Reuters reports Sony planning (haptic) PlayStation phone

from the IV MB, by cellodude:

>>Reuters reports Sony planning (haptic) PlayStation phone

TOKYO (Reuters) -

[Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

A Sony spokesman declined to comment on the report.]

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090627/tc_nm/us_sony_gamephone

Sony Ericsson's patent app. for a gaming phone, "ORIENTATION BASED MULTIPLE MODE MECHANICALLY VIBRATED TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY," includes 58 occurrences of the phrase "mechanically vibrated touchscreen display."

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1="20080059888".PGNR.&OS=DN/20080059888&RS=DN/200800598

Unsure how IMMR/Sony license affects this situation.