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The Playstation Phone is Real [Up: Sony Ericsson Comments, Feb Announce Likely p.919]
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brain_stew
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charlequin said:
That certainly seems to be the case. Its just annoying that they'd be willing to stamp the Playstation brand on a device without much input from that division, as I seriously doubt a Qualcomm SOC would have been their first choice. They probably had no say in the matter though, which sucks.
LiK said:
Not that I particularly care, but Toshiba doing this made me laugh when I heard it way back when. It doesn't make sense.
A large part of the reason for the huge increase in LCD demand is because of OLED scarcity :lol. Some phones even released using OLED, but then switched to LCD because they couldn't source the OLED's anymore. Basically Samsung IIRC was holding them for themselves.
brochiller
Member
FtsH said:
It makes phone calls...
brain_stew
Member
Tobor said:
Oh cool.
Minis really should have been developed in some sort of virtual machine environment from the start though, it never did make sense for them to directly target the quirky PSP hardware. It was such a short sighted decision.
charlequin
Banned
brain_stew said:
Yeah, I don't think it's a good strategy, especially given the difficult balancing act Sony faces with launching the real PSP2. SE seems to be manhandling a lot of Sony's brands with recent phone releases, though, so the idea that they'd be allowed to design a "Playstation Phone" that has little to do with what the PS division would otherwise sign off on seems pretty believable.
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Vilix
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Y2Kev said:
Amazing tasting toast after a quick 20 minute update.
BlueSummers
Member
I'll pass Sony...I'll pass.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
George said:
i was about to post the same thing, but instead of circling the A, B, and PSP buttons, circle A, B, AND THE FACT THAT IT'S AN ANDROID PHONE AND TOUCH SCREEN...
ahem: anyone with an SE android phone have this A and B thing at the bottom when opening your slide out keyboard? for all we know those could be placeholder until they actually apply the final GUI. *shrug*
either way, i came to take back my assumption that it's the PSP2. if phones have been 1ghz for a while now, and it only has 512 ram, this thing can't be more than an average touchscreen android phone with buttons for a focus on gaming. "but 1ghz is way fast for a handheld" some of you might be thinking, but also remember that this thing has to be running the phone and OS in the background, and also any other apps running in the background. this IS android. i think that for it to even be close to being a full PSP2 aaaaaand a phone, it would need to at least be one of those new dual-core 1ghz chips that one of those new HTC phones is getting. ram would need to be a lot higher too, or at least in separate pools.
brain_stew
Member
kinggroin said:
Clearly not! :lol
I really don't think many realise just what a mess Android gaming (especially 3D gaming) is in at the moment. Its no where near the standards of iOS yet, not even close.
Vilix said:
Define 'iPhone' market? Obviously they don't expect their app/game market to compete against the app store - it's just a little part of the Android market.
If you mean for overall phone sales ... Sony Ericsson actually sells more phones than Apple right now :\. I know this is shocking to some people here, but there is plenty or room for more than one company to be successful ... in most markets and industries.
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Vilix
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C-Jo said:
Untoasted? What sorta barbarian are you?
brain_stew said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=24060901&postcount=216
And regarding nub and shoulder buttons ... this has them.
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Vilix
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C-Jo said:
Piracy? Pfft. It takes 15 minutes just for the damn bread to load.
I would give Sony a round of applauds if they finally come to their senses and turn the PSP brand into something similar to Kindle. Something that is more software/service-based, rather then hardware-based that require you to buy the PSP to play PSP games.
I was very impressed with Amazon's strategy when they decided that Kindle should not be limited to a hardware. It is a service that you can use on many devices - including its main competitor iPad. You don't just ram right into your enemies, instead you use them as your tools.
I was very impressed with Amazon's strategy when they decided that Kindle should not be limited to a hardware. It is a service that you can use on many devices - including its main competitor iPad. You don't just ram right into your enemies, instead you use them as your tools.
I can't say that I'm a fan of the direction mobile gaming could be headed.
It's one thing for me to buy every console/handheld under the sun, but I'm already locked into my iPhone contract and don't like the idea of being in a position where I can't play everything. It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this and where else its games may be available. Same applies for WP7 and its Xbox integration.
It's one thing for me to buy every console/handheld under the sun, but I'm already locked into my iPhone contract and don't like the idea of being in a position where I can't play everything. It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this and where else its games may be available. Same applies for WP7 and its Xbox integration.
Oh so it's not a PSP2?
Can somebody give me the overview since I'm kinda slow?
Should this work in a similar fashion as Sony Erricson deal, or is it only Sony dealing with the phone stuff?And how does it stuck up next to an iPhone in terms of power and stuff? Hearing PSP Minis approach?
So if this isn't PSP2, can Sony mantain both up with interesting software? Unless they share the Minis lineup, I don't know man...
Can somebody give me the overview since I'm kinda slow?
Should this work in a similar fashion as Sony Erricson deal, or is it only Sony dealing with the phone stuff?And how does it stuck up next to an iPhone in terms of power and stuff? Hearing PSP Minis approach?
So if this isn't PSP2, can Sony mantain both up with interesting software? Unless they share the Minis lineup, I don't know man...
Read this with salt:Lonely1 said:
http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/06/...esolution-1ghz-minimum-specs-mid-oct-release/
brain_stew
Member
Raistlin said:
Creating a software emulator for a complex system like the PSP would be much more difficult than simply porting the virtual machine to the PS3, although I guess they could have already have had one in development. It just makes no sense, but then this is Sony and the idea of Minis targeting the PSP directly never made sense in the first place.
The only thing this may have going for it is the possibility it "might" play PS1 games.blu said:
Drivers and hw are irrelevant, because Native stuff will be diluted to phone standards anyway, having to compete with the rest of stuff on android markets price wise, so expect a nice load of PS branded shovelware at best.
AranhaHunter
Banned
My crazy analysis:
I think the specs are too low for this to be the PSP2 so this is probably the phone SKU version for the PSP1, that is it'll play PSP1, PSOne, minis and possibly PCEngine and NeoGeo games, that is it'll do everything that the PSP1 does. SE will come out with a phone SKU version for the PSP2 and the PSP2 will have 3 main versions, phone, tablet and regular.
I think the specs are too low for this to be the PSP2 so this is probably the phone SKU version for the PSP1, that is it'll play PSP1, PSOne, minis and possibly PCEngine and NeoGeo games, that is it'll do everything that the PSP1 does. SE will come out with a phone SKU version for the PSP2 and the PSP2 will have 3 main versions, phone, tablet and regular.
red shoe paul
Banned
I wonder how the shoulder buttons will be..
mysticwhip
Banned
Sony cannot keep a secret.
brain_stew said:
I agree, and it makes no sense to me. However that is supposedly the case based on GAF consensus (I think a dev may have hinted actually? There's a thread on it).
I can only assume that's the case.
My point is I'm pretty sure that is not the case. The intent is to place them on lots of things - phones, TV's, set-top boxes, etc. That's why it supposedly is in a VM.
AranhaHunter
Banned
Square Triangle said:
Yep, I'm with Sprint and I ain't changing because I get such a great deal with them.
Technosteve
Banned
Vilix said:
will the Crumb Collector functions be patched in later with a firmware update or will the Playstation Toaster be crumb collector free
â Narayan
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4D toast.Y2Kev said:
Can't beat that.
Taking a 2nd job to buy toast isn't such a crazy proposition these days, what with the economy and all.