Andre Yoskowitz
26 Jun 2008 16:00
According to a new Marketing Week article, Sony is reviving talks of a PSP-based mobile phone and that it could possibly drop the Ericsson name, at least for that one model.
Citing multiple sources from Japan and Korea, the article says the phone would "include elements of the PSP gaming handheld and that the process would be relatively simple, as components such as Wi-Fi are already well-suited to the device."
There was no other specifics mentioned besides the Wi-Fi but the dropping of UMD is almost a given due to its bulkiness and low popularity. The phone could go commercial by the holiday season 2009.
Sony Ericsson currently has a gaming phone, the F305, but it does not include and PlayStation hardware or software.
More interestingly, the article spoke about how Sony and Ericsson are currently "frosty" towards each other and that the new phone could lead to a permanent break up. Sony allegedly wants to keep its own hardware, such as PlayStation and Walkman, all to itself.