Sony phone OS competing with iOS and Android? That would be something else I tell you what.

i bought the anarchy edition of rage today i came home went to the store the had to input the sewer lvl code and after that had to input the anarchy stuff code waited them to download and then installed them. i am currently waiting for rage to install itself on my ps3 as i write this. am supposed to be mad about this but am not.

WE ARE THE BORG. LOWER YOUR CONTROLLERS AND SURRENDER YOUR CONSOLES. YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PAST TIMES WILL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN. YOUR HOBBY, AS IT HAS BEEN, IS OVER. FROM THIS TIME FORWARD, YOU WILL SERVICE... US.

@SomalianDude

Soooo what does any of that have to do with a possible Sony/Ericsson buyout?

..... I guess, cool story bro?

Hmmm, Steve Jobs is dead so they might be banking on Apple taking a dip in the market without their face of the company but I think Samsung is still the one to beat in this.

...this is a good thing, right? We want this?

No.

In Somalia people post whatever they want wherever they want.

Danial son > ericsson

Why?

*daniel, dammit(fail)

Well, let's see if this changes anything at all.

I really do wish they'd hurry up and integrate their products better. There is a lot of cool things you can do with all this and they are really slow about bringing all this about.

Apple showed how it could be done and Microsoft is trying to do it. It's time the others pick up the pace.

still the greatest phone ever built

Actually this news is more about Ericsson (a huge company that does not only make mobile phones) quitting the mobile phone business.
Check below:
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=213157&

Love Sony Ericson phones so this could be good. It'd be nice to have deeper playstation integration or not have to rebuy games on the play(because at that point I just use an emulator)

God, First Contact was fucking great.

I don't know if this will mean good news or bad news for us.

In SonyErricsson:
-They let you unlock the bootloader, and even tell you how to do so http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/wp/2011/03/29/unlocking-the-boot-loader-in-the-new-xperia%E2%84%A2-smartphones/

- And even teach you how to build custom Linux kernel and flash it to the phone.
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/wp/2011/05/06/how-to-build-a-linux-kernel/

-In some instance, they supported some artistic hackers. http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/11/artists-hack-sony-ericssons-xperia-phones-to-see-the-unseen-uni/

-They lend hand to FreeXperia devs, with approximately 20 phones, along with debugged and rebuilt camera library binaries to ensure a proper user experience. To help the team's tireless efforts to bring CyanogenMod 7.1 to SE devices.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/02/sony-ericsson-lends-hand-to-freexperia-devs-shows-love-for-cyan/

As Xperia Play owner, I would be happy to see Sony integrate more of their services in the phones. Somehow, I have a feelings about their stance toward opensource community, it just won't be like when Ericsson was around.

I'm hearing this was initiated by Ericsson, and Sony's shares are taking a hit because Sony wasn't expecting this move, which could cost them a billion+.

The integration sounds cool. Hopefully the deal goes through.

My Sony Ericsson W600i is still probably my most favourite phone I've had. My HTC Dream makes me more angry than not, but that's also a bit due to goddamn Rogers. If I don't get a BlackBerry as my next phone (Waterloo represent!) I'll probably go with a Sony again.

You're in Waterloo Celica? I've got family there that I visit occasionally. Wonderful place. Toronto has goddamn amazing Greek food too, for some strange reason.

@Afrit:

Thanks for the links! I will read through some of them at a later time. :)

One would have to assume that if the Sony Ericsson's CEO Bert Nordberg was serious about converting the company fully over to smartphone's that Sony could assist in building better devices.

http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/03/sony-ericsson-ceo-we-underestimated-the-iphone/

Sony has already acknowledged mobile OS gaming with Xperia Play and Playstation Suite. There will probably be more things like Xperia Play, S1, S2 tablets and the virtual machine found in PSS will likely expand it's apps and API for more powerful games. PSS should probably stop at a point where it could still be compatible with a certain group of Sony devices and still be powerful enough for Ps Vita to play.

Again, this is all speculation. Only SE and Sony knows what is really going to happen or whether this buy out will happen.

@tristrix

And don't forget the really hot asian girls, oh and amazing sushi too. *drool*

@Tristrix
Yup I go to school here (WLU)! Yeah Toronto has a pretty big Greek community if I hear correctly. I haven't been out that way in awhile though >_<

So Sony is the Borg Queen, and Locutus (Captain Picard) is Ericsson?

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

@handhelds4ever
It's an interesting point from mr.Nordberg, apparently they have plans for next year to -probably- shutdown unprofitable/low profit margin non-smartphoneline. that would really help them financially by relocating more resources to invest on smartphones with already established consumer recognition.
I'm sure we will see XperiaPlay2, ARC2, Ray2 and MiniPro2.

about the PS Suite, I'm not sure why Sony is very slow when it comes to software development. They announce it early this year and still not nearly ready, and won't be completely ready till next spring.

I really hope PS suite SDK is free to download on Novamber, or it will never take off :(

One more thing I wish Sony do for Xperia, if they make an engine to easily port PSP games to PS suite, after all they did make one "PSP Engine" to easily port PSP games to PS3 (http://andriasang.com/comwoy/)
I think they have every resources to make one for the new PS suite on android.

There is an official press release which states that the Playstation Suite development tools must be payed for upfront (no official price as of yet), which makes sense bc there is still a product assessment that has to be made (and those resources need to be payed for initially).

Overtime, the PS Suite dev tools could be free but (for now) it really seems like a power tool for serious industry professionals to make games and apps on a platform neutral app. Presumably, some of the bigger name app and app game makers (be it studio or sucess story garage dev) could apply and make apps for PS Suite and they will be approved.

That header image made me happy :D

@handhelds4ever
I wasn't aware of that...I still think they should learn and identify what made apple and Google method so successful and attractive to devs.

If the SDK is free, I can download it and play around with it. Test if I can port my already developed project in another platform for it. Many devs will give it a chance.

when it comes to the app submission for review and quality assurance. for example I have to be a registered developer at Sony PSS for certain fee/per year.

This way it pays for the cost of product assessment and SDK support, and it filters uninterested devs. But still retain the attraction as an accessible SDK for new small devs to give it a chance.

Afrit:

I suppose Sony is just appealing to the very regimented mobile developers like Gameloft, Rovio, etc. It is a bit curious to see if indy's like Team Mojang have the budget to bring Minecraft to the PS Suite. PSS appears to be capable of the same graphical fidelity,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fHLAfRztF0k#t=216s

I actually wonder if Sony will forgo the ESRB rating process which supposedly taxes quite a bit on games and is a big reason why "apps" on market app stores do not cost much. There is some evidence to support the claim. The content created will be on Android OS and Sony have simply stated there will be a 'Playstation quality' assessment process. If at the end of the entire process it still results in free or low price apps, than that is a huge victory for Sony. If that happens.

Lecutisssssssss.

So should I not get Xperia Play because they might make a better "PlayStation Certified" smart phone?