A mere day after its official announcement (and much, much longer after the world first caught wind of it), the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, or PlayStation Phone as once 'twas known, is up for pre-order in the UK from mobile retailer unlocked-mobiles.com.

The site lists the Xperia Play as costing £549.98 SIM free including VAT, and expects to start making deliveries of the PlayStation branded handset by March 7th.

Included with the Xperia Play is a 2GB memory card, battery, charger, stereo headset, USB cable and a warranty card.

The Xperia Play was announced at MWC yesterday after literally years of speculation and rumour. You can have a look at what we made of it in our exclusive Xperia Play photos.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play video

Source: T3 Tech videos

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Link: Unlocked-mobiles.com

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