Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp on January 27 presented a game-savvy smartphone; enabling Playstation games to be played on Android smartphones in a bid to win back market share in the gaming sector. The hybrid, dubbed Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, comes with a slide keyboard and a 10-centimetre screen, according to first reviews by website Endgadget.com. Information about the product had been leaked earlier.
Sony Entertainment also presented Next Generation Portable (NGP), the latest version of its Playstation Portable gaming console. The NGP sports a larger screen, touchpads, motion sensors and cameras on both sides. Two new analogue steering buttons have also been added. Games can be directly loaded due to an improved-capacity memory chip. The console, which can connect to 3G and Wifi networks, is to be launched later in the year.