According to the site, the device is already in the prototyping stage, and features some hefty hardware under its glossy frame. The PlayStation Phone will reportedly include a 1-GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 CPU, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and run the Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) OS. Based on the photos Engadget posted, the PlayStation Phone will have a sliding design, like the PSPGo, and use a long multitouch trackpad instead of the PSP's analog disc. Curiously, while the supposed prototype has a Sony Ericsson logo, it doesn't seem to have any PlayStation branding. Interestingly, while it will reportedly support microSD cards, Engadget said the PlayStation Phone won't use Memory Sticks like previous PSP models.
We reached out to Sony, but received no confirmation as to the design, specifications, or even existence of the product, or if it's the same device described last month by Mortal Kombat developer and Netherrealm Studios executive producer Shaun Himmerick as the "PSP2." Himmerick said that Netherrealm Studios had a PSP2 in-house, and that it "looks like it's a pretty powerful machine." Like the Playstation Phone, Sony has not confirmed the existence of the PSP2. We'll update this story if we learn more from the company.
Considering the original PlayStation Portable has only a 333MHz CPU and 32MB of memory, the PlayStation Phone's specs would certainly quality as a "pretty powerful machine" by comparison. Of course, last May, CVG reported that the PSP2 would have a quad-core processor in the form of a scaled-down version of the PlayStation 3's engine. Until Sony confirms these rumors, all we have is speculation.