New PSP Slim Sony’s redesign of the PlayStation Portable

The all new Sony PSP Slim is not the PSP 2 that people have been hoping for, but this new slim design of the popular Playstation Portable is an improvement on the older model. The newer, slimmer, handheld console is not only lighter but faster as well.

There is no change in the size of the screen which is 4.3-inches; the PSP Slim is 33 percent lighter and 19 percent slimmer. Games load up quicker, and the best feature has to be the fact that the battery life has been improved. There is only one new feature to be added to the Playstation Portable Slim, is its video output capability. This allows you to play your PSP games on a large screen TV.

There will be three color types which will launch in September 2007, which are:

• The Original Piano Black
• Ice Silver Color
• Ceramic White

There is to be three pearlised light colors:

• Felicia Blue
• Lavender Purple
• Rose

There is to be a Star Wars Battlefront Special Edition

The current PSP weighs 280g; the new PSP Slim weighs in at only 189G.
The thickness of the current Playstation Portable is 23mm, with the new one being 18.6mm thick.

Expect to pay around $199 for the new PSP Slim bundles, which comes with a 1GB Memory Stick