Sony Playstation Smartphone with Android coming, sources say

Its an odd combination no doubt, but hot on the horizon for a couple of months now, and hot on the rumour list, has been a Sony Playstation Smartphone running Android 3.0 Gingerbread (exciting it sure is!). And now a ‘trusted source’ has contacted Engadget overnight, telling the US site that the new phone will come rocking a similar design to the somewhat unloved PSPgo (great start, not). That means a landscape slider, featuring a standard QWERTY keyboard for gaming keys, a touchpad for analogue controls and even the same shoulder buttons as a PSP.

The actual screen is rumoured to be between 3.7 and 4.1-inches, while inside a 1GHz processor will ensure games run at an appropriate speed. What’s more it’ll have a camera slapped on the back, which is said to be to be up to 5 megapixels, there is no word on the lense though. It’s said to come rocking not only Xperia branding, but also the PlayStation name too, a combination which could be a new era for Sony.

Design wise, the above image looks tasty. In fact, it looks edible. It is hard to say whether games will come directly from the Android market though in the form of apps, or direct from the Playstation Store. Perhaps Sony can make a deal with Google to ensure Sony gets its own space on the app market and sell through there?