Has PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai just been hired to oversee a PSP phone? It certainly looks that way. Hirai has been promoted to head the new Sony Networked Products and Services division in a Sony reshuffle, putting him in charge of everything from PlayStation to the Walkman brand, Vaio devices and the mysterious �new mobile products�.
PlayStation boss Hirai has been tasked with �expansion of the PlayStation Network service platform� which sounds suspiciously like Sony wants the PSN to be available on other devices, a�la iTunes runs on Mac, PC, Apple TV and iPhone, but even broader. However, that�s not the best bit.
Sony specifically states that Hirai will also be in charge of �new mobile products� . Is Sony prepping a PSP phone? Maybe it�s the new PSP2 instead, but our money really is on a PSP phone. Sony only recently blocked Sony Ericsson from developing one - perhaps it plans to make the PSP phone in house instead.
At the very least, we�re looking at more Sony gadgets connecting up to the PlayStation Network, possibly downloading movies and music rather than games, but is this a sign that a PSP phone is incoming too? Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has been trying to get the vast company coordinated and working together properly, a scheme he calls Sony United. Perhaps a PSP phone will be the next fruit of this.
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