Update: Competition now closed.

This could be your chance to be one of the first people in the country to steer Liverpool to the Champions League final while playing the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY .

Everyone else counting down the six minutes until the train arrives? You could finally master Expert Mode on Guitar Hero.

Sony Ericsson is on the hunt for ten social-media savvy Aussies to help it celebrate the launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY on The Optus Open Network. Hit the break to get all the juicy details.

You’ll be asked to join in and review the pioneering new Android smartphone: the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY. This isn’t just a try before you buy experience, you’ll be competing against the other nine PLAYers in the competition for a chance to win the handset for yourself.

You’ll need to share your views on the Xperia™ PLAY by creating entertaining content that attracts comments, clicks, shares and retweets.

The PLAY, due to hit stores by June, is the world’s first PlayStation certified smartphone. Using Androids latest and greatest: Gingerbread 2.3, and coupled with a 1 Ghz processor, the PLAY is nothing short of a hand held gaming console, with all the perks of being a smartphone at the same time.

Sony Ericsson have collaborated with EA (The Sims, FIFA), Gameloft (Assassins Creed) and GLU (Guitar Hero) amongst others. This means you’ll have access to these popular games, plus many more available on the Android market.

This is your chance to compete against the other PLAYers to see who comes out on top.

The competition features much more than just the high-score game-off between competitors though. That means you don’t even need to be an avid gamer to join in. Sony Ericsson are looking for the most entertaining responses, reviews and experiences of the Xperia™ PLAY that you can share on within social media, including Facebook, Twitter and blogs.

The competition will utilise the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY’s specific gaming functions for head-to-head game battles. Sony Ericsson will challenge you to put the smartphone through its paces on the Optus Network. You’ll have to be at your imaginative best while using the PLAY’s camera, and feel comfortable interacting with the people most interested in your PLAY. Think you’re up for it?

The closing date for entries is Sunday 10th April 2011, so click here now and take your chance to become a Sony Ericsson PLAYer.

This is a sponsored post for Sony Ericsson Australia