Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: Retro Android Game Phone

Sony Ericsson lifted a page from Nokia’s playbook by announcing their game focused phone.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (update: video and full spec sheet!) (Engadget)

It features a 4-inch 854×480 pixel display. This means it is no larger than the largest (with the exception of the 5-inch Dell Streak) current generation Android phones. It will, however, launch with Android oS 2.3 (Gingerbread). As you might expect, its slideout game controller looks a lot like the controllers for its game consoles except that the controls are all flattened.

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