Following the high-selling of PlayStation gaming consoles worldwide, Sony continues its innovation by releasing the PS Vita (PlayStation Vita) in December 17, 2011. This is definitely the development of the previous products of PlayStation including PS1 (PSOne/PSX), PS2 and PS3. There are lots of improvements added to this device and also several impressive applications have been pre-loaded to provide users the complete entertainment. The device will be available in two versions namely the PSV Wi-Fi and PSV Wi-Fi+3G. Below are the detailed technical specifications of PS Vita for your personal reference.
Design
The overall design of PS Vita is having the similar structure with the predecessor namely the PSP. It just has more rounded corners that surely will be able to provide a better handling while playing your favorite games. The device has the dimensions of 182 mm in height, 84 mm in width, and 19 mm in depth and this weighs about 279 grams.
Display
In terms of screen, this gaming device has been equipped with the excellent 5 inches capacitive touchscreen display. The display will be able to display image with the maximum resolution of 960x544 pixels in 16 million colors and also 16:9 aspect ratio. To deliver a brighter and sharper image, the screen has been built-in with the OLED multi-touchscreen technology.
Hardware
For the great overall performance, the device has been packed with CPU of ARM Cortex-A9 core (4-core) with the main memory of 512 MB and 128 MB VRAM. For the visual graphic needs, the device is added with GPU SGX543MP4+. To store the game files, the device offers dual memory card slot for additional memory card and also the PlayStation Vita Card (up to 32 GB).
Controls
The major control buttons of the gadget consist of PS button, power button, directional buttons, regular action buttons (cross, triangle, circle, square), shoulder buttons (right/left), right and left analog stick, start button, select button and volume rockers. This also has been added with several motion sensors that include 6-axis motion sensing system (3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer) along with 3-axis electronic compass.
Camera
For the photography necessities, the back-camera (0.3 MP) and also the front-facing camera (VGA) are available in this gadget. This will enable users to capture image and record videos with the quality of 320×240px @120 fps (QVGA), and also up to 640×480px resolution @60 fps.
Connectivity
Amazingly, the PS Vita Wi-Fi +3G model will allow for the fast and advanced connections including the 3G modem feature, GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks and also the HSDPA/HSUPA networks. Furthermore, the WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Wi-Fi) and also Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR/A2DP/ AVRCP/HSP) are available to carry out the wireless connectivity.
Battery Power
For the power supplier, the battery Lithium-ion 2210mAh (DC3.7V - AC adaptor: DC 5V) is included. This battery pack will be able to provide 3 to 5 hours of game playing, 9 hours of music playback (with the screen off) and also 5 hours of video playback.
Bottom Line
There will be more benefits in PS Vita as compared to the PSP such as the chatting capability while playing games, the cameras, bigger screen, greater processor and RAM, and also the 3G network. However, this device does not come with removable battery and it doesn’t support for video output. [IS]
