New Information on Sony PSP Phone

It’s been a while since we were really excited about a cell phone–they’re all starting to look pretty similar–but the Sony PlayStation phone definitely breaks the mold and sparks some new buzz around the mobile. If Sony’s commercials with the wise-crackin’ little kid are any indication, the company realizes that it has one big advantage over the iPhone and other handsets: mobile gaming. So it’s not surprising to see it attempting to leverage that advantage in the cell phone market.

The PlayStation phone is suspected to have Android 3.0 running the show. Hardware includes a 1 GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor, 512 MB of RAM, 1 GB of ROM and a touchscreen around 4 inches. Instead of your typical Qwerty, the PlayStation phone gets standard PSP controls and a touchpad underneath the slide-out screen. Game content will come from a revised version of Sony Marketplace designed for the device.

A holiday release would make loads of sense, but the phone is still in the rough, so it’s looking like we may have to wait until next year.

So what do you think? Are you gamer enough for this hybrid? [via Engadget]