PSP3000 PSP 3001 officially announced

PSP 3000 officially announced






The event currently going down at Leipzig is now officially more exciting than E3.
Taking the ace out of its sleeve, Sony has just officially announced the PSP 3000
at their press conference. Speculate no more folks, here's the skinny.

According to David Reeves, the PSP 3000 will have its own built-in microphone,
and has an enhanced LCD screen that will “increase intensity and the number
of colours that can be displayed – and is easier to view in natural light."

The pirce is still the same !!!
Sorry for the inconvenience. =(]
199.99 for a budle.

The PSP-3000 will be replacing the Mystic Silver colored PSP that comes with the
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters bundle. A 1GB Mem stick PRO Duo, National Treasure
2: Book of Secrets on UMD, and a voucher to download Echochrome from the PS
Store will be bundled along with it. The pack will cost US$ 199.99, and will be
released October 15.

Source:QJ

Thank you Blindy for letting me in on the info.

SCEA just announced the North American details concerning the PSP-3000.
The previously announced Ratchet & Clank PSP Entertainment Pack will
launch on October 14th for $199.99. It will now include the following:

* Mystic Silver PSP-3000
* Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
* National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets UMD
* echochrome PSN voucher
* 1GB Memory Stick PRO duo

A second entertainment pack has also been announced called the PSP 4GB
Memory Entertainment Pack. The will launch in November for $199.99 as well. It includes:

* Piano Black PSP-3000
* 4GB Memory Stick PRO duo
* Everyday Shooter PSN voucher

The Piano Black PSP-3000 will be sold separately later this year as a PSP
Core Pack, which includes only an AC adaptor and battery pack for $169.99.


Posted by: WEIRX
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Not
long after Sony unleashed its updated model of the PlayStation
Portable, affectionately named PSP Slim & Lite, there's an
interesting placeholder image found on Sony Computer Entertainment's
website for instruction manuals that raises eyebrows.

The image
says "3000 series" on the PSP website, and it's inevitable for people
to speculate that a new line of the handheld is at least in the works.

The
sleek and lighter PSP-2000 was launched back in September across the
globe and the portable gaming device is expected to run for 10 years,
so it doesn't seem unlikely for Sony to push for redesigned models
before unveiling a successor. Though the image could have been prepared
for future plans, we'll just watch out for any possible announcements.
Keep checking back for updates!

New PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Comes With Advanced High Contrast LCD
Screen and Built-In Microphone Hitting the Market Worldwide in October
2008


Tokyo, August 21, 2008 - Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that it would launch a new
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-3000)
featuring an advanced LCD that further improves the very popular, high
resolution PSP display. The new PSP will be available in stores in
Japan, Asia, North America and Europe from October 2008. While
inheriting the basic design and functionality of the current "slim and
light" PSP, the image quality on the new LCD screen is dramatically
enhanced, and a built-in microphone is added to meet the PSP users'
demand to enjoy games and content with voice input functionality
without the use of a separate microphone. Offering the
highest-level contrast ratio, response time, and wider color gamut
possible on a portable LCD screen, the new PSP is capable of displaying
movies and photos in more natural and vibrant colors on its high
resolution 4.3 inch wide screen. The new LCD screen adopts an
anti-reflection technology, which enables users to see the screen more
clearly in well-lit places, even when used outdoors. The built-in
microphone will allow users to easily enjoy games that utilize a
microphone, as well as Skype� and other communication tools. Through
these additional and upgraded features, not only will the PSP user
experience improve, but content creators also will have more
flexibility to develop creative, entertainment content for the new PSP. Further
expanding PSP's entertainment capabilities, the video-out port is also
expanded to output gameplay in interlace format, which will allow new
PSP users to enjoy games on non-progressive TVs by using separately
sold cables. With the current "slim and light" PSP, games can be
displayed on progressive TVs only. In addition to the
basic "Piano Black" color, the new PSP will also come in "Pearl White"
and "Mystic Silver"*4 to meet variety of lifestyle and preference of
all ages. PSP is gaining overwhelming support from a wide
range of users from all over the world through its exciting lineup of
software titles as well as the introduction of color variations and
network services. Since the launch of "slim and light" PSP in September
2007, the expansion of the PSP platform has been further accelerated,
and more than 41 million units have been sold as of June 2008. SCEI
will continue to expand the PSP platform and create a new world of
computer entertainment with the new PSP, building on the strong lineup
of new game titles launching through the holiday season. PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) (PSP-3000) Product Overview Product
Name PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) External dimensions Approx. 169.4 x
18.6 71.4 mm / 6¾ x ¾ x 2¾ in (width x height x depth) (excludes
largest projection) Weight Approx. 189g / 6.7oz (including battery
pack) CPU PSP CPU (System clock frequency 1-333MHz) Main Memory 64MB
Display 4.3 inches (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive, 480x272
pixel, Approximately 16,770,000 colors displayed Sound Built-in stereo
speakers Main input/output Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b) (Wi-Fi)
High Speed USB (USB2.0) (mini-B)
Memory Stick PRO Duo™
Analog Video Out
Microphone Main connectors DC IN 5V connector
DC OUT connector
Video out/headset connector
USB connector
Memory Stick Duo™ slot Key/Switches Directional buttons (up/down/right/left), Analog stick
Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square)
START button, SELECT button, PS button
POWER/HOLD switch, WLAN switch
Display button, Sound button, Volume (+/-) buttons Power sources Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery pack
AC adaptor
USB
power supply Internal disc drive Read-only UMD™ drive Supported profile
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Game UMD™ Video Access control Region code,
parental control Wireless communications Infrastructure mode
Ad hoc mode (connects up to 16 consoles) Supplied accessories AC adaptor
Battery pack (1200mAh)Supported codec (in Memory Stick)Video Memory Stick Video Format:
MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC)
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
MP4 File Format:
MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC)
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile - CABAC only - (AAC LC) / Baseline profile (AAC LC)
AVI
Motion JPEG (Linear PCM or µ-Lau) MusicMemory Stick Audio Format
ATRAC3™
ATRAC3plus™
MP3
MP3 (MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer3)
MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)
WAVE (Linear PCM)
WMA (Windows Media Audio 9 Standard Only)Photo JPEG
TIFF
BMP
GIF
PNG