While many are awaiting the PSP Phone by Sony Ericsson, they can also make do with the fake one, the KIRF PSP Phone, as long as they don’t mind sacrificing a lot of quality.
This bad boy comes in white or black, runs Android OS, sports dual SIM card slots, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a mini-USB port. As far as gaming goes, a NES emulator has been thrown onto the device so you can keep up with your Super Mario Brothers if you so choose. We’re still wondering why they didn’t throw PSX4Droid on there, but users who get the thing may be able to install it, if they can find it – we doubt the Android Market will work on this device. The obvious lack of decent features just makes us want to laugh, but the phone does run Android, at least. We’re not exactly sure what version it’s running, but from the looks of the app launcher, it’s at least Android 2.1. The real PSP Phone should sport Gingerbread.
As far as hardware goes, the device actually looks pretty darn nice all in white. As with the real PSP Phone, the KIRF resembles a PSP Go which sports a slide-out game controller. The buttons are back-lit with a blue LED, which looks pretty awesome. I’d almost go as far to say that I like the button configuration of the KIRF better than the prototype of the real thing. The KIRF has the start/select buttons and what looks to be either a wireless or volume button. Not sure about that one, but the space looks somewhat more utilized than the touchpad found on SE’s pride and joy.
The description of the handset says that there is a stylus as an accessory, so we’re going to assume that this is a resistive screen. The battery is rather large, though, coming in at 1800 mAh. It’s also nice to see a phone, knock-off or not, support a handful supported media formats that people use today. It looks like you may be able to grab one of these guys for a mere $60, if you can actually find where to buy it, that is.
While it’s not the real deal, and may be hard to actually get, the KIRF PSP Phone may just be cheap enough to buy and play around with for kicks until Sony Ericsson reveals the real thing sometime in the future.
[Via: Engadget]