Sony Playstation Phone Leads Shiny New Android Trio

From DailyTech: Today at the Mobile World Conference 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, Sony Ericsson took the wraps off three new Android smartphones. Sony (Ericsson), as you may recall, recently dropped out of the top five in global smartphone market share. Takings its place were Apple and Chinese Android phone vendor ZTE (RIM was also bumped from the top five).

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, the saying goes and Sony seems to be doing that and then some. Leading its new Android legion is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, better known as the "Playstation Phone".

The specs for the device have at last been officially announced, and they line up widely with the leaks from the past month or two. The phone is powered by a second generation Snapdragon 1 GHz core from Qualcomm, with an on-chip Adreno 205 GPU. The initial OS will be Android 2.3 "Gingerbread".

The phone is capable of basic 3D gameplay at 60 frames per second (think Playstation/iPhone quality). There's a 854x480 multi-touch ready 4-inch screen. Included with this atraditional slider is a full slide-out (flattened) landscape-mode playstation controller. There are two simulated analog stick at the center, start/select buttons, the arrow pad, the triangle/square/circle/"X" button pad, and a single pair of shoulder triggers. L2/R2 buttons are included in virtual form on-screen.

The package is rounded out with stereo speakers and the typical fare -- a 5 MP camera, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Onboard is Sony's Timescape UI (analogous to HTC's Sense UI, etc.).

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