Nokia about rumored PSP phone: can Sony Ericsson really pull it off?

It seems that several years of taking their lumps on the long road to mobile gaming success has hardened the boys and girls at Nokia just a bit, and they're ready to come out swinging. The target? Fellow European manufacturer Sony Ericsson, of course, which has been rumored for eons to be cooking up some sort of PlayStation- or PSP-branded handset to go head to head with the likes of Nokia's N-Gage service. The head of Nokia's games division went on the assault at a recent press event for its brand spanking new N-Gage client, saying "I'm not scared about anybody. The real question is how do they do it? Can they create a link between the PSP games and a phone? Can they do the multiplayer and online stuff? We've been doing this for two years and it hasn't been easy." In other words: bring it, Sony Ericsson, because we don't think you can do it. Kind of funny to be lashing out against a product that hasn't been announced (much less launched) though.

[Via Tech Digest]

[RileyFreeman Posted Feb 29th 2008 2:07PM]

ive always felt that these big phone companies know what each other is doing before announcement. thats why they always seem to have a response very sshortly after. i say them even commenting on it shows thats its going to happen

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 29th 2008 2:45PM]

hate hate hate!

[stasguy Posted Feb 29th 2008 3:49PM]

I think SE can definetely pull this off. My k800i has 2 game buttons above the screen, and the jog dial has sensetivity for 8 directions, so its pretty good for playing games, if only SE used an open(er operating system, so that not only java apps work on it.

[(Unverified) Posted May 5th 2008 9:43AM]

u can't do that?so,u think SONY can't do it...........it's funny.