Sony’s PlayStation Vita retains the familiar general form of the PlayStation Portable hardware series while improving on virtually every aspect of its use with new features including: dual touch pads at the front and rear, dual cameras at the front and rear, dual analogue sticks, a 5-inch OLED screen, six-axis motion sensors and a three-axis electronic compass and built-in connectivity via Wi-Fi. Taken together, this makes for a handheld gaming device that truly signals the entry of handhelds into the world of Next-Gen gaming.

Today’s Groupon offers Sony Playstation Vita console for £145.

The Specifics

• Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display
• Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device
• Dual analogue sticks
• Two digital cameras (front and rear)
• Software titles on small, dedicated flash memory-based cards
• Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Free PlayStation Network access, including trophy support and new Vita features “LiveArea” and “Near” Vita can play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store

Technical Specifications

• 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)
• 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
• Game Media/Storage - New dedicated flash-based game medium; dual slots, one for the new game medium, the other is for storage media to be utilised for personal content and download content
• Sound: built-in stereo speakers, built-in microphone
• Sensors - Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), three-axis electronic compass
• 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
• IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
• Battery - Internal/embedded (not removable)

Box Contains

• PS Vita console
• Safety guide
• Quick start guide
• Parental controls booklet
• PSN sign-uUp leaflet
• Power lead / AC adaptor
• USB cable
• Wide area augmented reality (WAAR) cards

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