Verizon To Offer Xperia Play From May 26, Pre-Orders Starting From May 19

Happy news for gaming lovers, Verizon finally announced the launching date for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, first PlayStation-certified smartphone with a sliding gamepad. This Android powered gaming smartphone from Verizon will start shipping from May 26. You can pre order the device from May 19 itself. Verizon is offering it for $199.99 with contract.

You will get seven pre loaded games like Madden NFL 11 and The Sims 3 from EA, Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior from Digital Legends, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline and Star Battalion from Gameloft, Tetris and Crash Bandicoot from Sony. You can also select your favorite cup of tea from Android market.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is powered by 1 GHz Snapdragon with Adreno 205 GPU, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 5 mega pixel rear facing camera and also included a front facing camera for video chat. The front facing camera also offers some nice gaming experience.

Via Press Release