Sony aims to develop PlayStation Phone to compete with iTouch and iPhone

Lately, Apple’s iTouch and iPhone has become a popular gaming platform with live offerings from Capcom Co Ltd and Square Enix Holdings that is likely to take advantage of the Apple products’ popularity. With this situation, Sony eyes to develop its own hybrid gear of a portable console with cellphone’s functionality (PS Phone) according to Nikkei Business Daily.

Sony plans to set up a project team as early as July to develop a new product that combines functions of its portable game player and Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones, the Nikkei said.

We can see that if Sony will make their popular PSP into a smartphone: Is it worth turning a successful gadget into another where it can redeem itself on top? If then, I’m sure Sony will be declaring a new design for the PSP, to make it slimmer and portable enough to match the iPhone.

We may soon see an overhauled PSP if this all pushes through.

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