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2010-08-13 , 00:42
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From Engadget :

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/e...aming-platfor/



There's no question that gaming on the Android platform has heretofore been relatively underwhelming, but that looks like it's all about to change. It seems that Sony Ericsson -- a company that has yet to even introduce an Android 2.0 device -- is at work on a project to redefine gaming on Google's mobile platform. We now know (via a trusted source) that the company is actively and heavily developing a brand new gaming platform, ecosystem, and device (possibly alongside Google) which are already in the late stages of planning. And we've got the goods on it.

Here's what we can tell you about the hardware: if you're a gaming fan, this is exactly the kind of phone you've been waiting for. The device is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go -- in other words, it's a landscape slider with game controls in place of the typical QWERTY keyboard. The D-pad is here, but instead of the small joystick, the device will have what was described as a "long touch pad" for analog controls, along with standard PSP buttons and shoulder buttons. The phone has a large display, described as being between 3.7 and 4.1 inches with WVGA or better resolution, a 5 megapixel camera that we're told might not be final, and it'll likely have a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU on board. The phone is mostly black with some silver highlights, and the gamepad area is white / silver in color. Apparently it's currently branded as a Xperia device, but it looks like it will carry PlayStation branding as well. Those who've seen the phone say it looks "pretty damn sexy." The mockup above probably doesn't do the actual hardware justice, but it should give you an idea of what you'll be dealing with.

On the software side, it looks like the device will be running Gingerbread (Android 3.0) with a phone-specific skin, and there will be a new area of the Android Market specifically for the games. That content will be initially accessible only by the halo device, but from the sounds of things, these titles might be made available to other Android phones if their specs and button layouts meet requirements. Games will be graphically in the range of PSX or PSP games, meaning true 3D gaming is headed to Android. Titles currently being shown off seem to be focused around some older PSX as well as new PSP offerings, with God of War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and LittleBigPlanet possibly on tap, and future plans for titles which incorporate augmented reality features.

In terms of release, it's possible that the phone and ecosystem could be introduced as early as October of this year, but we have yet to confirm.

Right now we're working on getting even more detail about the phone and partnership, but we can tell you now that this is not a random rumor -- we have reason to believe that what we've heard and seen is real and coming to market. It makes perfect sense in a way -- Google gets a much-needed push into the gaming and entertainment space for Android, while Sony (via its partnership with Ericsson) finally delivers the PlayStation phone users have been wanting. We see it as a major win for both companies and the consumer... and we always need another distraction. Stay tuned to this space for updates as we get them, and in the meantime, start socking away the pennies.
Wow, if they really made this i'm definitely gonna buy it..
Sorry N900..The reason i keep using N900 is because of the multitasking feature covers its weaknesses..
But i think for me PSP + gingerbread > maemo + multitasking,
What do you guys think?
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awesome.........
 
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It's a portable gaming machine...
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
It's a portable gaming machine...
Indeed. The larger distinctions are that it runs on Android, it's rumored to use a legal emulator and market, and will potentially extend beyond this device to other android mobiles. If the rumors are true, this makes it quite a significant development for the game industry and the mobile phone industry.

Of course, Sony Ericcson will probably find some way to cock it up.
 

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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
It's a portable gaming machine...
...Not just a gaming machine, it's a PSP with a Phone Module..

Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
Indeed. The larger distinctions are that it runs on Android, it's rumored to use a legal emulator and market, and will potentially extend beyond this device to other android mobiles. If the rumors are true, this makes it quite a significant development for the game industry and the mobile phone industry.

Of course, Sony Ericcson will probably find some way to cock it up.
Hmm..I'm not a programming expert, but PSP's OS is based on C++..and if they switch from C++ to Android which is linux based,
there's gonna be some compatibility problems.. I hope i'm wrong though..
 
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It's just a portable gaming machine cellphone.

Waaaaaitaminit... this seems familiar.
 

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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
It's just a portable gaming machine cellphone.

Waaaaaitaminit... this seems familiar.
Familiar indeed..... but released by a company that has *huge* experience in this space.
 

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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
It's just a portable gaming machine cellphone.

Waaaaaitaminit... this seems familiar.
I guess there aren't too many PSP owners here..
PSP's game quality (and quantity) cannot be compared to N-Gage, the graphics is almost equal to PS2..
And PSP games cannot be emulated perfectly yet,
so i think it's a big deal..
If we're talking about a PSX-phone or GBA-phone for instance, then i wouldn't care because N900 can emulate it (although not perfecty) and Android has already made an emulator for it..

Can you imagine playing this..
And receiving a phone call on the same device?
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Originally Posted by deny_winarto View Post
Hmm..I'm not a programming expert, but PSP's OS is based on C++..and if they switch from C++ to Android which is linux based,
there's gonna be some compatibility problems.. I hope i'm wrong though..
Good intuition, however, the choice of language isn't really a concern as the final app is ultimately compiled to something the OS/machine can understand -- this resultant file is called a binary or ROM. In this case, the PSP games have already been compiled into a binary (OS/machine code) fit for the PSP system and underlying OS. In order to run on an android system, they will need an emulator which runs the binary as if it were running on a PSP.

It's likely that PSP/PSX will be emulated: run by an application that 'mimics' the original system given the already compiled game's machine code.
 
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Originally Posted by deny_winarto View Post
Can you imagine playing this..
And receiving a phone call on the same device?
WOW! This is incredibly impressive, and shows the huge gap between mobile gaming and a seasoned gaming machine.
 
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