Sony patent filing hints at touchscreen handheld

A portable PSP2 phone with multi-touch? Sounds interesting, but it's just another day in the patent office--for now.

Touching is <del>good</del> stealing.

Touching is good copying. Kotaku

A mysterious Sony patent office filing discovered today reveals that, at the very least, the company is entertaining the idea of a multi-touch handheld with phone capabilities.

Even more mysterious than that is the name of the patent inventor: Phil Harrison. Harrison was the former head of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), and now works for publisher Atari.

The Sony patent officially states the device would be a handheld with "a touchscreen" and "pressure pads" running along the edges.

Kotaku notes that there's no mention of the PSP, or PSP2, but the patent does mention use in phones, gaming devices and portable media players.

If true, you can bet this would be an E3 announcement with a winter/holiday release. Then again, patents get filed all the time and never see the light of day.

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LIVINGLEGEND69

Then again, patents get filed all the time and never see the light of day
I THINk that also...sony is trying to beat someone to the punch so they can sue the shit out of their asses if they copy the patent

Zataya

SONY WTF, just bring that GPS bs for the psp, more games and a better way to file music on the psp.

Wii60PS3_player

lol, i love the copying. even you sony lovers have to see this. you cant be this blind. now many things get aptented and dont see the light of day but jeez. sony how about some damn GAMES for this overpriced bluray player!

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