Sony Ericsson Xperia Play first look (photos)

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play comes with a slide-out game controller that has the look and feel of a traditional PlayStation controller except that it doesn't have the two analog joysticks. Instead, it has two slightly inset touch-sensitive circles.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has a 4-inch 854x480-pixel display with 16 million colors. Other features include a Qualcomm Snapdragon II 8655 dual-channel chipset with 1GHz CPU and Adreno 205 graphics processor, a 5-megapixel rear camera, a front-facing VGA camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. It ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and doesn't have the usual manufacturer skin on the interface.

On one edge of the phone are the left and right shoulder buttons.

On the opposite edge are the USB port and the 3.5mm headset jack.