Sony not working on PSP phone

Posted on Saturday, June 16 2007 @ 23:22 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Sony said that a PSP phone is not in the works. Rumours started floating around that Sony Ericsson might be working on such a phone after a site discovered a patent application for something that looked like a combination between a phone and a Sony PSP portable gaming handheld.

Pocket Gamer reports:

Following on from our recent story about the unearthed Sony Ericsson patent for a phone displaying a suspicious similarity to the PSP, we can report that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO, David Reeves, has denied that a PSP phone is in development.

Speaking to games trade website, MCV, Reeves said, "I know the head of Sony Ericsson very well. He has a Walkman phone and a Cybershot phone available, but I know nothing about a PSP phone.

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