The new Sony PlayStation Vita has been announced officially at prices a little over than what was expected .

250 US$ for Wifi only (Rs. 12,000)

300 US$ for Wifi+3G (Rs. 14,500)

It offers a complete new gaming experience and features include :

Offers six-axis motion sensors Dual analog controls (proper ones, with thumbsticks Front- and rear-facing cameras OLED touchscreen Touchpad on the back

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PRESS RELEASE

Sony Computer Entertainment Announces “PlayStation®Vita” as the Official Name for Next Generation Portable [...]

Sony today announced the NEXT GENERATION PS PORTABLE (NGP) Specs include

quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor 5-inch touchscreen OLED display with 960 x 544 resolution dual analog sticks (not nubs as on the current generation) 3G, WiFi, GPS rear-mounted touchpad the same accelerometer / gyroscope motion sensing as in the  Move electronic compass cameras front and back

The new console’s UI will be called LiveArea, which has a bunch of vertically navigable home screens and built-in social networking through PlayStation Network. You can jump between games and the LiveArea without losing your progress and comment on your buddies’ great feats of mobile [...]

Only 3 days to go for the PSP2 to be announced, Jan 27th unveiling. Japan’s Nikkie newspaper reports that the handheld gaming revolution will have an OLED multitouch display along with a 3G data slot. Allowing users to play multiplayer games on the go, in trains , schools, colleges, etc

The only drawback, this device wont make phone calls. Now, unless it sports a data only chip like the iPad 3g, hackers will surely crack this baby to get more juice out of it, Geohot perhaps!

The device is roumored to be likely as expensive as its $250 PSP predecessor

Source : Nikkei