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Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid - Nikkei by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone , the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday. The Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate launched its first Walkman three ...
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Sony to take on the iPhone; envisions a gaming device/mobile phone hybrid
Sony to take on the iPhone; envisions a gaming device/mobile phone hybrid
boygeniusreport.com — Sony is reportedly considering (yet again) the development of a new hybrid device that will combine the gaming features of its popular PlayStation portable gaming device with the functionality of a Sony Ericsson mobile phone. According to Nikkei ... (more) Sony to take on the iPhone; envisions a gaming ...
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Sony to take on the iPhone; envisions a gaming device/mobile phone hybrid
Boy Genius Report — Sony is reportedly considering (yet again) the development of a new hybrid device that will combine the gaming features of its popular PlayStation portable gaming device with the functionality of a Sony Ericsson mobile phone. According to Nikkei Daily, the quintessential PlayStation phone will be developed by a new project team to be assembled in July. Rumors of a “PlayStation phone” have come and gone for more than two years now… Maybe Sony is so tired of hearing them that it will finally churn out a PS phone to shut everyone ...

PlayStation Phone On The Way?
I4U News — ... This time the whispers come from Tokyo, where Nikkei business daily has reported that the Sony Corporation is once again thinking about developing a “cellphone-game gear hybrid”. Nikkei says that Sony is planning to establish a project team in July to begin development on the new smartphone. This new mobile would basically be a cross between the PSP and one of Ericsson's smartphones. Sony recognizes that both the mobile gaming market and the smartphone market are in a period of great growth. They want their own share of that pie before Apple goes and gobbles it all up. Sony ...

Sony planning a cell phone/game player hybrid
The Raw Feed — Japan's Nikkei business daily said today that Sony will set up a project team as early as next month to develop a new kind of gadget that is equal parts cell phone and PlayStation Portable. ...

Sony Reported to Be Working On Famed PlayStation Phone [Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... The rumor itself is very vague: Nikkei says it will directly compete with the iPhone, and that a project team was set up last July to start working on the console/phone hybrid. So basically, it's the same rumor we've been hearing for years, except this time from a reliable source. Whether it's got any truth to it remains to be seen. Note: The above image is a mockup. Seems obvious but sometimes you gotta say it out loud. [Reuters] ...

Nikkei Reports Sony Is Working On Famed PlayStation Phone [Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... The rumor itself is very vague: Nikkei says it will directly compete with the iPhone, and that a project team was set up last July to start working on the console/phone hybrid. So basically, it's the same rumor we've been hearing for years, except this time from a reliable source. Whether it's got any truth to it remains to be seen. Note: The above image is a mockup. Seems obvious but sometimes you gotta say it out loud. [Reuters] ...

The Competition: Sony Working on Playstation/PSP Phone?
The iPhone Blog — ... of course: Nikkei says it will directly compete with the iPhone, and that a project team was set up last July to start working on the console/phone hybrid. So basically, it’s the same rumor we’ve been hearing for years, except this time from a reliable source. Whether it’s got any truth to it remains to be seen. Note: The above image is a mockup. Seems obvious but sometimes you gotta say it out loud. [Gizmodo via Reuters] This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The ...

Sony Gaming Mobile Phone hybrid device to beat Apple iPhone and iPod
Phones Review — ... We found via Yahoo Tech Sony Corp are looking to develop a cellphones-game gear hybrid that will compete with the iPod and the iPhone. The Japanese launched their first Walkman over three decades ago but is running way behind the iPod and the iPhone. ...

Three Ways Sony Could Make the PSP Phone Work
Fast Company - Technology — ... to be a camel. The second is getting the timing right--Sony must be swift. The new iPhone, still more suited for games than its predecessors, is already out and selling by the millions and a new iPod touch, also rumored as more powerful and gamer-friendly, is due in September. And third, price: The PSP Go's price is wrong, and Sony's PS3 has partly stuttered since launch due to high unit costs. Pricing a PSP phone at some ridiculous level would be a disaster. [via Yahoo, BGR, Reuters]  Related: PSP Go Leaks, Looks Like MYLO Media Player Minus ...

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