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Sony has recently unveiled its brand new portable console called PlayStation Portable (PSP)  Go N1000. Useless to say, it is going to be the next generation device used by million of teenagers around the globe and …well, it will also be used by older people (such as me for example!). The first thing to notice in the PSP Go (PSP-N1000) are its dimensions which are smaller that the original PSP. As a matter of fact, it is only  128 x 16.5 x 69 mm. It is also lighter. Approximately, 40% lighter (5.6 ounces) than the old PSP. Let’s see together its specs.

Product Outline
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) go (PSP-N1000)
Product Name PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) go
External dimensions Approx. 128 x 16.5 x 69 mm (width x height x depth) (excludes largest projection)
Weight Approx. 158g / 5.6 oz (including internal battery)
CPU PSP® CPU（System clock frequency 1-333 MHz, Main memory 64MB）
Display 3.8 inches (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive,
480 x 272 pixel, Approx. 16,770,000 colors displayed
Sound Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Main input/output Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b) (Wi-Fi)
Bluetooth®2.0 (EDR)
High Speed USB (USB2.0)
Memory Stick Micro™(M2™)
Analog Video Out
Microphone
Main connectors Multi use connector
(DC IN / OUT, USB, Video Output / Input, Sound Input / Output)
Headset / Microphone connector
Memory Stick Micro™(M2™) slot
Key / Switches Directional buttons (up/down/right/left), analog stick,
Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square), L/R buttons
START button, SELECT button, PS button
POWER/HOLD switch, WLAN switch
display button, sound button, volume (+/-) buttons
Power sources Lithium-Ion rechargeable internal battery pack
AC adaptor
USB power supply
Internal memory 16GB (Flash Memory)
Supported profile PSP® Game
Access Control Region code, parental control
Wireless communications Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b) (Wi-Fi)
(Infrastructure mode / Ad hoc mode (connect up to 16 consoles))
Bluetooth®2.0 (EDR)
Supplied accessories AC adaptor
USB cable
CD-ROM（Media Go）
*Design and specifications are subejt to change without notice.

Supported coded (in Memory Stick Micro (M2™) / Internal memory)
Video * Memory Stick Video Format
- MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC)

MPEG-4
- MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (CABAC) (AAC)
Baseline Profile (AAC)

AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
Music * Memory Stick Audio Format
- ATRAC3™*8
- ATRAC3plus™*8
- MP3

MP3 (MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer3)
MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)
WAVE (Linear PCM)
WMA (Windows Media® Audio 9 Standard only)*9
Photo * JPEG (DCF2.0/Exif2.21 compliant)

TIFF
BMP
GIF
PNG
*8 Content protected by Open MG can be played back only when it is stored in M2.
*9 WMA Playback feature needs to be enabled.

The new  Playstation Portable (PSP) Go N1000 comes in Piano Black and Pearl White colors and will be available for US$249 and euro 249 beginning October 1, 2009.