PS Vita – Why It’s Bound To Be A Success

Sony has finally laid bare pretty much everything regarding their upcoming handheld device: Playstation Vita. We look at why exactly it might change the way we look at handheld gaming and turn out to be a huge success. First off let’s take a look at what it offers.
Listed below are the complete hardware specifications of Sony’s Vita. While the basic hardware stats for the handheld remain unchanged since they were revealed back in January, certain revelations on camera resolutions and other communication details have been done at the Sony’s E3 keynote.

• CPU:

ARM Cortex-A9 core (4 core)

• GPU:

SGX543MP4+

• 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)

• Rear touch pad:

Multi-touch pad (capacitive type)

• Cameras:

Front camera, Rear camera
Frame rate : 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
Resolution : Up to 640x480(VGA)

• Sound:

Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone

• Sensors:

Sixaxis 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, Dpad, 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), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)

• 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

• Supported formats:

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 Hi/Main/Baseline Profile (AAC)
Photos －JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG