Sony is ready to release two brand new Sony Ericsson phones this month, the Xperia PLAY and Xperia Arc. Both phones will run on the new Android Gingerbread operating system; but it's the Xperia PLAY smartphone that really stands out from the two. The Xperia PLAY is the very first smartphone that is Playstation certified. Meaning that when you slide the beautiful phone you will be presented with the famous Playstation controller layout as well as the left and right shoulder buttons on the back and get this, dual touch pads. You'll be playing Playstation 1 games like Crash Bandicoot and watching movies on the 4" vivid LCD multi touch screen. The phone also comes with a front facing camera for video calling and a 5.1 megapixel rear camera for taking pictures and 720p HD videos.


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The Xperia PLAY will also come loaded with five games like The Sims 3, Tetris, Fifa 10 and you will be able to download hundreds of games and apps from the Android Market and the Playstation Store in the coming months. If you love playing games on your phone then the Xperia PLAY is the ultimate gaming phone. For more information check out Xperia PLAY.

Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY specs:
  • Powered by Snapdragon, 1 GHz CPU and the powerful Adreno 205 graphical processor, optimized for advanced gaming.
  • The first ever PlayStation Certified smartphone with dedicated gaming keys, L/R shoulder and 4-symbol keys
  • 4” (480×854 resolution) multi-touch, scratch-resistant display
  • Latest, fastest, Google Android 2.3 operating system; Gingerbread
  • 5.1MP auto focus camera with LED flash & front facing camera (VGA)
  • Phone memory up to 400MB; 8GB micro SD (included), upgradable to 32G