According to Engadget “via a trusted source” Sony Ericsson are working on a gaming phone in collaboration with Playstation and is expected to use Google’s Android 3.0. This is what I’ve been waiting for 
. I needed a new phone a few weeks ago so i decided to shell out £400 for a HTC Desire with the idea of keeping it in perfect condition to sell and get my money back allowing me to buy a PSP phone whenever it gets released. Now my plan is coming together it seems. The Engadget blog say’s it could possibly be released as early as October but to be honest it wouldn’t surprise me if we had to wait until late 2011.
The Engadget blog has a lot of details about the hardware of the device but what im hoping for from the software / OS is the ability to chat with friends on the playstation network using both mic and text and it would be very cool if we could also play against PS3 players on select games too. By far the most important thing I’d like to see the phone do though is ability to unlock trophies during gameplay.
Currently on my HTC Desire running Android 2.2 i have a couple of PSN App’s which allow me to keep tabs on what my friends are playing while I’am at work or on the move as well as show people my PSN profile. While this is very cool to have. I still can’t message my friends on the PSN from my phone but i guess it will have to do for now.
Here’s a little snapshot of the PSN apps i use right now on my HTC Desire running Android 2.2 showing my friends list app on the left and my profile info app on the right.
This is my HTC Desire displaying my friends list full screen. When you touch any of your friends profiles from this page you can look through their entire trophy collection. This is as close as i can get to owning a Playstation Phone at the moment and i would love nothing more than to have an actual Playstation Phone, C’mon Sony make it happen please!
If you’d like to own a HTC Desire phone you can buy them Here if you’re in the USA and Here if you’re in the UK
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