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thelostone
08-12-2010, 12:42 PM
Android 2.3 is reported to support gaming controls and very PlayStation-sounding ones at that


Android 2.3 SDK has built-in support for gaming controls and ones that sound very PlayStation-esque, too.
Inside the Android 2.3 SDK there?s a set of new keycodes that will sound very familiar to gamers: L1, L2, R1, R2, Select and Start.
Could this just be for the PlayStation Phone, code named the Sony Ericsson Zeus Z1?
Either way it is an interesting possibility and one that shows Google is getting extremely serious about mobile gaming, which is just as well as the competition, what with Microsoft and Apple, is really starting to hot up.
This would be an amazing feature to have on your Android 2.3 handset, especially with HDMI-support as well, so you could port out the games to your TV and use your phone as a console like you could with the Nokia N900.