Sony Ericsson's Playstation Phone

At this point we've witnessed all but an official confirmation and formal introduction of Sony Ericsson's forthcoming PlayStation Phone, including insider leaks, videos, and off-hand comments from Sony execs, but now a new set of photos have been leaked for our collective viewing pleasure.



Posted on a Chinese forum, HKGolden, and discovered by Engadget, the photos depict not one, but two of the rumored smartphones. Unlike previous leaks, however, the devices pictured are in clear view and seem to be nearer to production-grade prototypes. The two models shown sport the slider-style game pad with a PSP-style d-pad and action buttons, but gives a closer look at the touch-enabled slider, which given the rounded etchings seems to be intended to service dual analog controls.



Most notably, the device now displays clear Sony Ericsson's Xperia series branding, as well as a small PlayStation Store logo in the lower left corner. The emphasis on Xperia and not PlayStation branding, adds support for rumors suggesting the device won't be considered an official PlayStation product but rather a device that supports certain crossover games or downloadable PSP software.



The photos also show a close-up on a readout of the phone's main specs, displaying that the current operating system build used is none other than Google Android 2.3.

There are still many questions to be answered, but hopefully we'll be hearing more about the fabled device sooner rather than later, with the device perhaps making its public debut at Sony's press conference at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) tomorrow at 5pm PST in Las Vegas.

While the rest of the world is waiting for Sony to officially announce the Xperia Play, a PlayStation-branded phone that will run certain games and applications, Chinese blog IT168 has already given an extensive preview of the device.

The report, translated by BGR.com, confirms a number of hardware specifications the phone will use, including: a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a Qualcomm Adreno 205 graphics processor, a 4-inch 854 x 480-pixel display, an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a 1,500 mAh battery, microSDHC support and 512 MB each of RAM and ROM.

It was believed the phone would be revealed at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. During Sony's press conference, the company only revealed the Xperia Arc and Android-powered phone.

The Xperia Play could be revealed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this coming February as previous reports suggested.

ugly as shit

its basically a touch with a sony label on the side but theres a slide for the buttons
and its 1.8cm bigger then the touch, theres not even a difference