Sony PlayStation Vita: The next generation portable

Probably some of the most anticipated news of E3 2011 revolve around the successor to the PSP known as NGP ( Next Generation Portable ) and here Sony does not disappoint delivering a great deal of information about the laptop is expected to arrive in the final market 2011 under the name of the official PlayStation Vita.

Although not revealed an exact release date, it's official that we can get our hands on this laptop by the end of this year, and perhaps most impressive is the final price for North America of $ 249 for the version with only Wi-Fi and $ 299 for Wi-Fi/3G version. While confirming that the 3G service provider in the U.S. is AT & T did not give more details on procurement costs and data plans.

Sony aims for greater interaction of this new laptop with the PS3 , since for example we can find some games on both consoles with the possibility of online matches between players of both platforms. Furthermore, with the chance to play PSP titles Vita acquired via PlayStation Store and PS3 game adaptation, given the similar graphics capabilities with the latter, we can expect an extensive library of titles. Here are some of the most interesting official specifications.

CPU:
ARM Cortex-A9 core (4 cores)

GPU:
SGX543MP4 +

Dimensions:
Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm
Display:
Touch screen 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED, Multi-touch screen

Touch pad Rear:
Multi-touch pad

Front and rear cameras,
120fps @ 320x240 (QVGA), 60fps @ 640x480 (VGA)

Sensors:
Sixaxis motion-sensing system, Three-axis electronic compass

Communications:
3G Mobile Network, IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (Infrastructure / Ad-hoc), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP), integrated GPS locator

Ports:
PlayStation Vita card slot, Memory card slot, SIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi version only), multi-purpose port (USB data communication, DC IN, serial data communication), audio jack 2.5 for crown , accessory port

Supported formats:
MPEG-MP3 Music-1 / 2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC) WAVE (Linear PCM)
Video-MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Hi / Main / Baseline Profile (AAC)
Photo-JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG