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Sony Eyes Cellphone/Game Gear Hybrid
By: Reuters   |   Jun 27, 2009

Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

The Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate launched its first Walkman three decades ago, dominating the portable music player market, but it has been running far behind the iPod and iPhone in recent years. Sony plans to set up a project team as early as July to develop a new product that combines functions of its portable game player and Sony Ericsson's mobile phones, the Nikkei said. Sony Ericsson is a cellphone joint venture between Sony and Sweden's Ericsson.

A growing number of game-makers including Capcom Co Ltd and Square Enix Holdings are now offering software for the iPod and iPhone to take advantage of the Apple products' popularity, posing a threat to Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Co Ltd's DS. A Sony spokesman declined to comment on the report. 
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Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone.
Swapnil @ Jun 30, 2009
long due..nokia,sony all ignored mobile for quite a long time; nokia tried with ngage - not a bad start but not able to capitalize on it so far. SE has the potential and experience in gaming console - if they can pull it off and positioned-marketed-priced and released some exclusive games for its platform it will be treat for mobile game lovers
pcgamer @ Jun 29, 2009
It's about time sony got serious with cellphone gaming.
Ravi @ Jun 27, 2009
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