A Sony PlayStation phone?

Tech bloggers are excited by reports that Sony is integrating a phone into its popular PSP gaming device

The new phone, with a slide-out gamepad and 5 megapixle camera will be ideal for gamers.
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Sony Ericsson may soon release a new smartphone for video game players. Modeled after Sony's PSP Go handheld gaming system, the development-stage device is rumored to run on Google's Android 3.0 operating system and feature a slide-out "gamepad" in place of a standard keyboard. Popular games like Call of Duty and LittleBigPlanet, will reportedly be available for download through an online store. Is making a PSP phone a good move for Sony? (Watch a CNET report about the PSP smartphone)

Staking out promising new territory: This is "a novel idea," says Jared Newman in PC World. Just by adding "a sliding set of game controls instead of a physical keyboard," Sony will give themselves "an obvious competitive advantage" in the smartphone market. But if they want the device to catch on, Sony needs to offer users access to a wide range of games.

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