Now, for anyone out there looking to get their hands on the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone, you can now get the ball rolling by pre-ordering the device via Vodaphone UK.

But there is also better news, as revealed by the guys at Engadget, if you are willing to pay £35 or more a month you can get the Xperia Play for free over a 2 year contract. Too me this sounds like a great deal, as I am sure this device also known as the PlayStation Phone is going to cause a lot of interest when it finally hit’s the stores.

On Vodafone UK site they are also offering a free desk stand to all pre-orders made before 1 April and are aiming to deliver the orders by 5 April. Click here for more information.

Now as we stated in a previous article, the Xperia Play is due to be released in the UK on 31 March 2011 and is expected to be the biggest ever marketing campaign done by Sony Ericsson in the UK. See full article here.

The Xperia Play is expected to come with a 4 inch touchscreen display, a 1Ghz processor, run on the latest version on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and come with 6 pre-loaded games. But if your not happy with the games on offer with the phone, why not check out my colleague Mark’s article on BlackStab an exciting action/adventure/thriller game that is exclusive for this device.

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