The Sony Ericsson Xperia Playstation Cell phone is a hand held smartphone made under the codename Zeus, that was designed by Sony Ericsson. It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware, and it truly is part of the PlayStation Certified Program, which means it can play PlayStation Suite games.

The device was announced on February 13, 2011, at the Mobile World Congress that it would be shipping throughout the world in March 2011. In the US, it would be out there only on the Verizon network, and In the UK, carriers Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and Three confirmed that they will acquire it on their networks. In Canada, the is carrier is Rogers Wireless.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Playstation Phone is a horizontal slider with its authentic shape resembling the Xperia X10 while the slider below resembles the PSP Go. The slider functions a D-pad on the left facet, a set of standard PlayStation buttons on the right, a rectangular Touchpad in the center, start and select buttons on the bottom right, an alternative button on the bottom left and a couple of shoulder buttons (L and R) on the back.

It has a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a Qualcomm Adreno 205 GPU, a monitor measuring 4.0 inches, a 5 megapixel camera, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB internal storage, and a micro USB connector. It supports microSD cards, as opposed to the Memory Stick variants used in PSP consoles.

Even though the Sony Ericsson Xperia Playstation Cellular runs on the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) firmware it will soon operate on something generally known as the "Z-System". Sadly, it is not clear what that means, considering Sony Ericsson has filed trademarks for "Z-System".

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Playstation Cell phone features games within the variety of similar portable mobile handsets and will perform these games via the PlayStation Suite. It changes the interface of the device from a cell phone to the XrossMediaBar, related to the PlayStation Portable. The Android Market has games for the gadget permitting users to download on the go.

This will involve older PlayStation games as well as newer PSP games, like God of War and LittleBigPlanet. The selling prices of the games is below $10 bucks, significantly less than the PlayStation Portables payment selection of much less than $40 bucks per game. Plus, the tool is compatible with Android software, which can be downloaded from the Android Market.

The battery existence is touchy, because the cellphone can barely get in excess of a day, and the existing selection of "PlayStation-certified" games for this platform are really just cell phone games. Nevertheless, they are even now entertaining. Other smartphones now have 8MP and 12MP cameras, but the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play's five-megapixel video camera is relatively stable. The flash is sturdy and related to equivalent smartphones with comparable demands. There has been some difficulties with software program installation and a non responsive tech assistance, nevertheless this hasn't stopped the cell phones performance. And it would seem that uninstall guidelines are not in the installation manual. All in all I would have to say that this mobile phone is for die hard avid gamers hunting for a two-in-one alternative.