The Sony Playstation Phone dubbed “Zeus” has been spotted in Greece (how appropriate) according to Engadget who have a spy video of the mythical phone in action on their site.
“What we have here is the apparent full motion debut of Sony Ericsson’s big crossover device, the PlayStation Phone, one half portable gaming console, one half Android smartphone” wrote Engadget.
We’ve been hearing rumours about a Playstation phone for long enough now so it’s about time we had something more concrete to go on.
The phone apparently features the Gingerbread version of Android, has a 4 inch touchscreen, and comes with retina display.
Other details winging their way round the web is that the Playstation phone is going to cost around $500 unsubsidized, will come with around 5 free games and could be ready as early as February, no doubt just in time for the Mobile World Congress.
According to MobileCrunch, a tipster rang them up after having seen the phone at a private event and confirmed that the phone is absolutely real.
They described the screen as “mind-blowing” and on a par with the iPhone 4’s retina display. There was also mention that the phone featured Sony’s Bravia Technology.
Apparently games won’t be pricey like they are for the PSP and will fall more into the price category of mobile games which is good news for gamers.
The Tipster also told MobileCrunch that Google was working closely with Sony to bring all the games into a section of the Android market exclusive to these devices.
As for the gaming experience, the tipster said it was the “best they’ve ever had on a mobile device”. It’s starting to get exciting.
We may not have too long to wait to have confirmation of the Sony PlayStation Phone as an image of an invitation by Pierre Perron (DG Sony Ericsson France) to a presentation on the 9th December is also currently circulating in the blogosphere.
The document, written in French, clearly displays the PlayStation controller icons, has an icon of a phone and roughly translated states that it’s “the most anticipated presentation of the past 10 years”.
Who knows if it’s real or not but it’s starting to look increasingly like it. We’ll know one way or another in just a week or so.
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