Nokia first tried to come out with a gaming-mobile phone with the release of the N-Gage unit a few years back. It wasn’t as successful as many hoped it would be probably due to its awkward functionality as a phone, but it seems that Finnish company learned from their prior mistakes with the much improved N81.
PSP-Phone? Not quite there yet
Now, Sony Ericsson tries their hand at this venture with the first-of-its-kind Motion Gaming-enabled phone, the F305.
Swing it like the Wii or play it like the PSPSimilar to how the Wii works, you play certain games by moving (or swinging) the phone accordingly. I don’t exactly know how the gaming community will accept this considering that the controller and display are all located on the same device, but the news of such a device is nonethless exciting. You can likewise play games the traditional way thanks to the control buttons found on each end of the phone similar to how a typical game console is configured. Unfortunately, the display leaves much to be desired being just 2-inches in size with a resolution of 176×220, but I guess this is pretty safe for a mobile phone.
An FM radio, 2-Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 10MB internal memory, Memory Stick Micro expansion slot and EDGE connectivity round up the set of features on the F305. Yup, no 3G on this baby, but I guess that’ll also mean that it won’t be that expensive either.
Speakers and 2-megapixel camera at the rear
If a Wii, PSP and mobile phone had a tryst; the F305 would probably be their lovechild. It’ll come in Polar White and Mystic Black color variations, and hit select markets in the 3rd quarter of this year.
