Sony downplays PSP-phone rumors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson has filed a U.S. patent
application for a mobile device with video game features, but said on
Monday it is not poised to launch a phone based on its PlayStation
Portable (PSP) video game brand.
Sony Ericsson, a venture of Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Ericsson (ERICb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research),
filed a patent application dated May 31 with the U.S. Patent &
Trademark Office related to a mobile device with gaming functionality
that originated from employees in Japan.
The fourth-biggest cell phone maker did not rule out the development
of a device combining its phone technology with Sony's portable video
game technology, but said it was not ready to announce any products.
"We're continually evaluating other propositions but they have to be
credible propositions. We're not interested in sticking parts on phones
that destroy the brand equity that's been built up by Sony," Sony
Ericsson spokeswoman Merran Wrigley said by phone on Monday.
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