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Chinese phone is the un-PSP

It looks almost identical, but it's not

Mike Yamamoto Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Mike Yamamoto is an executive editor for CNET News.com.
Mike Yamamoto
PSP clone, sort of

There was a time that Sony epitomized the Japanese practice of taking American electronics designs, essentially copying them and then making them smaller. So it's no small bit of karma that a Chinese company has apparently duplicated almost ever respect of the PSP's external design.

There's just one difference: It's a phone. Akihabara News says this un-handset does have a game feature to go along with a 1.3-megapixel camera and the ability to play music and video--but, other than its cloned design, that seems to be end of any similarities to the PSP. Sony does seem to have it beat in at least one important area, though: designer accessories.

(Photo: Akihabara News)