Heya was reading the paper and guess what i found. Maybe the next rival to the ngage and most definitely the GBA sp.
(www.thesun.co.uk)
Play away with Sony
IT'S the future of home entertainment - a gadget that lets you watch a whole movie in your hand and puts arcade-style computer games at your fingertips.
SONY has taken the wrapper off its handheld PlayStation computer game console, giving a first look at what the eagerly-awaited machine will look like.
Due out at the end of next year, the PLAYSTATION PORTABLE - nicknamed the PSP - has been hailed by the electronics giant as the "Walkman of the future", a reference to its pocket tape and CD players that have taken the world by storm.
Like a little TV with its large 4.5inch colour screen, the gizmo uses tiny cartridges capable of storing up to 1.8GB of information - the equivalent of 1285 floppy disks.
The massive memory means PSP owners will be able to watch films at better than video quality, enjoy the latest music videos from their favourite chart stars or tackle games with the sort of graphics never before seen on a handheld.
It is also rumoured that the gadget may work as a mobile phone too.
Speaking at the PSP's initial launch in America in May, Sony's executive deputy president Ken Kutaragi said: "Just as PlayStation and PlayStation 2 revolutionised in-home computer entertainment, we aim to become a new driving force in the portable entertainment platform arena.
"Along with game applications, PSP will have a huge potential for delivering other forms of entertainment as well as live entertainment through the network, anywhere, anytime. This is the 'Walkman' of the 21st century."
The news comes just a week after the Japanese company revealed plans to shed 20,000 jobs worldwide over the next three years.
Sony already rules the roost in console gaming selling more than four and a half million of its best-selling PlayStation 2 in the UK and 62m worldwide.
But if this latest invention is to prove a reversal of fortune for the firm then it will have to wrestle the handheld crown from bitter rival Nintendo whose Game Boy machines have reigned supreme in the market for more than two decades.
The PSP will also have to prove a match for Nokia's N-Gage, a phone and gaming machine that was released last month in Britain and is already being given away free by some mobile networks in a bit to tempt customers to sign up.
Among Sony's other plans announced in New York is a rival to Apple's cult iPod digital music player for as little as �40. The cheapest iPod, which lets owners store thousands of songs on the palm-sized machine, costs more than �200.
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(http://www.the-magicbox.com/game110403c.htm)
PlayStation Portable
Sony has released new concept images of the PlayStation Portable system, in the Corporate Strategy Meeting in New York City.
The design of the PSP is quite different from GameBoy Advance, the PSP has a rounded rectangular shape, with a 4.5" 16:9 letterbox TFT LCD screen; the UMD drive is located on the back of the system, there is a snap-on cover and keychain hole with a hand lanyard attached.
Here are the specs of PlayStation Portable.
Core Processor:
MIPS R4000 32-bit core, 333MHz (1.2V)
128-bit bus
8MB eDRAM Main Memory
2.6Gbps Bus Bandwidth
FPU, VFPU (2.6 billion flops)
3D graphics extended instructions
I Cache, D Cache
Media Engine:
MIPS R4000 32-bit core, 333MHz (1.2V)
128-bit bus
2MB eDRAM Sub-Memory
I-Cache, D-Cache
90nm CMOS
Graphics Core:
166MHz (1.2V)
256-bit bus
2MB eDRAM (VRAM)
5.3Gbps Bus Bandwidth
664 million pixels / sec pixel fill rate
Built-in 3D curved surface, 3D polygon engine
Support compressed textures, hardware clipping, morphing, bone, tessellation, bezier, b-spline (NURBS)
Maximum 33 million polygons / second
24-bit full color (RGBA)
Sound Core:
166MHz (1.2 V)
128-bit bus
VME (Virtual Mobile Engine)
Reconfigurable DSP
5 Giga operations / sec
CODEC capabilities
3D sound, 7.1 channels
Synthesizer, effecter, and other abilities
ATRAC3 plus, AAC, MP3 for audio
Display:
TFT LCD
16:9-format widescreen
480x272 pixels
24-bit full color
Media:
UMD (Universal Media Disc)
1.8GB capacity (Dual-layered)
60mm-diameter disc,
660nm laser diode
11Mbps transfer rate
AES crypto system
Unique disc ID
Shock proof
Regional code system
Parental lock system
Repeat ordering system
Others:
MPEG4 AVC decoder
Wireless LAN (802.11)
IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
USB 2.0
Memory Stick
AV In/Out
Stereo headphone output
Lithium ion Rechargeable Battery
Expansion port
Sounds like the console (and possible phone) of my dreams. The only thing missing of course is a camera, but then theres the possibility of an attachment.
SAbz
