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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY 4G lands at AT&T on September 18

The "PlayStation Phone" comes to AT&T with HSPA+ speeds.

Sep 8 2011, 1:35pm CDT | by

Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY 4G lands at AT&T on September 18
 
 
 
p>Sony Ericsson’s Xperia PLAY 4G will arrive in AT&T stores and online on September 18 for $49.99 with a two-year agreement. The AT&T Xperia Play package is complete with bonus accessories including the Sony Ericsson Multimedia Dock DK300 and MC100 music cable. Only AT&T customers can choose the 4G-capable Xperia PLAY, offered in an exclusive “stealth blue” color. 

The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY 4G runs on Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) platform and features a 4-inch 480 x 854 screen and stereo speakers. In addition, the device is pre-loaded with seven games, some of which are exclusive, at no additional cost including:

  • Dungeon Defenders™ Second Wave by Trendy Entertainment
  • Asphalt™ 6 Adrenaline by Gameloft
  • Star Battalion by Gameloft
  • Madden NFL™ 11 by Electronic Arts
  • The Sims™ 3 by Electronic Arts
  • Tower Bloxx™: My City by Digital Chocolate
  • Crash Bandicoot® by SCEA/Naughty Dog/Universal

AT&T customers will have access to more than 150 Xperia PLAY optimized games including Minecraft Pocket Edition, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Dead Space 2 for download and purchase through the "Get Games" recommender screen, easily accessible when you slide open the Xperia PLAY's game controller.

Key features of the Xperia Play include 1Ghz CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Android 2.3.3 and 5MP camera.

Verizon launched the Xperia Play already back in May.

Updates

Sony blog refreshes Xperia ICS list, Play confirmed removed

Source: Electronista

Stability, compatibility listed as issues with Play and ICS The official Sony blog published an update today, detailing the progress on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrades on Xperia smartphones. As noted yesterda ...
Full article at: Electronista  More like this  3 hours ago, 5:54pm CDT

Sony Confirms Xperia Play Won’t Have Android 4.0 After All

Source: MMOMFG

Even though Sony’s put a lot of effort into marketing the Xperia Play as a core gaming device, it won’t be on the short list of systems with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Sony confirmed as much in an update to their Xperia Product Blog, where the ...
Full article at: MMOMFG  More like this  5 hours ago, 3:10pm CDT

Sony confirms Xperia Play will not get Android 4.0, cites stability concerns

Source: The Verge

A day after word spread that Sony's Xperia Play had vanished from its list of incoming Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades, the company has come forward and confirmed that the gaming-centric handset will not be making the jump to Android 4.0. " ...
Full article at: The Verge  More like this  6 hours ago, 2:12pm CDT

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<a href="/latest_stories/all/all/2" rel="author">Luigi Lugmayr</a>
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com. Luigi posts regularly on LuigiMe.com about his experience running I4U.

 

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