Getting closer and closer to launch its inevitable that Sony start releasing some of the finer points about their upcoming handheld, the PS Vita. Earlier this week, the company revealed that little thing packs quite a punch. The specs pleased many of the doubters, and now new images from the user interface show that its not just strong, but pretty as well. The shots come from all aspects of the user interface. The PlayStation store functionality, as well as trophies, game invitations, and other aspects of the PS Vita's functionality are all on display in the screenshots below. PS Vita is said to be launching later this year in Japan, and everywhere else in early 2012.

Social networking is said to be a large part of the appeal in Vita with owners able to access their favorite site like:


Facebook – Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people’s real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Over 750 million active users visit Facebook each month.


Foursquare – foursquare is a location-based service that helps users explore the world around them. Using PS Vita, users can “check in” at the locations they visit to meet up with friends, and share information about places. Users can also collect virtual badges for exploring new places, and can earn points to compete against friends.


Skype – Skype is software which enables people to communicate with others around the world using Internet-connected devices. Skype has more than 170 million average monthly connected users (for the three months ended June 30, 2011). Users of PS Vita will be able to use Skype to make free calls to others on Skype, as well as low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles virtually anywhere in the world.


Twitter – Twitter instantly connects people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. At the heart of Twitter are short messages called Tweets, which are 140 characters or less in length. Users can follow celebrities, friends or other people they find interesting to discover what’s happening around the world.


Full System 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)

*Main memory – 512MB

*VRAM - 128MB

*Rear touch pad - Multi touch pad (capacitive type)

*Cameras - Front camera, Rear camera

*Frame rate - 120fps@320×240(QVGA), 60fps@640×480(VGA)

*Resolution - Up to 640×480(VGA)

*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 (3G/Wi-Fi model only) - 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/Wi-Fi model only) - 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 format

*Music - MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC), WAVE (Linear PCM)

*Videos - MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High/Main/Baseline Profile (AAC)

Source: http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/ps-vita-official-system-specs-revealed/

Posted: Aug 22, 2011 3:03 pm