Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Review, specs and features

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is the first PlayStation certified smartphone. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play brings together the best of the Android OS and the PlayStation Portable (PSP) on a smartphone.
Xperia Play runs on Gingerbread (version 2.3). It promises super-fast performance with a 1GHz processor combined with an Adreno GPU graphics processor. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play also features a 4.0-inch touchscreen, a 5.1 megapixel camera with HD capability, GPS navigation with Google Maps, built-in Sony PSP gaming controls, GSM/GPRS/EDGE or CDMA variants,  high speed HSDPA internet with HSDPA+ or EVDO Rev.A, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, etc.

 It combines a powerful smartphone and a PlayStation Portable in one device. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play looks just like a smartphone in portrait view but slide-out the controls and you have for yourself a great mobile gaming device. The gaming controls are very similar to the controls on Sony PSP. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play also features similar graphics quality as the PSP and supports support 3D gaming, thanks to the combination of a 1GHz processor and a GPU graphics processor. 

  Features and Specs:

1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7 processor

Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

GPU graphics processor

4.0-inch capacitive touchscreen (854 x 480 pixels)

Accelerometer sensor

Slide-out controls for gaming (dedicated gaming keys)

HDMI output

GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

3G/3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+) 850/1900/2100MHz

Video Streaming

Video blogging

Conference calls

3.5mm audio jack

upto 32GB memory card

Wi-Fi 802.11 n/b/g

Wi-Fi hotspot capability

unlimited contacts phonebook

GPS Navigation with Google Maps and Navigation

Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Voice, YouTube

email/push email/IM

Google and Sony Ericsson Music player

Video player (MP4, DivX, WMA, H.263, H.264)

Video/Photo editor

Java MIDP 2.0

Flash Lite Support

WAP 2.0/XHTML/HTML Browser

Battery capacity: 1500 mAh

Standby: 413 hours (WCDMA)

Talktime: 6 hours 25 mins (WCDMA)

Game play time: 5 hours 35 mins