http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Android + Gaming + Phone = WIN

FTFY]]>Aug 11th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Nexus One + PSP = PSP NO.
Slots in nicely with PSP GO.]]>Aug 11th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Sounds too much like the N-Gage I know but Sony and Google could pull it off.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/FTFA - "The device is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go"]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Yep, and I thought sony wanted to get rid of linux! Not on the psp I guess, but this is finally THE replacment for my psp 1000. I wonder what theyre going to do with side loaded apps>:)]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://pocketnow.com/android/two-performance-hacks-for-samsungs-captivate]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/2008: Android is Born
2009: Android is Known
2010: Android is Great
2011: Android is All]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Google Android + Sony Playstation + S/E Phone = Pure Win!]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
NBD. Just doin' my job.

-Chuck Norris]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Slide to left = game controls
Slide to right = QWERTY

Sony = $$$$$$$ ]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Hahaha I had just order a PSP on Amazon (already cancel order) I'm happy I can here now i just need to wait for this. :)]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
If they don't use a Samsung Hummingbird processor, they blew it...]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
"instead of the small joystick, the device will have what was described as a "long touch pad"

I re- read the article and among the excitement I didn't notice this part I really not liking this now I hate touch controller hopefully that will change, FPS and other hardcore games need Two joysticks I was hope Sony would get that.

]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Let's just adopt a "wait and see " approach to this ok guys.
I'm sure it'll be great and all but it remains to see what sorta performance you'll be able to get running a VM as a gaming environment. I'm sure coding 3d with Java isn't fun.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
True, my thoughts exactly ! The Snapdragon has an outdated (by now) GPU - the PowerVR SGX 530, while the Humming bird has a better PowerVR SGX540, capable of pushing many, many more triangles that the 530.

And for a future PS device I wonder if even the SGX540 will do it justice !]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/It needs a Walkman branding too, if it gets a nice sound quality like Sony walkman player. Count me in.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Sony finally could create a iphone that people want.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Most android devices don't use the GPU anyway :-|.
The only applications of the GPU's in android devices are in video decoding. Doubt they're used much in android games TBH.
]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Shoulder buttons? How about four shoulder buttons like on the PlayStation controllers instead of the standard two shoulder buttons? I hope this comes with rumble and an accelerometer, too, and I really hope Sony doesn't give us the "rumble will interfere with the motion sensing" like they did with the PS3 controller. And I hope it comes out for Verizon. An LTE version would be uber sweet! ]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
I have always felt like this is the only problem with Android for developers. You can create stuff (particularly basic apps) that will work smoothly on any phone running Android. However, once you start creating better graphics and complex apps, the hardware really makes the difference. So for a typical consumer, they think all Android phones are created equal. Unfortunately that's not the case.

]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/So the OpenGL stuff is done outside of the VM. That's great then because I'd hate to see 3d games tryna run on a VM with no GPU support :-\
Would be f***ing painful to watch.
Android doesnt support anything above OpenGL 1.0 fully though! :-|
They're gonna have to add that in 3.0 for this idea to even get off the ground.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
I think the mockup is great :P

but yeah, this would be on my buy list for sure. Do we have a carrier?]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Take that bit about open gl back,
wasn't included in the android dev documents but they do have openGL 2.0 now.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/I believe this was the type of angle that Microsoft was going for with winph7 for standardizing hardware. ]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Same here! (I can't believe I'm actually thinking about buying a Sony Ericsson phone).

I guess the Tokyo Game Show will be the proper unveiling.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
2012: Android is renamed to SkyNet...]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/This is huge if this is the psphone]]>Aug 11th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
If it's a phone, it will vibrate...but I agree, I would love this on Verizon. Gives me a reason to replace my original Droid]]>Aug 11th 2010 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Don't be too happy yet. As with SE previous ventures, not only in Android, they had always manage to pull some specs out at the last moment. Like multi-touch disappearing from the X10i.

My guess is they are either going to make it a non-walkman or non-cybershot, or both. there is a likelihood they might remove the camera altogether.

Now that's SE. ]]>Aug 11th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Really? Let's take a look... iPhone games.... 80 thousand?

Android games...er...

*sheds a tear...]]>Aug 11th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/Aug 11th 2010 7:46PM