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RUMOR: Sony developing Android 3.0 powered PSP-Go like phone. [Update: Post 472]
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Truespeed
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zoku88 said:
Who do you expect to confirm the rumors? Google? Here's what the consensus is
Minimum Android 3.0 hardware requirements:
1GHz CPU
512MB RAM
3.5-inch (or larger) displays
New 1280×760 resolution (Devices with displays of 4-inch or more)
These are the *minimum* specs. The new high end Android 3.0 phones will all have significantly higher CPU specs with some as high as 1.5 - 2GHz CPU's. Also, Android 2.1 and 2.2 will be relegated to the low to medium range smartphone lines, while 3.0 is intended for the high end phones only.
Truespeed
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zoku88 said:
Probably because it's more than just a UI update. Do you really think Google would increment the version number of their Android O/S from 2.2 to 3.0 if it was just a user interface upgrade? That's a pretty big jump for a UI update. So it's clear that 3.0 is a pretty significant upgrade.
Nevertheless, it's just not a very smart idea. If it really needs those specs, then the power usage would also be higher.Truespeed said:
Not only that, but the previous versions also had the same minimum specifications.
There's also the fact that there is nothing to give the rumor any credence.
Truespeed
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zoku88 said:
There's really no point in arguing about rumors. I guess we'll just have to wait until Gingerbread is released later this year and see how it plays out. Phones get faster with every major Android release so it shouldn't really come as a surprise that the 3.0 phones will be faster and better than the 2.1/2.2 versions.
zoku88 said:
Because Gingerbread is more than a user interface upgrade? Or should I say, the apps they are planning to run on it require a fair amount of power.
There is a keeping up with the benjamens situation in the phone industry. Those specs are in line with iPhone 4 and the minimum spec required for Win7. Google is pushing forward with this spec to prevent fracturing of the userbase. They want all Gingerbread phones to be able to match the competition.
They are actually more than the either of those. Windows phone 7 requires an arm v7 cortex or better. the original droid has that.Raistlin said:
iOS 4 runs on the 3gs. Gingerbread would have the highest system requirements. Not even running on a phone released a year earlier.
btw, it was google themselves that said that the focus on gingerbread would be user interface.
While the hardware of the original PSP has nowhere near the efficiency, specialization, nor ability to isolate power consumption for the set of required use cases which include imaging, video decode and encode, audio decode and encode, as well as running in combination the multitude of radios/basebands/receivers as a modern smartphone, MIPS has recently started offering competitive cores for the mobile market and is making them compatible to be integrated with PowerVR cores in a SoC.
With Sony's proprietary system information, a MIPS CPU, and some HLE, running PS1, PSP, and PS2 wouldn't take the most powerful SGX, let alone a potential SGX543MP4+ GPU clocked at 400+ MHz.
With Sony's proprietary system information, a MIPS CPU, and some HLE, running PS1, PSP, and PS2 wouldn't take the most powerful SGX, let alone a potential SGX543MP4+ GPU clocked at 400+ MHz.
Baki
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My take on this rumour:
Android 3.0 will support Playstation Network (mini's, PSN games and PSP 2 games). To take advantage of this, you would need to meet certain requirements.
Sony will also license out the Playstation name (requiring an approval process). This will be limited to perhaps only mentioning that the Phone is Playstation compatible on the box. Sony will receive royalty fees for this.
Sony itself will produce a line of Playstation phones and these phones (unlike other handset makers) will be compatible with current generation PSP games. These PSP games will be sold for $9.99.
Finally Sony will have a non-phone version of this product and this will be the PSP 2.
Android 3.0 will support Playstation Network (mini's, PSN games and PSP 2 games). To take advantage of this, you would need to meet certain requirements.
Sony will also license out the Playstation name (requiring an approval process). This will be limited to perhaps only mentioning that the Phone is Playstation compatible on the box. Sony will receive royalty fees for this.
Sony itself will produce a line of Playstation phones and these phones (unlike other handset makers) will be compatible with current generation PSP games. These PSP games will be sold for $9.99.
Finally Sony will have a non-phone version of this product and this will be the PSP 2.
