Sony has recently unveiled its highly anticipated gaming smartphone Xperia Play which is the first of its kind to be PlayStation certified phone. This portable gaming-cum-smartphone includes the richness of high quality console gaming experience while also facilitating the smartness and the power of the popular Android based operating system in which the various phone features works. Being powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play runs on the Android 2.3 a.k.a Gingerbread and also uses its customized user interface within the platform.
It sports an impressive 5MP primary camera while also having a larger size 4-inch capacitive TFT display having a resolution of 480-by-854 pixels which thereby provides a comfortable view while playing games and enjoying other multimedia contents. The internal memory support built-in to this mobile phone is around 400MB in capacity and it also offers expandable memory up to 8GB by using any compatible microSD card.
Since it is intended to serve both as a high-end smartphone as well as a handheld console, it does carry a slide-out gamepad which unveils all the traditional gaming buttons and keys.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is believed to be using Verizon as its carrier during its market launch in the US while AT&T might be another one to feature in Europe. Lots of games are being developed and optimized to meet the standards of this PlayStation certified phone but having only a standard 1GHz processor, it would be interesting to see how they present their game titles as this smartphone seems to be as powerful as any other mobile phones in the market today and there is nothing much being included above it.
The price of Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is not announced yet and there are also no specific details being made available regarding its launch date. But considering the reports from some of the reliable sources, the same is likely to hit the market by the month of March or April 2011.
Although it may not be that good for some serious gaming experience on the move, but it would however be worthwhile to be considered as an all-round entertainment gadget having the features to facilitate both the services of a modern smartphone as well as a mobile gaming system similar to the popular Nokia N-Gage which drew great popularity across the globe. So whatever may it be, one thing is certain that the PlayStation certified tag is enough to draw the attention of many and thereby remain on the limelight for quite some time until it is potential is practically being reviewed.
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It sports an impressive 5MP primary camera while also having a larger size 4-inch capacitive TFT display having a resolution of 480-by-854 pixels which thereby provides a comfortable view while playing games and enjoying other multimedia contents. The internal memory support built-in to this mobile phone is around 400MB in capacity and it also offers expandable memory up to 8GB by using any compatible microSD card.
Since it is intended to serve both as a high-end smartphone as well as a handheld console, it does carry a slide-out gamepad which unveils all the traditional gaming buttons and keys.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is believed to be using Verizon as its carrier during its market launch in the US while AT&T might be another one to feature in Europe. Lots of games are being developed and optimized to meet the standards of this PlayStation certified phone but having only a standard 1GHz processor, it would be interesting to see how they present their game titles as this smartphone seems to be as powerful as any other mobile phones in the market today and there is nothing much being included above it.
The price of Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is not announced yet and there are also no specific details being made available regarding its launch date. But considering the reports from some of the reliable sources, the same is likely to hit the market by the month of March or April 2011.
Although it may not be that good for some serious gaming experience on the move, but it would however be worthwhile to be considered as an all-round entertainment gadget having the features to facilitate both the services of a modern smartphone as well as a mobile gaming system similar to the popular Nokia N-Gage which drew great popularity across the globe. So whatever may it be, one thing is certain that the PlayStation certified tag is enough to draw the attention of many and thereby remain on the limelight for quite some time until it is potential is practically being reviewed.
Sony has finally unveiled the PlayStation Portable 2 (PSP 2) codenamed 'NGP' via one of their official press release today and it came off as a great relief to all anticipating fans of this popular handheld gaming console. This new edition which will be succeeding the well-known Sony PSP is armoured with some latest and up-to-date technical specs and many other new features and support which are all intended to take the overall gaming experience to a whole new dimension of modern and hardcore gaming. Being powered by a quadcore ARM Cortex-A9 processor, the Sony PSP2 also includes a number of added features and extended capabilities as opposed to what was seen to be available with its predecessors and some of the key features of it can be mentioned as that of larger display size, camera, better graphics, dual analog stick, 3G connectivity and loads of other useful utilities which are built-in to this next generation portable gaming system.
The quad core processor included within the specs is also closely followed by the SGX543MP4+ GPU which is also having four cores and both the duo is considered quite powerful to deliver high quality visual output which is even claimed to be one of the best performing entertainment gadget of its kind. The highly configured graphics and processing is well supported by the enhanced user interface which is easy to navigate as well as also quite appealing to be viewed within the organic light emitting display which measures around 5-inch and accordingly provides much wider space for gaming and enjoying various other supported multimedia contents.
The PSP2 or NGP also includes two cameras on both rear and front side which is also considered as a welcomed change thereby extending the capabilities of it to serve with some real all-round entertainment while on the move. Besides this, there are also three included sensors available such as gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass and each of these belongs to three-axis sensing. If you are looking for some more features within this handheld console, then you will not be disappointed as the same also carries a GPS system which is duly supported by the location based WiFi service support. The connectivity features, particularly the ones belonging to the wireless support features can be mentioned as WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and most importantly, the high speed 3G mobile network connectivity support.
