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7th September - As far as rumors go, this one is about as
thin on the deets as they come, but Cnet Asia is reporting
that Sony Ericsson senior VP of Product and Application Planning,
Rikko Sakaguchi, actually alluded to plans for a game-playing
phone at a recent press event in Sweden. During what was presumably
the Q&A portion of a media conference in honor of the
merged company's fifth anniversary, Sakaguchi reportedly answered
a question about a theoretical PSP phone (most decidedly NOT
pictured above) by saying simply that Sony Ericsson "is
working on something," but that "the surprise must
be kept for the future." Yeah, we know, not too much
meat here -- Sakaguchi did mention that the objective was
to integrate gaming and communications functions, not to create
a dedicated gaming device (whatever that means) -- however,
after the relative success of its Walkman and Cybershot lineup
of handsets, it certainly makes sense for the company to leverage
the PlayStation brand in this market as well. Sony Ericsson
would be wise, though, to learn from Nokia's experience with
the N-Gage, which is that, well, people don't like the N-Gage.
So, here's to hoping that the Ericsson side of the equation
can knock some sense into the Sony side of the equation, or
else we may end up with a bulky, side-talkin' handset which
uses even more proprietary formats that no one is interested
in.
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