As recently as May Sony has itself stated that
a PSP phone "could happen," and now a report from
Nikkei business daily states that Sony is planning on putting together a team as early as next month to build product that would act as a combination of a PSP and a Sony Ericsson handset. It makes plenty of sense, both as a differentiation from Nintendo and as a confrontation of the looming iPhone threat -- and hey, it might also act as a decent salve over the lukewarm reception of the pricey PSPgo. Unfortunately, if Sony is just about to get started on this, we likely wouldn't be looking at any resulting product for a while to come. Sony declined comment according to
Reuters, which doesn't mean a whole lot, but it's worth keeping in mind that we've been hearing
this sort of rumoring since back when the
N-Gage (
as a product) was
still almost relevant.
[Via
Mac Rumors]
posted Jun 28th 2009 4:03AM
OMG. SONY (Verizon) vs APPLE (AT&T).
BATTLE ROYALE.
Who will make their device more expensive?
WHO. WILL. WIN?!
*electric guitar music*
derX
at&t has the whole mandatory data plan which is what keeps me away and im sure sony will cover the non subsidized phone front.
Hey guys, why don't all phone manufacturers sell phones to all carriers in the USA like they do here? It's just a lose-lose situation for the consumer, either he has to use a device he doesn't like or he has to sign a contract with a carrier he doesn't like.
I think if Sony manage to push one out soon enough, Apple has no way of cornering an already mature market like those of Sony PSP.
It'll happen as soon as ARM A9 Cortex based chipsets become available and cheap enough ....
G, it's a win-win situation for AT&T.
"Hey guys, why don't all phone manufacturers sell phones to all carriers in the USA like they do here? It's just a lose-lose situation for the consumer, either he has to use a device he doesn't like or he has to sign a contract with a carrier he doesn't like."
Free America, eh?
bartoron, but if we take the example of the iPhone, how exactly does Apple benefit from their phone only being available to a quarter of all potential customers (the people on AT&T)?
In the words of my geat uncle...........LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
Well AT&T's contract with Apple ends after this year, and Verizons CEO said they will gladly pick up the iPhone if Apple would like to go to them. They have to change the iPhone to work with LTE network which shouldn't be that hard.
AT&T is going to go to shit once the iPhone is out, lol.
PSP is a successful failure. If not for the marketing campaign of Sony, the PSP wouldn't be much more popular than Game Park. I'd rather have a Pandora than a PSP because I demand dual analog sticks to play 3D games.
If Sony didn't put a phone connection into the new PSP GO then it only proves they are still good at FAILING to produce perfect products. There is no reason the next PSP can't have dual analog sticks and Wifi and some cellular network built in. In fact, if they keep fking it up, Microsoft should release a handheld designed around Xbox Live for online play.
As long as it's
1) Touchscreen
2) Two analog sticks
3) 64GB internal storage
and four shoulder buttons... I would like to use it as an extra controller for my ps3...
As long as it looks nothing like that horrid rendering up there ^
Who the hell made that thing and how is there nothing better by now? I've seen renders for bloody iPhones that are coming out in 20 years*. This thing has been rumoured for a while and this is the best concept out there?!
*not really 20 years, but you get the jist
that's a brilliant idea! how many times have i put my ps3 controller in my pocket with my iphone and thought "this isn't too much in here at all!" oh and those analog sticks! brilliant! why not 11 analog sticks and no buttons at all? one could even be used as a rotary phone function for people over the age of 135 being the potential buyer or for those kids that think it's retro and awesome.
i love my ps3.
i love my iphone.
i'd love not getting the two devices clustered into one obnoxious pocket disaster.
i know those are things that you would like to see...but two analog sticks on the psp phone? yeah right. if sony wouldn't even implement it on the pspgo, then the psp phone may just be a lost cause.
and dont forget the camera and the GPS and youtube and the iphonesonordetectordestroyer.
HA! awesome mockup!
I might vomit if I saw a real phone that ugly in 2009 though...
Two analogue sticks. Nuff sed.
Not gonna happen. It'd be totally unfeasable for Sony to release a PSP2 as this phone, when the PSP Go isn't out yet. The reason the Go doesn't have two sticks is so that all games are compatible with all PSP models. This phone will have one analog nub, mark my words.
its to laaaaaaaaate
2000 and late!
a little too late indeed
when PSPhone comes out, Apple would have release the next big thing. Sony follows. Keyword: Follow
It's like the MGS4360 rumors; persistent, but never going to happen. I'd love to eat my words though.
http://kotaku.com/5303317/kojima-bringing-mgs4-to-360-this-fall
:)
They probably have a ton of mylos laying around to convert into phones, like they did with the psp go
The only way I see this practically working is if the phone controls (numeric keypad and, possibly, keyboard) is with an on-screen touch interface because the current game controls, even on the PSPGo, take up so much space. However, if Sony were able to combine the PSP and a Phone into a good package then it certainly would be interesting. Whether such a device will be too late depends greatly on how soon they can bring it to market in an acceptable form. I won't be holding my breath...
Hi Sony
Please make sure you include a non-replaceable battery and worsen the ergonomics some more :)
Sony should decide on a platform first. Currently, Sony Ericsson is doing everything just because (Winmo, S60, and upcoming Android). It's a mess. The least Sony should do is simply stick with 1 platform, and focus on it so the user experience will be top notch.