The external dimension of the Sony PSP2 gaming system is around 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm and the same consist of the traditional keys and switches such as capacitive multi-touch pad, Shoulder buttons(R/L), triangle, cross, square and circle action buttons, directional keys, start/select button, PS/Power buttons, R/L stick and volume keys. The design is also improved to provide an ergonomic oval form factor so that it can be held comfortably while using it. The Sony PSP2 also offers some value added features such as LiveArea to stay up-to-date with all the latest game information and news as well as also to share and sync between other players, built-in 'Near' application that would also help to find and communicate with your friends within the neighborhood and thereby be informed as to what they are playing or have recently played and finally a new flash based card which is meant to store games and software contents so that the developers may be able to include additional data files to improve all the game titles with many different add-on supports.
The price of PlayStation Portable 2 (PSP2) is not disclosed as of now and there are also no precise information available which may confirm the availability of this portable gaming system. However, it can be expected to be rolled out in the market within the month of September 2011 or else anytime within this current year.
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The quad core processor included within the specs is also closely followed by the SGX543MP4+ GPU which is also having four cores and both the duo is considered quite powerful to deliver high quality visual output which is even claimed to be one of the best performing entertainment gadget of its kind. The highly configured graphics and processing is well supported by the enhanced user interface which is easy to navigate as well as also quite appealing to be viewed within the organic light emitting display which measures around 5-inch and accordingly provides much wider space for gaming and enjoying various other supported multimedia contents.
The PSP2 or NGP also includes two cameras on both rear and front side which is also considered as a welcomed change thereby extending the capabilities of it to serve with some real all-round entertainment while on the move. Besides this, there are also three included sensors available such as gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass and each of these belongs to three-axis sensing. If you are looking for some more features within this handheld console, then you will not be disappointed as the same also carries a GPS system which is duly supported by the location based WiFi service support. The connectivity features, particularly the ones belonging to the wireless support features can be mentioned as WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and most importantly, the high speed 3G mobile network connectivity support.
The external dimension of the Sony PSP2 gaming system is around 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm and the same consist of the traditional keys and switches such as capacitive multi-touch pad, Shoulder buttons(R/L), triangle, cross, square and circle action buttons, directional keys, start/select button, PS/Power buttons, R/L stick and volume keys. The design is also improved to provide an ergonomic oval form factor so that it can be held comfortably while using it. The Sony PSP2 also offers some value added features such as LiveArea to stay up-to-date with all the latest game information and news as well as also to share and sync between other players, built-in 'Near' application that would also help to find and communicate with your friends within the neighborhood and thereby be informed as to what they are playing or have recently played and finally a new flash based card which is meant to store games and software contents so that the developers may be able to include additional data files to improve all the game titles with many different add-on supports.
The price of PlayStation Portable 2 (PSP2) is not disclosed as of now and there are also no precise information available which may confirm the availability of this portable gaming system. However, it can be expected to be rolled out in the market within the month of September 2011 or else anytime within this current year.
The wait for Nintendo 3DS is finally over as it is now officially announced to be rolled out from the 27th day of March, 2011 and the same has been quoted in one of their latest press release today. This is an important update for many gaming enthusiastic as well as Nintendo fans as most of them have been waiting eagerly to play their hands over this most popular handheld consoles. This new model boasts two screens and the most featured item in it is the upper display screen which is said to be supporting 3D technology without essentially requiring the user to wear any glasses to enjoy the effects.
As said earlier, the Nintendo 3DS offers gaming with 3D display and also includes a 3D Depth Slider which can be used to effectively adjust the depth and intensity of the 3D effects while also facilitating to turn it off in order to make use of this device in the 2D mode. Out of the two screens available within this handheld, the primary one which is located at the top is having a display resolution of 800x240 pixel while the bottom screen is touch capacitive and bears a resolution of 320x240 pixels that is capable of displaying up to 16.77 million colors.
There are motion sensors built-in which will allow you to control various supported games by simply moving the device but there also exists other analog keys such as the plus control and the Circle Pad. Not only this, there are many more buttons which are traditionally present in most of the Nintendo handheld along with some other features such as a camera, microphone and Gyro Sensor. The camera is capable to capture in 3D mode by using two lens side-by-side just similar to that of the human eyes and accordingly is able to snap 3D photos with some great effects.
“Nintendo 3DS is a category of one – the experience simply doesn’t exist anywhere else,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “You have to see Nintendo 3DS to believe it. And it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before.”
There are actually many existent features which you can avail with this gaming system and hence it offers a lot of convenience too as it also extends the support for backward compatibility. This means that you can play almost any kind of the prevailing Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games in this 3DS version but the former two category will be only able to render in 2D mode. The expandable memory support includes a 2GB SD Memory which can be used to store various stuffs such as downloaded games or captured images from the Nintendo 3DS camera while it also allows music contents to be stored in the memory card but the decisive fact is that those audio contents must be in either MP3 or AAC music formats. If you however require more storage within this device, you my extend the same even further by using the SDHC cards which are available with larger capacities.
In addition to the above, there are some added features such as the trademarked StreetPass which can be used to share gaming data while walking down the street and the SpotPass communication that can allow one to use the WiFi hotspots so as to avail various contents directly into this gaming system.
The price of the Nintendo 3DS is said to be around 249.99USD and the same will be available from the 27.03.2011 onwards. This is a great relief for many people who had anticipated this product since many days and the official confirmation regarding the price and availability of Nintendo 3DS can definitely be helpful for all those guys who are looking forward to have one for their own.
