Sony PSP Phone Patented

It seems at though the PSP phone rumors had been true after all. Sony's recent patent filing sheds a little light on the design and functionality of the PSP phone. First thing Sony Ericsson took into consideration for converging a portable gaming system into a phone was easy to use game controls, which was easily solved by replacing keys from the numeric keypad with game controls.

The phone also gets a rotating display to access other functions of the phone. When the device is in the phone mode, you get a simple phone with numeric keypad, menu and function keys. Rotating the screen to 180 degrees, menu/function keys are turn into game controls for portable phone gaming. If the screen is turned only 90 degress, the PSP phone might turn into a mobile tv also?

There would be no need to worry about games, with the large growing library of PSP titles. Other companies are going to have a hard time catching up with the PSP phone if games are compatible with standard PSP games.

Via: unwiredview