Sony's mobile phone division is apparently looking at a gaming-centric phone, a market that so far has had a history of failure, of which Nokia can easily testify to.
A patent from late last year shows a device that looks something like a PSP retooled to work as a mobile phone. The screen on phone can flip 90 degrees to make it look ike a slim PDA, or the phone can be turned horizontally to have a landscape mode screen orientation and a control set much like a handheld gaming device.
This discovery comes soon after the announcement that VOIP functionality on the PSP was to be officially supported by Sony, last week.
-- PSP gaming phone spottedA patent from late last year shows a device that looks something like a PSP retooled to work as a mobile phone. The screen on phone can flip 90 degrees to make it look ike a slim PDA, or the phone can be turned horizontally to have a landscape mode screen orientation and a control set much like a handheld gaming device.
This discovery comes soon after the announcement that VOIP functionality on the PSP was to be officially supported by Sony, last week.
Times like that make me wish Apple would team up with an existing game powerhouse. An iPhone design/touchscreen that can play PS1 games which I could buy off iTunes? *swoon* Sadly, twill not happen. Still I find it a little bizarre that gaming phones in general aren't more popular. Phones are almost closer cousins to handhelds than PDA's. Easier to control a game with a lousy numberpad than it is to do about two thirds of the PIM functions.
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