The official PlayStation Blog has announced that the PlayStation Vita will be released pretty much worldwide on February 22, 2012. There is also a list featuring the official specs of the handheld, so you know what your €249 or €299 is going to be spent on.
- Platform name – PlayStation Vita
- Model number – PCH-1000 series
- CPU – ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
- GPU – SGX543MP4+
- Main memory – 512MB
- VRAM – 128MB
- External Dimensions – Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
- Weight – Approx 279g (3G/Wi-Fi model)Approx 260g (Wi-Fi model)
- 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@320×240(QVGA), 60fps@640×480(VGA)Resolution : Up to 640×480(VGA)
- Sound – Built-in stereo speakersBuilt-in microphone
- Sensors – Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
- Location – Built-in GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only) 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/Wi-Fi model only) 3G modem (data communication): HSDPA/HSUPA, GSM/GPRS/EDGEIEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode) Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
- Slots/Ports – PlayStation®Vita card slotMemory card slotSIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio [Stereo Out / Mono In]
- Power – Built-In Lithium-ion Battery: DC3.7V 2210mAhAC adaptor: DC 5V
- Operating environment temperature – 5℃~35℃
- Supported AV content/format – 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 High/Main/Baseline Profile(AAC)Photos-JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG
Pre-orders have been available for quite some time from the likes of amazon.co.uk and Play.com, for more info, visit the blog.