Via the Wall Street Journal comes a juicy tidbit of info that Sony may be working on a handheld device meant to not only combat Nintendo in the portable gaming market but every mobile device you currently carry around in your pocket as well.

One particular part of the WSJ article seems to boil the situation down nicely:

Meanwhile, Sony is developing a portable device that shares characteristics of hand-held game machines, e-book readers and netbook computers, according to people familiar with the matter. Some Sony e-book readers already come with 3G connections but it isn’t clear if a new wireless gadget will use carrier networks.

So if this is to be believed, Sony is tired of not being the champion in the portable game space as it envisioned itself to be by this time back in 2005 and now is setting their sights on taking on another portable market already in a heated battle. At least they aren’t trying to go all the way and make it a phone as well. Just declaring war in all markets to have their bases covered now that’d be crazy – The Ben