You'll be able to preorder the device from Verizon's website starting this Thursday, one week before it's actually available for sale. The Xperia Play will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract, and you'll need to sign up for both a Verizon talk plan and data package, which start out at $39.99 and $29.99, respectively.
Engadget - Okay, so maybe physical keyboards were a bigger deal back in 2010 when this thing was filed, or maybe -- just maybe -- we'll one day see an Xperia Play smartphone with both a gamepad and a full QWERTY counterpart. A patent for such a contraption was just granted to Sony by the USPTO, which stakes its claim for a device with two sliding mechanisms in addition to the display.
MobileBliss: Sony have teamed up with Pixelbite, a full-size RC maker, to re-create a game of Reckless Racing 2 with "real" cars.
Engadget - Earlier this month, the good folks at OnLive released apps for both iOS and Android, granting mobile access to its cloud gaming service. However, its implementation was incomplete -- there was no support for the Xperia Play's slide-out controls.