It has to be true; with the power that the 3GS is packing, it's only a matter of time before its iPod Touch variant packs some real gaming punch by adding dedicated gaming controllers and buttons in some form or modification.
Omigod, this must be the reason why the equivalent iPod Touch hasn't been released/announced at the same time as its iPhone variant.
Sony is rushing to head Apple off at the pass...
They shall not pass, they shall not pass... BANZAI, NAMU AMIDA BUTSU!!!!!!!
Except iPod Touch models have never been released alongside the concurrent generation of iPhone. iPhone is released in June/July, iPods are updated in September... so it has been, so it shall be.
Please fix the link on: N-Gage
The rumor followed by the fanboy wish lists.
-never gets old, does it? ;)
Just imagine a PSPphone with Android! It would kill any phone on the market!
tell sony to make an iphone peripheral! sorta the best of both worlds. gaming hardware by sony, and digital content by apple...
http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/2009/06/02/sony-iphone-perphiral/
That would be the worst of both worlds. Imagine having to jailbreak your PSP and try to avoid Sony Rootkits along the way.
The fun thing with technology is that it's never too late. Whoever has the best technology at the best price wins. Sad but true. Yes, there'll always be the Apple fans who will dare not touch another brand, but most of us will latch on to the next best thing. I'm curious what Sony comes up with. Hell, take your time Sony. Learn from the other's mistakes. And offer it to EVERY carrier.
bartoron, but if we take the example of the iPhone, how exactly does Apple benefit from their phone only being available to a quarter of all potential customers (the people on AT&T)?
oops, disregard this, forgot to click reply up there
WHY oh WHY???!!!
no this is absolutly terrible the design is horrible
and ofcourse the image is ripped from the Gamepark GP32 phone. Worst game phone ever. :)
Yes, Sony did such a great job spending billions to take on the iPod. I am sure Sony will do just as well against the iPhone. No wonder Japan has been in a recession for the last 20 years.
I'm not aware that recession in Japan for last 20 years was caused by a 7-8 year old Ipod...
And yeah, Sony must've failed sooo badly for last 20 years... I guess you never heard of... WALKMAN?
"looming iPhone threat"
You wish, Paul.
as already said here, waaaayyyyy too late... unless it's based on the PSP2 specs
unless Sony pull their finger out Apple will have the phone-console market sewn-up, having said that, what about the N-gage phones, on par graphically with the PSP but nobody gives a shit!
put up a team as 'early' as next month? They should have the team years ago.
Checked out the output jpg's on DPreview.
Not very good I'm afraid.
Sony has a chance at success if the games are backwards compatible. ahem....UMD? cough, cough.The iPhone and ipod touch have more potential now that developers are allowed to program their own accessories for the iPhone's 30 pin connector.
Sony Vs Google Vs Apple. Royal Rumble
@v3xx
I guess you never had a Verizon smart phone right? You are REQUIRED to have the data plan. JUST LIKE AT&T. We had 2 BB Storms with Verizon - data plan could not be dropped. Any smart phone requires a data plan. So, you might want to stop using that as an excuse. Good try though.
Like N-gage ?
If Sony don't put a real OS in this then they are in the water.
Put Android in this and you have a winner. They could make it lime the PspGo and with touch built in. Also bump up the resolution to WVGA.
This story has been around since the early days of the PSP, its never gonna happen.
Sounds cool and all..but that thing looks very ugly....
F&*& this, im gonna buy the iphone.
Wonder why they kept blowing off my emails for such when the PSP first came out.
Yeah right! Let them do it. Go ahead but it won't make a dent in Apple's game. Look at the pspgo. No browser, no audio/video ecosystem? Sucks. the ipod Touch is so way ahead of Sony. A browser(REAL ASS BROWSER), itunes movies and music and the app store... Hello!Sony should have done this a long time ago but they sat on their sorry ass. And what makes their behind the curve ass stupid is that they have Sony Music and Movie. How could they have lost?
It's like MS not being able to surpass Apple in the mp3 market given MS's dominance in the pc business. They control 97% of the pc market through their OS. Pussies!!!
That's cause MS is being nice right now. Bundle Zune software with Windows and make it impossible to uninstall (like they used to do with internet explorer) and watch itunes squeal.
"looming iPhone threat"? Honey, the threat is already among us.
There's something very Amstrad about that photoshop.
The iphone on Verizon? Features would come even slower.
possibly the stupidest mockup ever created...?
But I reckon this would be great. Basically all that you want from a PSP except in a phone. Infact, Sony really should have started trying to do this as their next step straight after the PSP was released.
Yeah yeah...... Wake me up when the PSP actually makes this move......2020? Sure sure.....
It already has skype. What more do you need?
That is a sh-ty photoshop job if I may add.
Add a good camera to it and I'd buy this in a heatbeat. Sony has all the IP and technology to do this very well, they just need to cooperate and put it all together.
you guys missed the colon and added a space in the URL for the N-Gage tag so the link doesn't work, might wanna fix that editor...
i know its not easy, but couldnt some indy developer just make a videa chat for the nintendo dsi's ds1ware?