PlayStation Vita

PlayStation Vita 

New controls include dual analog sticks, three-axis gyroscope and accelerometer and 2 cameras.
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Superior design features, including touchpads at the front and rear.
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New dedicated flash-based game medium, with one slot for game content and a second for personal content.
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The best in content, from classic PS One games to your favorite franchises and new ones going forward.
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Technical Specifications

• 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)
• 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
• Game Media/Storage - New Vita-specific dedicated flash-based game medium; dual slots, one for the new game medium, the other is for storage media to be utilized for personal content and download content
• 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
  • IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
  • Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
• Battery - Internal/embedded (not removable)

Vita Features

Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display

Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device

Dual analog sticks

Two digital cameras (front and rear)

Software titles on small, Vita-specific flash memory-based cards

Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass

Advanced and fast Wi-Fi connectivity

Free PlayStation Network access, including trophy support and new Vita features "LiveArea" and "Near"

Vita can play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store.

The Best in New and Classic Content

In addition to containing the best in new handheld gaming hardware technology, Sony's PlayStation Vita provides users with the best in quality content. All your favorite game franchises are coming to Vita, including but not limited to Uncharted in Uncharted Golden Abyss, LittleBigPlanet, Hot Shots Golf, ModNation Racers, Wipeout and many more -- including all new game launches -- yet to be announced. Joining these new offerings, players will also have full wireless access to the PlayStation Store. Here, via Vita's improved Wi-Fi capabilities owners can download new game add-ons, movies, comics and PS One classics ported over for handheld play. PlayStation Vita also features full backwards compatibility (via download) to all PSP games. Together this powerful merging of hardware and software is destined to create entertainment experiences unlike anything else available in the handheld gaming market.