The PSP2 (or NGP) + Specs

At PlayStation Meeting 2011 in Japan a yesterday, Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, SCEI, introduced the world to the newest addition to the PlayStation product family and the future of portable gaming: currently codenamed NGP (Next Generation Portable).

PSP (original) changed the way we has consumers thought of portable devices, and raised our expectation from DS graphics to PlayStation(R)Portable graphics. Since 2005 over 64 million people have bought the PSP.  Sony set out to yet again redifine these inustry standards, making the portable electronics market even more competitive.

The NGP will offer Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity (carriers?). The 5-inch OLED front multi-touch display will bring images to life, and the multi-touch pad on the rear enables player to use those other fingers for even more enhanced gaming. PlayStation(R)Network services will be made specifically for the NGP.
Think we were done? Well were not, the new just gets better. Your favorite game developers from both PlayStation(R)3 and PSP will be making games for the NGP! This means we'll be seeing games such as; Uncharted, and Call of Duty. To top it off the NGP will also work with the PlayStation(R)Suite which was also recently announced.

Key NGP features: 

• Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) on front 
• Multi-touch pad on the rear of device 
• Dual analog sticks 
• Two cameras (front and rear) 
• Software titles on small, dedicated flash memory-based cards 
• Three motion sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass) 
• Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity 
• PlayStation Network access, including "LiveArea", "Near" and "Activity" log features trophy support 
• NGP will be able to play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store. 

Now for you Techies out there:

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)
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
Sound	Built-in stereo speakers Built-in microphone
Sensors	Six-axis 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 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	Mobile network connectivity (3G) IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode) Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）

Now here are just some of the games we can expect to see:

• Killzone
• Uncharted
• WipEout
• LittlerBigPlanet
• Call of Duty
• Resistance
• Little Deviants
• Hot Shots Golf
• Reality Fighters
• Gravity Daze
• Smart As
• Broken
• Hustle Kings

Now of course we don't know everything yet, but details such as release date, price, and more will be announced when available. Stay tuned for more updates!