Android though has its own charm because of being open source, because of the freedom of choosing from various handsets, because of the freedom of choosing the carrier of your own choice and what not. But still, it lags behind in competition with the iPhone because of several reasons, the top most among them is because it lacks quality applications.

And thats not only true for general utility or web applications, thats true for gaming apps too. Thought Android uses OpenGL for graphics purpose and they do have a pretty strong platform to support gaming, but due to some reasons the developers have not availed this opportunity and have left Android Marketplace with dry apps in which people show less interest, in comparison with the iPhone apps.

As mentioned earlier, mobile games on Android haven’t made quite an impression yet, like they have made on iPhone. To make things right, Sony Ericsson has planned (its a rumor actually) to launch a Playstation compatible cellphone running on Android 3.0 (Gingerbread, has yet to be released) and would bring PS titles to that platform. In other words, Sony Ericsson is planning to launch the next generation of PSP that has all the features of a Smart phone. Imagine that!

Engadget reports:

It seems that Sony Ericsson — a company that has yet to even introduce an Android 2.0 device — is at work on a project to redefine gaming on Google’s mobile platform. We now know (via a trusted source) that the company is actively and heavily developing a brand new gaming platform, ecosystem, and device (possibly alongside Google) which are already in the late stages of planning. And we’ve got the goods on it.

About the under-the-hood specs of this cellphone, its believed that it would run on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a giant 3.7 inch display and a PSP-like keyboard and keys for the ultimate gaming experience. Thats a pretty smart move from the company as gamers usually prefer to feel the physical control for their game over any touch screen like stuff. The keyboard would be then obviously on the touchscreen.

They are also planning to create a separate application marketplace like Android Marketplace, dedicated to supported games only. Users would be able to instantly purchase and download the games to their phone.

Thats the details we have got our hands on so far. Stay tuned for more updates.

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