PlayStation Phone specs and images leaked

literally a PSP Go w/ phone capability! wow what a bright new idea /s i smell this ages ago except i wished MS would do the same to their Zune HD!

v good can it win the iphone

I'm kind of disappointed with the specs, I would expect more from a gaming phone... dual core anyone? I don't know about the specific capabilities of this "Scorpion" proc, but if it's performance is only marginal compared to Qualcomm's current 1.0ghz SnapDragon flagship, then it's too bad they chose to go with this instead of the current Texas Instruments ARM flavor, which according to benchmarks, dominates the current SnapDragon in crunching power. Let's hope that they will at least have the latest PowerVR GPU installed in it, that is, if they go with PowerVR...

Also, 1gb of ROM, really? I know that since froyo hit the street you are now able to install to microSD, but who the hell wants to do that if you can run off of faster, more easily accessed memory? I mean the DroidX has 8gb, you would think Sony could have gone with at least half of that... So now the 16gb microSD card will need to store most of your apps, games, movies, pictures, music, and Sony exclusive games, that memory will be gone in no time! And, we know they won't be putting 32gb cards in these phones any time soon, they are still way to expensive to be cost effective, not to mention the higher density chips will be S..L..O.....W... I know they're trying to keep costs low here to make the device more affordable/make more profit, but these specs sound like previous gen stuff; shouldn't we be moving forward here?

Is this an Android powered PSP Go?

I wonder what lessons Sony took from Nokia and the nGage..? For all the love I have for converged devices, high powered portable game system + phone doesn't strike me as one that's going to succeed - no matter who makes it.

I like this, mainly because it'll bring more games to Android. Developers will likely not release a game on a single platform(the PS market), unless they get payed for it.
Also, @custom; the PSP has a 333mhz processor with 36 mb of ram and a GPU with 2 mbs of ram. Game consoles are not about the hardware, they're about the software.

The ability to play android and PSP games with a d pad and buttons would be great! Not sure how I feel about the touch pad sticks tho...

My main problem with this is that it's a slide phone. Slide phones always seem like a nice idea, but I have yet to have one that I has not broken (mainly the rails) or had the keys too close to the slide so my excessively manly fingers couldn't hit all the buttons along the top properly. When I say excessively manly, I mean short and stubby, same difference though. (stop judging me)
I am excited about the prospects of a PSP phone, but there is not really enough information out on it. Is there going to be the same UMD slots as the handheld PSP uses, or will they try and jip us and make it an online market only so they can sell more data plans at ridiculously jacked up prices.
I'm sure the PSP phone will do just fine, but it will never have the following the PSP did, purely because of the fact that it is a phone which requires monthly fees just to have. A novel idea, but I doubt it sells as well as they think. Android 3.0 would be great to have on it, which leaves a lot open for speculation on how well the marketplace will do on there, but still, it's just a higher end gaming handheld with a phone built in, no big deal.

the slide out looks ugly!

add a keyboard in between the controls that would be great.

Nothing new, could still be useful for some but PSP and Erickson individually was making it correctly...

I've been playing a playstation emulator on my Droid, but the games get pretty choppy. If this thing can efficiently run PS games, it is a definite must have for me.

I bet atleast some TechSpot-members will understand what I mean by mentioning Atari Jaguar. Downloading games will hopefully work with the PSPhone just as good as with any phone-gaming. But the concept of downloading games full-exclusive have crashed more than once.

Providing that the PSPhone actually plays games and isn't just some large brand Sony put on this piece of equipment to sell it better. If this is the case, and the PSPhone fails to make up lost ground taken by Apple, Blackberry, Huawei, Samsung and all the others... there might be a slight chance that we do not see a PS4 any time soon...

WOW this is like a crappy PSP go with a phone built in im not a fan. I could be a great idea if implemented the right way and it looks like it runs android which is a plus.

This could be a really great phone if your interested in mobile gaming and I hope they change the middle too because it looks weird.

>.> I for one thought this idea was interesting to begin with, then the idea crossed my mind. I don't think I'd actually purchase this coz for starters its probably going to be really thick, 2ndly Its a PSP and a Phone. I need my phone to have as long a battery life as I can in case of emergencies, and I somehow doubt that this would help it... Also, being an android system, whats really stopping the games from being brought over to other operating systems?

Meh. I'd just stick with getting a REAL phone... at least a smart phone at that. PSP phone seems gimmicky.

Oh joy... Now instead of waiting in line for a cashier to finish texting, I'll have to wait in line for a cashier to finish level 18.

No offense, but the joke was kinda stale... games have been on mobile devices since they came out; tetris, snake, that pong game with the bricks there, to modern games like Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies, Tiki Towers, etc etc... I doubt we'll notice a difference.

Thank God they got rid of the Memory Stick, everyone else uses either SD or microSD. This would all be for naught if this is a fake.

Omg, this is ultimate present of a cellphone-gaming girlfriend.

hello ...

i don't do in smartphones & not yet in handheld gaming. I may look more into PSP2 than a PSP phone, anyway time will tell.

cheers!

Erm... did they learn nothing from the PSP Go?

I know they aren't the same, but still, this abomination looks exactly the same, very uncomfortable to hold.