Archive for the ‘Gaming Phones’ Category
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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There have been tons of pics and rumours concerning the PSP Phone, but few specs were seen so far, at least on the web. Seems that there’s a scanned piece of white paper going around right now, containing the full specs list of the PSP mobile phone. The first surprise? It’s a SE branded device and not Sony’s child. Get the full list of features below!
Full PSP Experience:
Rotate the screen to turn the phone into a PSP console
Display specs: 16:9 wide screen TFT LCD, 4.3 inch, 480 x 272 pixel, 16.77 million colours
Weight: 250 grams
Advanced phone features:
2 megapixel camera
Web browser
Podcasting
New media browser
Flight mode
Bluetooth 2.0
Streaming audio/video
Video call
WAP 2.0 XHTML
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating alert
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound Recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Navigation Key
Picture wallpaper
Java
Utilities: Alarm clock, calculator, calendar etc
Facts and Figures:
Memory card support: Memory Stick Micro (M2) and SanDisk microSD/TransFlash
Networks: UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100; GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Talk time: GSM/UMTS - 9 hours/3 hours and 30 minutes
Standby time: GSM/UMTS - 400 hours/350 hours
Gaming time: 5 hours
Video call time: 3 hours and 20 minutes
Accesorries:
Battery
Charger
USB cable
Media Manager PC software
Synchronization PC software
[via Unwirev View]
Posted in Gaming Phones, Portable Consoles, Sony Ericsson | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
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Sony has apparently filed for a touchscreen PSP patent, or so the word goes round, but no official confirmation till now. We’re dealing with leaked info from the patent office, that mentions a “digital tactile pixels” system used in a phone, media player, web browsing/e-mail device and navigation system.
Sure sounds like a PSP Phone to me, but a touchscreen PSP is just as good.
[via Tech Digest]
Posted in Gaming Phones, Portable Consoles | 4 Comments »
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
(7 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Check out the following concept, one of the most complex console/phone designs I’ve ever seen. So, the PSP finally gets a touchscreen, a better interface, a healthy pack of apps and a QWERTY keypad. I don’t quite see myself texting quickly on that though.
And that display would better be shock resistant and tough… Other than that, the iWish is a piece of heaven I’d get my hands on, if it were real.
[via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
Posted in Gaming Phones, Portable Consoles | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 21st, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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It’s been a while since the last PSP phone concept, but the device below might as well be a candidate for that name, specially since it’s (supposedly) a Sony Ericsson handset. Meet The Street Hunter phone, designed by Remi Tod, who probably fancies chocolate bars as much as we do, since his device is based on components that look like such sweets.
The “chocolate bars” include the phone’s keys and they’ll switch position as you pass from the phone mode, to gaming console mode or MP3 player mode. The audio player is probably the most convincing of the three, while the console really made me curios. Is this worthy of a PSP Phone branding? We think it is.
[via Coroflot]
Posted in Gaming Phones, Portable Consoles, Sony Ericsson | No Comments »
Monday, March 17th, 2008
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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This mystery concept phone I’ve spotted on Flickr was created by kichu overclocked and it seems to be an AMD handset. Athfone’s keypad is no news to me, neither is its form factor, but the video features seem to be pretty good. At least that’s what I can say by having a glance at the handset’s display.
AMD Athfone was created, according to its designer with the aid of Adobe Photoshop CS2, by using vectoring. That “Game on” motto might as well be the device’s purpose, but with such an input mechanism, who would play games on this handset?
[Found on Flickr]
Posted in Cool concepts, Gaming Phones | No Comments »
Friday, March 14th, 2008
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
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If so many names in a headline got you confused, you should know that designer Gabriel Prero has the teens’ preferences all figured out in his concept design. The Firely Multi-fly is featured on Coroflot and promises to be an alternative for your Sidekick, RAZR, PSP, iPod and Nintendo DS. It’s a concept phone that targets the youngsters, the so-called “tweens” who change phones every year or so.
Studies have shown that tweens give up their handsets in favour of others every 18 months, so Firely Multi-fly tries to solve this issue. It can even appeal to a child and it’s got parental controls, so it’s a fine alternative to the Heart Phone. This concept is also up for gaming sessions, as it resembles an old-school Game Boy, but puts on an entirely different game.
The list of features doesn’t end here, though, as the handset can use expandable accessories, just like the iPod’s gear and even cartridges for games and other functions. If you thought that the Modu phone was unique with all of its jackets, wait till you see this! Firely Multi-fly comes with a camera cartridge and interchangeable keypad, so it can morph into a console, iPod or cameraphone at any time.
[via Coroflot]
Posted in Cool concepts, Gaming Phones | No Comments »
Friday, March 7th, 2008
(1 votes, average: 2 out of 5)
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After seeing dozens of PSP Phone concepts, we finally stumbled upon a patent of the device, only to be surprised by how much it resembles the original iPhone patent. Sony’s patent application is called “Orientation based multiple mode mechanically vibrated touchscreen display“, which pretty much defines what you can see below.
We could be dealing with a special Sony Ericsson handset, featuring a touchscreen display, accelerometer (or some sort of orientation system) and haptics feedback. However, before comparing this device to the iPhone, we should be taking into account the fact that Sony filed this patent application on August 30, 2006, months before the launch of Apple’s device.
Does this look like a plausible PSP Phone to you? For me it spells “Nintendo DS” a bit, but that may be my usual copycat paranoia.
[via Unwired View]
Posted in Gaming Phones, Portable Consoles, Sony Ericsson | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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While Sony and Samsung are showing us concepts and patents of their future gaming phones, Nokia’s still perfecting that N-GAGE platform and seemingly there’s no other competitor in this console/handset niche. Thank God for concepts, then! What you can see below is Gamer Phone, designed by RKS Design in order to “inspire LG’s internal design teams” as they state.
This beauty resembles the PSP a bit, only that it’s thinner and the display goes deeper into the body of the handset, plus it’s a touchscreen. Just hope that it comes with a neat and user-friendly interface, but for now I’m just wondering how am I going to hold this device pressed to my ear when I’m on the phone. Oh well, I’ll just use a headset…
[via RKS Design]
Posted in Gaming Phones | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Still recovering from the shock of almost seeing a real PSP Phone here, we stumble upon yet another piece of info announcing a gaming cellphone. This time we’re dealing with a patent showing a Samsung device, surprisingly enough a clamshell that has nothing to do with the PSP Phone or any N-Gage-based handset.
Forget the PSP Phone and any attempt at turning Nokia phones into real gaming devices, as Samsung’s got a new idea and a cool patent. This clamshell features an inner display that’s not fixed, being able to swing and reveal a set of gaming controls. That leaves enough room for an extra speaker and allows gamers to play in landscape mode, if portrait doesn’t do it for them.
Ergonomics and control are surely going to be a problem in the case of this device… I can’t see myself handling the control system easily and I bet that the fragile display will at some point get broken, since you can toy with it so much. What’s your take on this patent?
[via unwiredview]
Posted in Gaming Phones, Samsung | 1 Comment »