Truespeed
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Fafalada said:
For Gingerbread, a minimum 1GHz. Also, I'm not really sure where you're going, but there were quite a few smartphone CPU's that were significantly faster than the PSP CPU a year ago. The 1GHz Snapdragon comes to mind - introduced in Q4 of 2008 and into a phone by July, 2009.
Curious.
But I think it's possibly more for someone to work on, perhaps, an Android app that maybe connects to PSN or something?
The job seems to be for a server engineer. The mix of other requirements sort of suggests someone who'll work on network stuff, and maybe they're thinking of making mobile apps that talk to their network. It's not a game development post.
But I think it's possibly more for someone to work on, perhaps, an Android app that maybe connects to PSN or something?
The job seems to be for a server engineer. The mix of other requirements sort of suggests someone who'll work on network stuff, and maybe they're thinking of making mobile apps that talk to their network. It's not a game development post.
jonnybryce
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gofreak said:
The post isn't the smoking gun but it does say that they'll be helping game teams with development which is something I don't see as being so important for a standalone "access your PSN account on the go" app. Who knows.
Either way SE only makes GSM phones and I'm on Verizon so that's disappointing to me.
KingJ2002 said:
:lol Oh N-Gage, what an odd creature you were.
The iPhone has shown mobile gaming is legitimate in the USA now and Microsoft is betting on it with WP7 as well. If ever there was a time for a gaming phone it's now.
Graphics Horse
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Graphics Horse
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Zerokku said:
Uh.. yeah, not when I posted that though
Nuclear Muffin
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Could be for the development of mobile phone tie in games (like that mobile phone God of War Betrayal game)
Byakuya769
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Engadget ran a story today that mentions a job listing for engineers with Android development experience...
is it really happening?
is it really happening?
Commanche Raisin Toast
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for a Sony phone with PSP-ish features/integration and that sort of thing? awesome.
android for a product in the PSP family? terrible idea. anything android get's cracked open, dissected, and it's genome mapped out before it's even in pre-release reviewers hands. i can't imagine the facepalming and scrambling that would be done at Sony HQ when they realized just what the fuck they did and how they basically made hacking exponentially easier.
now what were you guys saying about that PSN android app?
android for a product in the PSP family? terrible idea. anything android get's cracked open, dissected, and it's genome mapped out before it's even in pre-release reviewers hands. i can't imagine the facepalming and scrambling that would be done at Sony HQ when they realized just what the fuck they did and how they basically made hacking exponentially easier.
now what were you guys saying about that PSN android app?
Byakuya769
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stupid google search...
CharminUltra
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Dear Sony,
Please stop diluting your brand -_- Android is awful, just hire UI and UX experts and do your own thing. Integrate their services if you must, but don't become Google's bitch.
Sincerely,
Ridley182
Please stop diluting your brand -_- Android is awful, just hire UI and UX experts and do your own thing. Integrate their services if you must, but don't become Google's bitch.
Sincerely,
Ridley182
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ridley182 said:
why is android awful?
somuchwater
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Can't find the link right now, but there was an interview with Peter Dille recently where he said that their plan is to keep Playstation experiences "exclusive and proprietary".
That doesn't necessarily rule out a PSP2 with a customized version of Android though.
That doesn't necessarily rule out a PSP2 with a customized version of Android though.
PeakPointMatrix
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It's going to be 2013, and the PSP2 still won't be anywhere in sight.
Heh.
Anyways, the future of Playstation Portable should be very interesting, I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds. Personally, I can't say that I'm interested in a Sony handheld/phone hybrid (I already have a phone) but either way it should lead to a lot of fun threads on GAF.
If I'm really jealous of the PSP phone I'll just duct tape my handheld of choice to my cellphone for similar effect.
Anyways, the future of Playstation Portable should be very interesting, I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds. Personally, I can't say that I'm interested in a Sony handheld/phone hybrid (I already have a phone) but either way it should lead to a lot of fun threads on GAF.
If I'm really jealous of the PSP phone I'll just duct tape my handheld of choice to my cellphone for similar effect.
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