AT&T Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G announced

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G has been announced for AT&T. Beginning Sept 18, the PlayStation-certified smartphone will be available for $49.99 with a two-year agreement in AT&T stores and att.com. Running the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread platform, the first PlayStation-certified smartphone in the world features a brilliant 4-inch 480 x 854 screen and stereo speakers.

AT&T Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY 4G has dedicated gaming controls built into the phone through a slide out controller including directional keypad, dual analog touch joystick, two shoulder buttons and the four iconic PlayStation symbol keys: circle, X, square and triangle. Xperia Play has dual camera: 5MP rear and VGA forward-facing, with video recording and chat capabilities over Wi-Fi.

AT&T Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is pre-loaded with seven games, some of which are exclusive, at no additional cost including:
+ Dungeon Defenders Second Wave by Trendy Entertainment
+ Asphalt 6 Adrenaline by Gameloft
+ Star Battalion by Gameloft
+ Madden NFL 11 by Electronic Arts
+ The Sims 3 by Electronic Arts
+ Tower Bloxx: My City by Digital Chocolate
+ Crash Bandicoot by SCEA/Naughty Dog/Universal

AT&T customers will have access to 150 Xperia PLAY optimized games including Minecraft Pocket Edition, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Dead Space 2 for download and purchase through the "Get Games" recommender screen, easily accessible when you slide open the Xperia PLAY's game controller.