Sony Ericsson announced today a new mobile phone optimized for gamers and utilizing motion sensing.

The F305 is a quad band GSM/EDGE phone isn’t S-E’s first phone with accelerometers built-in, but it is the first in the company’s gaming phone line to incorporate motion control. Several games will be included with the phone (due to launch in Europe in Q3), including bowling and bass fishing, and more will be available for download after the phone’s debut.

The F305 even includes some very familiar-looking (to those who are part of the playstation generation) dedicated gaming buttons.

We expect to see a lot of similar announcements in the near future — between the success of the Wii (and rumors of motion control being added to the Xbox 360 and enhanced in the PS3) and the absolutely huge reception given to the motion sensing aspects of the iPhone, we expect that a lot of manufacturers will soon follow suit.

UPDATE: According to some recent articles, S-E signed a deal with GestureTek Mobile back in May. S-E hasn’t specified in its announcement whether the F305 uses accelerometers or optical motion sensing. Given this earlier deal, it could well be optical in this relatively low cost phone. More when we talk to GestureTek.

The New York Times has an excellent article in its “Basics” section describing motion sensors and their use in a variety of consumer applications. Well worth the read , you can find it here