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Sony Xperia Play 'PlayStation Phone' Launching in March on Verizon

BARCELONA - Sony Ericsson on Sunday unveiled the Xperia Play, also known as the "PlayStation Phone," as well as two more new Xperia smartphones, the Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro.

The Xperia Play will launch in the U.S. in March on Verizon Wireless, Sony Ericsson said during a press event here at Mobile World Congress. Pricing was not announced.

The Xperia Play will run Google Honeycomb. It is the "first mobile device to deliver an immersive gaming experience," said Bert Nordberg, president of Sony Ericsson.
MWC (Mobile World Congress)

At launch, the Xperia Play will have 50 titles available, which will increase on a weekly basis, Sony said. That includes "Guitar Hero," "Assassin's Creed," "Battlefield," and "Dead Space."

Late last month, Sony unveiled the PlayStation Suite, which will bring PlayStation content to Android phones. The Xperia Play is the first phone to feature PlayStation Suite, which will provide content through a PlayStation Network Store that Sony plans to launch by year's end.

Sony also promised social-networking components that will allow Sony Xperia users to play against one another.

There have been rumors about the "PlayStation phone" for months, but Sony was mum until a splashy Super Bowl ad confirmed its existence. "The smartphone with everything you need and the one thing you want," according to the tagline. The ad takes place in dark room off a back alley where a man appears to be operating on someone. He eventually starts to pull gauze off the patient's hands, and we see that he has attached thumbs to the green Google Android character. The Android makes his way to the street, thumbs attached, apparently ready to start gaming on the Android-based Xperia Play phone.

At CES this year, Sony Ericsson unveiled the Xperia Arc, a big (4.2-inch screen), slim (only 8.7mm) slab phone running Android 2.3 on a 1Ghz Qualcomm second-generation Snapdragon processor. Sony said that device will start shipping worldwide in March, but also added some new additions to the Xperia lineup - the Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro.

The Xperia Neo features an 8-megapixel camera, and a mobile Bravia engine, Sony executives said. As a result, Sony talked up the TV-related features, including HDMI access and support for HD video as well as the ability to use the Neo as a TV remote.

The Xperia Pro includes a slideout QWERTY keyboard, inspired by the company's X10 Mini Pro. The Xperia Pro includes a feature known as "smart keyboard," which will intuitively guess what application you want to use. If you're looking at e-mail, for example, and slide out your keyboard, the Pro will switch to a "reply" function.

The Xperia Neo and Pro will both run Android Honeycomb. Pricing was not announced.

Stay tuned for more hands-on images from Sunday's event.

Reading Books on Cybook is Just Like Reading Them From a Paper

Wow! I think this gadget are cool! Coz i'm very love to read manga and comic!

Nowadays, usual books are very uncomfortable to carry. They are big, they don’t fit in pockets and they are damn heavy, especially when you must carry many of them. Thanks to the modern technologies, we have plenty of other methods to read. From cell phones to PDAs, electronic books now are getting more and more popular. Huge advantage of electronic books – in the small PDA you can carry almost unlimited amount of them, and all of them are accessible in just few button presses. But we must admit that reading from usual paper is much more comfortable to the eyes, and there are no displays that can replace it. Or... are there?Cybook Gen3 is a specifically designed electronic reader. Thing that makes it special is new display technology that makes reading from electronic display as comfortable as from usual paper. It is called E-Ink, and it requires no backlight to read. It is bright and can be read comfortably even under direct sunlight (very huge difference from modern LCD, that are almost unreadable in those conditions). So it feels almost as real paper, only with ability to change information on it, and screen resolution of 800*600 will be enough to fit the whole page. Refresh rate is not quite impressive, but it is enough for books or documents. Also, this device has 2.5 stereo minijack for music listening (device can play mp3 files), 64MB of internal memory, SD slot and USB port. With 2GB SD card, you can carry a whole library in it, and it will be small enough to fit in your pocket. What truly impresses is battery life, which is in a similar to 8000 of turned pages! Price of this new gadget is around 350$.

iShoes - motorized roller skates

Wow! when i browsing cool gadget, i see this :

With development of technologies, appear many ideas how to simplify our locomotion. Some are crazy, some - very pricy. As usual, they are just concepts, only ideas, and are not produced. Chairs, even beds – they all become a vehicle when somebody places engine inside them. And sometimes common and usual roller skates can be the source of inspiration for creative people.Creator of this engine powered roller skates, iShoes (accessory to iPhone, huh?), probably, was very annoyed to just walk. We don't know his intentions, but his invention looks curious. Imagine a four wheeled roller skates, with a small electric-powered engine built in. They can be easily put on about every shoe, making them more practical than Segway – already existing device for personal transportation.iShoes can go at speeds up to 24 km per hour (15 miles per hour), one charge of the batteries lasts for 9-11 km (5-7 miles) – distance almost triple shorter than Segway offers. Great advantage of these – small size, which means good portability. You can carry them with you in the bag when you arrive to your destination – a good possibility to prevent theft (Just imagine somebody carrying Segway around…). And while riding iShoes, you are not looking strange – they look just like normal and usual four wheeled roller skates. So, if you like extreme sports – then these roller skates are not for you. They are completely helpless at ramps and it is very difficult to do tricks with them on foot. But if you prefer calm riding and want to amaze and be original – then this invention of Ilja Kaganovich can be the right choice.

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