Sony PlayStation Vita

 

Sony has just announced the PlayStation Vita at E3 2011. “Vita” meaning “Life” in Latin was chosen by Sony because it enabled a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context.

PSVita will launch for $249 starting at the end of this year. This new handheld will incorporate a 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode (OLED) as the front display and a multi-touch pad on the rear. This device will feature two analog sticks, front and rear camera and bluetooth. There will be a WiFi model and for $50 dollars more, you can get the 3G version that will operate under AT&T’s fast mobile broadband network. More information and game videos after the jump.

 

UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss

 

 

Sound Shapes

 

 

Full Technical Specs

Platform Name PlayStation®Vita
Model number PCH-1000 series
CPU ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPU SGX543MP4+
External Dimensions Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
Screen (Touch screen) 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras Front camera, Rear camera
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Sensors Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
Location Built-in GPS
Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / Switches
  • PS button
  • Power button
  • Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
  • Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
  • Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
  • Right stick, Left stick
  • START button, SELECT button
  • Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless communications
  • Mobile network connectivity (3G)
  • IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
  • Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
Slots/Ports
  • PlayStation®Vita card slot
  • Memory card slot
  • SIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
  • Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In], Serial data communication), Headset jack (Stereo mini jack) (for Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In]) Accessory port
Power
  • Built-In Lithium-ion Battery,
  • AC adaptor
Supported AV content
  • Music
    -MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3 MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC) WAVE (Linear PCM)
format
  • Videos
    -MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC) H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Hi/Main/Baseline Profile (AAC)
  • Photos
    -JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG

[Playstation Blog]