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Sony Pondering Game/Phone Hybrid

Posted by Soulskill on from the too-little-too-late dept.

A report from a Japanese business publication says Sony is currently making plans to develop a cell phone with gaming capabilities in order to compete with the iPhone. "Sony plans to set up a project team as early as July to develop a new product that combines functions of its portable game player and Sony Ericsson's mobile phones, the Nikkei said." This comes shortly after news that the new PSP Go will be open to "non-gaming applications."

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  1. Too little too late by christ0 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sony have sat on the technology capable of dominating this market long before Apple even hinted at the iphone, and yet nothing was done. Okay so they might get some market (like the PSP gets some market) but really, Apple are well and truly gone with this sector. Sony's lack of joined up thinking between divisions (apparently recently fixed) has cost it dearly, they really should have been trying to pull the PSP into a Smartphone since the day it was launched. Could you imagine the power Sony would have had if they had gaming capable smart phones working seamlessly with PS3s PSPs and Walkman products? I don't hate Sony, but they frustrate me with their inability to develop the cool tech they have.