I have some great news for our folks out in the US. All systems are go for the roll out of the first PlayStation Certified smartphone, Xperia PLAY on Verizon Wireless. While SonyEricsson has successfully launched Xperia PLAY in other countries, their US customers have been readying themselves to make the jump to the Xperia family in a whole new way. The device will be available in-store May 26th, but you can look to get a head start with the pre-sale starting May 19th at www.verizonwireless.com.
Pricing and Availability
The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY will be available in the US for pre-sale online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning May 19, and in stores on May 26 for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play customers will need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan and a smartphone data package. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 for monthly access and an unlimited smartphone data plan is $29.99 for monthly access.
Features:
Powered by Android 2.3, Gingerbread, the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY will come pre-loaded in the US with seven game titles including, Madden NFL 11 (EA Sports), Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior (Digital Legends), Asphalt 6: Adrenaline (Gameloft), The Sims 3 (EA), Star Battalion (Gameloft), Crash Bandicoot (Sony PlayStation) and Tetris. Customers can expand their video game library with more than 50 game titles available at launch for download via V CAST Apps. Customers easily become gamers with the slide out game pad revealing a directional keypad, dual analog touch joystick, two shoulder buttons and the four iconic PlayStation symbol keys: circle, X, square and triangle.
Additional Features:
1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with Adreno 205 GPU
Adobe Flash Player
4-inch multi-touch display
5 Megapixel rear facing camera
VGA front facing camera for still shots and video chatting
Support for Google Mobile Services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Search, Google Maps and access to more than 200,000 apps available to download from Android Market
Mobile Hotspot capable- share 3G connection with up to five WiFi-enabled devices
