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*cough* N-Gage *cough*

We all know how popular the N-Gage is/was! This MUST be a winner based on that.]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
PSP is already an incredibly successful gaming platform. The N-Gage platform had absolutely zero background or legitimacy. It was a total gimmick.]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Actually it wasn't a gimmick, Nokia put a lot of money into it, but they just didn't have the knowledge of how to make it successful. It was definitely a lot more powerful than the gameboy advance, but the problem was more external. Games were supposed to be played in portrait, developers were not used to that idea, than the whole cartridge behind the battery thing was a bad idea, not finally the infamous side side-talkin'. In the game industry, if you have a poor launch, you're spelling disaster, so even the imporved QD didn't help]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/comparably we can see why the PSPhone can be successful;
they have a fanbase similar to how Apple had their fans with the iPhone launch, they're games will be sold OTA, again like the iPhone, and sony already has a start with the Go, finally if it uses the same hardware, they may already be up and running with a huge library]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
Adding PSP to the name of a phone would make it appear not be meant for business or non-gamers. Bringing a phone to the market that leverages their best technology would be a better idea. They should develop something new with out of the box thinking if they want to be a true player in this market.

I personally don't think they can do this since they are a hardware company that doesn't do software very well, and the key to any new smart-phone will be software.

Btw I do think they should make the phone capable of running PSP games, however they should not brand it as a PSP/gaming phone.]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
N-GAGE? Are you kidding me? You had to take the battery out to change games!]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/How can you compare a rumored PSPphone to the N-gage? If a phone is developed that has the hardware which makes it capable of fully functioning as a PSP too then it will sell, AND will keep the PSP library alive even if a next-gen quad-core PSP2 is announced this year at E3.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Yes! We want that. So thank me for the repeated salty blasts at sony's portable device devisions for lazily standing around while Apple and (now Microsoft) blast past them in this area. Its about fraking time!!]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
The UI on the PSP and PS3 is very simple and elegant and I'm sure if Sony put something like that in a phone, they would make it big.
one reason I like the PS3 over the Xbox 360 is because of the UI. The 360's is too cluttered with squares of all sorts. I think Windows Mobile 7 looks a little cluttered too. I actually like the iPhone simply because I love the hardware, and if I don't like the interface, I jailbreak it an change it to whatever I please.]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/I think Sony's formula for market dominance is much more simple than we might think. And I guess they're starting to realize it now. They should centralize ALL their media in one area or market place like itunes. PSP/PS1/PS2 Games, ebooks, music, movies. AND enable ALL of their devices to access said content. Think of it: MP3 players, ebook readers, cellphones and laptops that ALL access content from ONE DEDICATED source? Can you say "bigger than itunes"? And oh yeah, one device that can access ALL of that content AND make calls? Hmmm...Sounds like a true iphone competitor to me. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
I remember playing 3D Tomb Raider on an N-gage at Gamestop. That seemed years ahead of its time but then it just dropped out of the horizon. What a shame. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
a problem with a psp phone is that they could be limiting their customer base.
unless of course it has support for both cdma and gsm and is unlocked... =\]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
if people couldn't get the psphone because of their service, they can get a psp without the phone, thus sony keeping their consumer base.]]>Mar 4th 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/happens all the time, for example some devs made 3D-games on high-end WinMo devices. Obviously the poor eco-system Microsoft developed didn't work out so well. Years later, the same games were ported to the iPhone and they are making more money for the same product]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/The PSP is incredibly successful? I think not. It's been plagued by mediocre sales and third-party devs are leaving for greener pastures. It's also getting killed by piracy. Don't get me wrong, I love my PSP (at least, on the rare occasion that a good game comes out), but it's hardly been "incredibly successful".]]>Mar 5th 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 5th 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Amen on the Ngage thing, I owned the original and was the best smartphone/gamehandheld of the time, I owned gda an never used thanks to this.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
I understand your point of view seeing as how most all-in-one devices are mediocre at most functions. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that this particular device, or any upcoming device for that matter, will follow the same trend.

If they could combine true PSP gaming (not just mini's), with Series-X audio quality, and SE call quality, then they will have a winner in my book. Although the device will require a hefty battery, or at minimum swappable batteries. Given the design diagram above, swappable batteries may be a tricky one to incorporate.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/+1 just for your name, lol]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
Not anymore.

I want a really good portable gaming handheld. With good buttons, next-gen gfx, dual sticks for FPSs, a multitouch touchscreen for strategy games, and a damn good library of games. If they want to add phone functionality on the side then why not, but I expect top notch handheld gaming.]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
You mean the PandoraOpen project thingy? The same one that was supposed to be out a year+ ago and now their still "almost ready" to launch? Yeaa lemme know how that works out a decade from now when it finally releases]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
I'd rather wait for the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot Walkman PlayStation Bravia VAIO Handycam Phone]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
that... would probably look alot like this:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/01/sony_pokepc5.jpg]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
I'm with ya ]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Well it's stupid of them not to do combos earlier. They could have been first by miles to have a good camera and games. Now people are already quite settled with Android or iPhone OS.]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/...they do do combos
The Sony Ericsson Walkman phones used to be some of the best media phones (then the smartphones came along)
And the Sony Ericsson Cybershot phones are still the best camera phones on the market (better than the Nokia N-series cameras in my opinion)]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
Here's a hint. It's not going to be Verizon OR Sprint. Sony isn't going to make a psphone for the US market. They're going to make a global phone... and they're going to make one.]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
needs camera and 1-seg tuner as well...

]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/1 analogue stick means that the rumored PSPphone will be a way to keep the PSP library alive while the PSP2 is out. Which is a rather smart idea to tell you the truth.

I'll save my money for a good, beefed up PSP2 though.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-psp2-features-quad-core-gpu-blog-entry]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/you know, it's just more simple and makes more sense to Sony to
implement an entire phone rather than a single analog stick...]]>Mar 5th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
The problem is that it is probably harder to make a good phone with gaming capabilities than it is to make a good gaming system with phone capabilities. Sony will need to be very clear on what the primary function of the device is and ensure that it is very good at doing that. I cannot, for example, imagine trying to use a current PSP as a telephone because, frankly, it's a bit of a brick in comparison to current cellular telephones. Given this Sony needs to decide who the device is going to be for because I'm pretty certain they won't be able to keep everyone happy. A device that is a gaming system first and a phone second would be novel but perhaps there is a market for that.]]>Mar 4th 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/It's clearly not the PSP2...]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
C'mon.....Sony....

Does their Product Dev team and Marketing Dept. not visit Engadget at all?]]>Mar 4th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/
And..how do you expect backwards compat to work....?

Think!]]>Mar 4th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/sony-prepping-new-line-of-handhelds-including-psp-phone/Mar 4th 2010 2:52PM