why they put the analog stick in the bottom right corner. wouldn't it be easier to use if it was above and to the right if the directional buttons? Just a thought I've had since using a PSP.
i dont like the design. i think it fake.
fine
needs some sort of shape shifting button setup along with the dedicated slider.
I am getting one of these if it ever comes out!
that is portuguese, not español.
I hate the keypad part....a touch-screen one works just as well.
it looks cheap.
This particular mock-up looks like crap to me. The screen is WAY too small! No one wants to play games on a small screen. It needs to be about the size of the current PSP screen (and better quality). They're going for the gamer's nitch, so hit that hard as opposed to trying to appeal to non-gamers. I for one don't have a PSP yet so this would be SWEEEEEEET for me. I'd gladly drop $300 for it.
But it should be an upgrade of the current PSP. Better screen, 2 mem card slots, and preferably NO UMD!! They could have a download system on PSN where you can buy PSP games or something instead of UMD, that would just take up way too much room and the device would be ginormous.
I really liked the fan-made PSPhone idea that was on here last week, that looked awesome.
I just hope that when one comes out it's either AT&T or not tied to a carrier :)
Before the PSP came out, there was a similarly rendered image of the PSP - and it not only turned out to be real, but it was an exact rendering of the device itself. Ya neva kno.
Just find it a little sad that you guys reported this way back in December with the same exact pics and knew it had come from stuff mag. lol I mean it is a pretty unique idea and pic that was scanned the first time.
The more I think of it this could be perfect. A second analog stick and a scroll wheel for email and i'll be set.
actually, I think it looks ugly :-(
Hmm, nearly got into an argument with the boss about this one: the Christmas edition of Stuff was full of mockups, that they very openly described as such in the text, their ideas of things that may be coming out in the new year. The boss bought a copy in and swore blind that their obvious mockup of the new macbook was a PR photo of what Steve would be announcing days later (turns out it was the macbook air, nothing like what they predicted). I had to gently mention that the text specifically refers to their artists visualising what they thought might be in the pipeline based on current rumours, all without basically saying to him: you are daft.
Give it a touchscreen, cybershot cam,HD video recording, qwerty, 32GB and I'm in!
Hmmm, wouldn't it be nicer with a touchscreen? And isn't it quite a "long" phone? Getting myself one, however...
Not hot.
Yeah they also had a "Mac book nano" in that issue also, spotted that yet? lol
"because so few people seem to actually read it." - I think this comment is way off the mark mate! I read (and subscribe) to Stuff and the magazine and website are both great. I am also a regular on Engadget but you have annoyed me somewhat with your childish and ill-informed comment about Stuff's readership. What is their current circulation? How many people subscribe to the magazine? Probably not alot of substance behind your comment like much of your content. The fact that the majority of the comments in reply to your article are rattling on about the pros and cons of this gadget suggesting they actually think it's real leads me to believe they don't read your script either and simply look at the pictures!! Petty Petty Engadget.
where is the translation?
and which company will it come out on?