PlayStation branded phone will be based on the Android 3.0 platform, sport a 3.7 to 4.1 inch WVGA or better resolution screen, (possibly) a 5MP camera and a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU.For controls, the device is said to feature the PlayStation standard d-pad and face buttons, plus a “long touch pad” for analogue controls. Hardware-wise, Engadget describes it as “a cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go”No doubt that current PSP is near the end of its lifetime, and it seems that it is a no brainer to introduce the next PSP. By combining gaming and phone much like the highly successful iPhone, I feel that this is the right move for Sony, because one of the biggest success of gaming in iPhone is the fact that it is always stays within reach of the users to provide instant gaming.
Now the Google's Android platform. I saw Samsung Galaxy S with Android the other day, and I was pretty impressed by it. I think the closest competitor to iPhone's OS is Google's Android. Major phone manufacturer has tried to build their own OS such as Nokia's Symbian or even Blackberry, doesn't even come close when compared to iPhone's software robustness and its successful app store.
Choosing Android as its platform may give Sony a shortcut for their phone OS technology and because Android is an open platform, I might actually see that it will have speedy growth in the near future.
I was let down by PSP go, maybe this time Sony can actually make amendments.
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I hope not. I'm expecting a hardcore oriented, super powerful hand-held. This will just be an iphone clone. :(
ReplyDeleteOn the second thought, it would be cool if Sony were to release this (for casual gamers), as long as they would also release a hardcore oriented PSP-2. Keep both the gamer types occupied!
ReplyDelete(But that's too much wishful thinking, I guess)