The Sony Ericsson “Rachael” is an upcoming Android-based smartphone from Sony Ericsson rumoured to feature a Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm, which has awesome performance at clock speeds of 1-1.5 GHz depending on how they implement it. I bet it will be running at 1 GHz though.

The built-in camera sports an 8.1 MP sensor with auto-focus, while 3D-acceleration support boosts the usability of its many promising widgets.

For your mobile YouTube or TommyNation video streaming needs, 3.5G support is of course included with a 7.2Mbps HSDPA radio unit. Now if that doesn’t earn me some commissions…

With PlayStation 3 Remote Play abilities and mostly all else one can ask for… I just fell in love with this one!

According to SEfanatics, there is a reference in the latest edition of the official Sony Magazine, to a PSP-style phone possibly being released as soon as this month.

I’ll believe it when I see it, but the fact remains that Sony has filed a patent for such a device, and they may be able to surprise us, or at least semi-surprise us, if the thingamajig actually appears.

My only concern would be having to charge my phone every three hours …

Update 2010: Rumours are circulating again, almost two years later. Will we ever see this phone and PSP hybrid in production? Only time will tell.