If you like the latest in smartphone and gaming technology then you will love the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. This is the first smartphone in the world that has been certified by PlayStation and is the first one to have PlayStation control buttons, along with touch sensitive keypad joystick controllers. This phone really does deliver an authentic gaming experience; one that it is claimed will blow you away.
The basic engine that makes this baby fly is a Snapdragon processer running at 1 GHz, which is pretty much standard in all Android smartphones, but in the Xperia Play it is enhanced by an embedded graphics processor, the Adreno 205 GPU. At the risk of sounding too techy, we would like to add that the hardware includes a dual channel ddr2 RAM working at 300 Hertz. In simple terms it means that data gets moved around at twice the speed that it would otherwise. All this is controlled by the latest version of the Android operating system, Gingerbread.
The overall result of this is super smooth and fast graphics with refresh rates approaching 60 frames per second. If you love gaming, then you will adore this phone.
Of course this is more than just a gaming console. It is also a superb smartphone at the cutting edge of smartphone technology, but one that really is built for gamers. Even if for some reason you prefer as a phone the iPhone, which is understandable, or even an alternative Android phone such…
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