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Verizon Wireless Officially Launches Xperia Play Next WeekVerizon Wireless will release the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread next week.
Verizon Wireless and Sony Ericsson today announced the official release date for the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone will be available for pre-order online beginning May 19, and in stores on May 26 for $200 with a new two-year contract. The Xperia Play requires a Nationwide Talk plan and a smartphone data package.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play will come pre-loaded with seven game titles, including Madden NFL (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.
More than 50 game titles will be available for download via V Cast Apps at launch. Game developers who are interested in offering games for the Xperia Play are encouraged to visit Verizon's Xperia Play developer page.
The Xperia Play's signature feature is a slide-out game pad that reveals a directional keypad, dual analog touch joystick, two shoulder buttons and the four iconic PlayStation symbol keys: circle, X, square and triangle.
Key Xperia Play specs include a second-generation 1GHz Snapdragon processor with Adreno 205 GPU, 4-inch multi-touch display, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and VGA front-facing camera. The smartphone supports Google Mobile services such as Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Search and Google Maps. Android Market offers access to more than 200,000 downloadable apps, games and widgets.