Yes, there are reports of shortages and yes, we know that it's not the fully branded PlayStation phone that the rumour mill has talked about for years - but the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is still a big deal and it has just gone on sale in the UK.

And,...

It's been rumoured without substance for almost 3 years (we ran our first story about it in February 2008) and it's been rumoured with plenty of substance (we've lost count of the leaks picturing it) since October last year.

But it's only now...

This video is reportedly the first Sony Ericsson Xperia Play commercial and was picked up (and uploaded to YouTube, of course) by Norwegian site DroidNYTT.

Every thought that Google's friendly little green robot could be scary?

Nope...

For a device that doesn't even officially exist yet, the PlayStation phone is certainly cropping up in a lot of places.

And the latest venture out for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play device is a McDonald's restaurant in Taiwan (and a busy road...

It's a shame that the PlayStation Phone (which is likely to be branded as a Sony Ericsson Xperia handset) wasn't shown off at CES 2011 - it looks as if we're gonna have to wait until Mobile World Congress in February (as exclusively revealed by Pocket-lint)...

Sony Ericsson, as we previously reported, will announce a bevy of new handsets at Mobile World Congress to expand its Xperia range.

The company has fired out a press invite inviting media in attendance of the largest mobile phone trade show...

The Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone will hit shops in April, after a February Mobile World Congress launch, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint.

The news will be a blow to those heading to Las Vegas and the Consumer Electronics...

Forget the rumours of a PlayStation phone, Sony has just announced that it is making the first steps to bringing the PlayStation to Android and Apple’s iPhone with the launch of a new app for the two platforms.

Although the new app won’t...

Well, well, well what do we have here then?

Actually it's fairly obvious isn't it? We mean, it looks exactly the same as all the leaked pictures that we've already seen, and even if we hadn't been treated to some blurry imagery already the...

Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg has done little to dispel the growing PlayStation phone rumours, stating: "There's a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere".

Nordberg also said: "Sony has an extremely strong offering in...

More pictures of the PlayStation Phone have turned up, showing its codename and that it's going to be on the rather large side.

If the images are real, and there is no reason to doubt that they aren't, those opting for the phone when it launches...

There are some rumoured devices in the tech world that are speculated upon so much, and over such a long period of time, that they seem destined to always remain a figment of the web's imagination and never actually become a reality.

One such...

Sony has unveiled its line-up for the rest of the year at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany.

While Nintendo and Microsoft has shunned the convention this year, Sony used its time on stage to announce new hardware and software, although,...

Jaakko Kaidesoja, the Nokia Games boss, has told journos at an exclusive event in Lapland that he's not at all worried about Sony's rumoured PlayStation phone.

Kaidesoja was bullish, stating: "I'm not scared about anybody. The real question...