By Sai Krishna D.
June 17, 2011
Gaming on phones will no longer be the same again. Sony Ericsson has finally done the inevitable and combined a PlayStation Portable gaming console with a Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread powered smartphone to launch the much-awaited Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play features a not-so-bright 4-inch display. A Braviaengine powered screen similar to the Xperia Arc would have been ideal but. despite that, the experience while playing games and watching video is pretty enjoyable.
For clicking photos, the phone features a 5 mega-pixel auto-focus rear camera with flash and a front VGA camera for video calls. The rear camera takes above-average photos indoors and outdoors. But, it does not record HD video. With a device that features a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor and an Adreno 205 GPU, we expected 720p video recording.
Sliding the screen up reveals the “Dual Shock” like controller, similar to the Sony PlayStation Go gaming console. It also features the usual six-axis motion controls that allow controlling games by moving the controller in different directions.
It compensates for analogue controller sticks by using touch-sensitive touch-pads. The pads have a dot in the centre that helps you orient your thumbs while playing, but they take some getting used to. We preferred using the D-pad to the analogue pads wherever possible.
You can download games from a large library on the device via a pre-installed app called the PlayStation Pocket store. Six games come free with the device and more than 30 are available for download on the PlayStation Pocket store. The games library will also include PSOne classics in the future, adding to the nostalgia of gamers.
June 17, 2011
Gaming on phones will no longer be the same again. Sony Ericsson has finally done the inevitable and combined a PlayStation Portable gaming console with a Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread powered smartphone to launch the much-awaited Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play features a not-so-bright 4-inch display. A Braviaengine powered screen similar to the Xperia Arc would have been ideal but. despite that, the experience while playing games and watching video is pretty enjoyable.
For clicking photos, the phone features a 5 mega-pixel auto-focus rear camera with flash and a front VGA camera for video calls. The rear camera takes above-average photos indoors and outdoors. But, it does not record HD video. With a device that features a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor and an Adreno 205 GPU, we expected 720p video recording.
Sliding the screen up reveals the “Dual Shock” like controller, similar to the Sony PlayStation Go gaming console. It also features the usual six-axis motion controls that allow controlling games by moving the controller in different directions.
It compensates for analogue controller sticks by using touch-sensitive touch-pads. The pads have a dot in the centre that helps you orient your thumbs while playing, but they take some getting used to. We preferred using the D-pad to the analogue pads wherever possible.
You can download games from a large library on the device via a pre-installed app called the PlayStation Pocket store. Six games come free with the device and more than 30 are available for download on the PlayStation Pocket store. The games library will also include PSOne classics in the future, adding to the nostalgia of gamers.
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