Wea4ぎa4вe one step closer to getting official details on Sony Ericssona4ぎa4г Playstation phone, the Xperia Play. The company revealed yesterday that the Android phone will launch on February 13 during the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.
Sony Ericsson debuted a dramatic (and creepy) commercial for the device during the Super Bowl yesterday (see below).
The Xperia Play&'s big claim to fame is its slide-out gamepad, which takes the place of the sliding hardware keyboard many other phones feature. It will run Android 2.3 (code-named Gingerbread) and is the first Android device to focus completely on gaming. Of course, ita4ぎa4г still unclear what sorts of games it will be able to take advantage of, but Sony is expected to unveil some sort of digital game store with the devicea4ぎa4г launch.
Together with Sonya4ぎa4г next-generation portable gaming console the NGP, the Xperia is a major play by Sony to compete with the iPhonea4ぎa4г surging popularity as a gaming device. It has a significant advantage by including a gamepad, whereas the iPhone (and other touchscreen phones) are stuck with games specifically created for touchscreen interfaces.
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Devindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.
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