The First Official Look At The PSP2?

It hasn't been officially announced yet, but apparently with the impending announcement due sometime this week, someone in the interwebz let slip this official looking photo of Sony's Playstation Portable 2, as posted in an article Kotaku. As you can see, the PSP2 looks similar to its recent predecessor, the PSP Go, with a sliding case. It also includes a 32GB SD Memory Stick, as well as a "PSP2 Stick" and a Stylus. The clincher though is that the new portable system includes two analog numbs... a great improvement considering the last system was only regulated to one analog stick. Take note, there is no official announcement yet, but this is as real as it gets now, and Sony should be making the news about the PSP2 soon enough. Stay tuned for more details, and read up on the source post over at Kotaku.

Sony actually preps up a PSPhone!

I couldn't believe it til I saw the article today, but finally, Sony has merged gaming with cellphones!

As seen in an article posted by Kotaku, Sony has merged one of their Sony Ericsson phones with a Playstation Portable, creating the hybrid "Playstation Phone" prototype unit you see above you in a pic posted by Engadget. The tech is reportedly based off Google's own Android 3.0 platform, and will have a dedicated custom Sony Marketplace for users to download and purchase games for this unit. Call me skeptical, but I'm not totally sure if I want to merge my gaming and cellphone privileges with this gadget here. First off, there's no analog stick, and it's going to be replaced by a touch-sensitive track pad instead. Secondly, like the PSP Go before it, the PSPhone will not have any UMD or Memory Stick compatibility, so old PSP users can rule out any of their older stuff being used for this baby. Even with specs reported to be 1GHz Qualcomm CPU, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and a screen "in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches", I'm not sure if I'll be picking up a PSPhone just yet, which is said to be released fall next year. For more details, visit the source article over at Kotaku.