Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Comes Complete with Gaming Pad

There have been a few gaming phones in the past like the Nokia N-Gage, which have failed spectacularly. It has obviously resulted in the growth of handheld gaming devices like the Sony PSPs, which have become extremely popular. Just at the time when it seemed that the gaming segment in the mobile phone industry seemed to be lost forever, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has been launched. This is the time to from Sony Ericsson to recreate the magic of the Sony PSP in the mobile phone industry. It plans to do this by incorporating most of the features of this incredible handle the gaming device including the keyboard.

Yes, beneath the large touch screen display, the Xperia Play will be coming with a keyboard that resembles the controls of the Sony PSP, which is extremely exciting. The introduction of the 4 inch touch screen display would have more than caste sleepless nights for the Sony PSP, which does not have any advantage over the Xperia Play in this regard. This is due to the employment of the LED backlit LCD technology for the touch screen display, while it will be forced to within a design that is very similar to the other Xperia phones. Hence, you can be satisfied of the looks of the phone.

The most important features that a gaming phone should have in bundles will be performance. It is provided by the in-house 1 GHz processor that also has the Adreno processor. The Xperia Play will be having the Android 2.3 operating system, which has been launched only recently. This is a major step up from Sony Ericsson as a company since they have been used to providing aged operating systems on their phone. This phone will also be provided with plenty of gaming titles inbuilt and there is also the opportunity to download even more using the dedicated game store provided for the phone.

The Xperia Play will be having a five megapixel camera that is going to use the auto focus, LED flash and Geotagging options. Even though this is a gaming phone, care has been taken in order to ensure that the images come out beautifully by making the images look extremely good. Some of the options within the phone include the social networking integration, digital compass, organiser and support for the Flash Lite. The five megapixel camera can also do video recording apart from shooting images and it will be doing so in the WVGA resolution. The Xperia Play will have a total of 400 MB internally for storing all the various files, but the 8 GB external memory card is going to be the primary form of memory usage in the phone.

The Xperia Play is available in the United Kingdom right now for monthly contracts that cost just around £ 27 per month, which represents excellent value for money for a phone that is going to be extremely new in this segment of normal high-end smart phones.