The new PSP model is set to launch in Japan on September 20th. A week before it debuts the company will also start selling a plug-in digital TV tuner for Japan's "OneSeg" format mobile digital TV broadcasts. OneSeg broadcasts are already available in much of Japan and are becoming a popular feature on cell phones. The broadcasts send a QVGA resolution (320 pixel by 240 pixel) resolution video signal that can be easily processed by portable gadgets such as the PSP. As the new PSP features a video-out connector it will also be possible to hook-up the device to a TV to watch programs although as the same channels are available on conventional TV at higher quality there would be little to gain.
The new PSP will be available in six colors in Japan: black, white, silver, pink. purple and blue. The new PSP is being launched to help push up poor sales of the handheld console. The device hasn't lived up to Sony's expectations and the company has revised down sales estimates. It sold 8.4 million PSPs in the fiscal year from April 2006 to March 2007, which was down from 14.1 million in the prior 12-month period. This year it hopes to sell 9 million of the devices.
Source - Yahoo! News
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