Sony's Next Generation PlayStation

I knew Sony had something up its sleeves, coming out with the Pspgo seems vague a lot, despite the fact that the Pspgo, has a faster processor and its much more smaller and portable; still the only feature it had was the blue-tooth and that didn’t seem to move the Psp Fans.At the Sony Computer event at Tokyo, company CEO Kaz Hirai announced the PlayStation Portable 2 game console codenamed NGP. Looks like NGP stands for Next-Generation PlayStation. Packing a 5-inch OLED screen, this new generation PSP game console is curvaceous at its corners. This handheld game console has touchscreen on the front panel and two touchpads on its back panel. Hirai noted that this NGP game console would be released in Japan by year-end.

Key NGP 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 cameras (front and rear)

Software titles on small, dedicated flash memory-based cards

Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass

Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity

PlayStation Network access, including ““LiveArea™”, “Near” and “Activity” log features Trophy Support

NGP will be able to play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store.

Kaz Hirai, told that the NGP will offer five new features:
– Revolutionary User Interface.
– Social Connectivity.
– Location-based Entertainment.
– Converging Real and Virtual (augmented reality).
– PlayStation Suite Compatibility.

PlayStation Portable 2 game console offers a 5-inch OLED touchscreen supporting 960×544 pixel resolution which is four times that of the current generation PSP. On the body, NGP carries dual-analog sticks – one on each side of the screen. The action buttons and D-pad have been pushed higher to accommodate the analog sticks. Guess what? These dual-analog sticks promise you DualShock experience just like the ones in DualShock controllers for PS3.

Specifications:
– CPU: ARM Cortex -A9 core (4 core)
– GPU: SGX543MP4 (4 core)
– Dimensions: 182mm x 18.6mm x 83.5mm (Widthxheightxdepth)
– Screen: 5-inch OLED capacitive, 16:9 aspect ratio, 960×544 pixel resolution
– Touchpads: Capacitive
– Cameras: Front and rear
– Sound: Built in stereo speaker with grills on front and built-in mic
– Sensor: three-axis accelerometer, three-axis gyroscopic sensor and three-axis compass
– Location: Built-in GPS
– Wireless: 3G Network, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (infra and Ad Hoc) and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR

Although these are the specs released by Sony, speculations on the price and release date hasn’t been made. hopefully it would be out before October – i wish because can’t wait to get a glimpse of this console.