I’m sure you all saw the recent patent for the PSP phone, complete with sketches. What do you think? Personally, I’m saddened. I would have liked that form factor to be partnered with Nokia’s new Ngage platform set to launch in a few months. I know it’s been stated several times by Nokia that they won’t have a hardware Ngage device, but I’m doubtful of that.
To be fair, they don’t have a great history in that genre. There were 2 previously, both with the same form factor, being piss-poor. The second merely corrected the major flaws of the first, and shrunk a bit.
I think Nokia will have some Ngage “optimized” devices, at the least. With dedicated gaming buttons. But what will they look like? I think the best possible option is something similar to the E70 device, pictured here. What if on the “open” side, though, where there’s currently a QWERTY keyboard, there was another d-pad and some gaming-oriented buttons? How killer would that be? I guess you could do the same with the N95, only the dual-slide would have gaming controls.
Do you think they’ve got something REALLY innovative up their sleeves? What other gaming-oriented form factors can you think of?
**Disclaimer** I realize that’s a horrid Photoshop job. I’m still learning, and it’s more just for a visual aid than anything else. If you think you can do better, please do, email it to me, and I’ll gladly swap it out, and credit you appropriately.
