Will Sony NGP be Revolutionary?

 Sony has come up with a new revolutionary Play station sequel on their most successful and popular handheld gaming console PSP (Play Station Portable).The Sony PSP Sequel is called the Sony NGP (Next Generation Portable) but I say it’s the Sony PSP2. The venue was Tokyo where the first glimpse of Sony NGP was officially launched. They named it as Sony NGP which was actually abbreviated as Next Generation Portable. The small event was just amazing with the new Sony NGP product announcement. The main key points were revolutionary user interface, Touch Screen, 3G, GPRS receiver, motion sensor, cool navigational buttons and Social connectivity. The Sony NGP looks like a real challenge to its competitors Apple and Nintendo. Sony NGP has also the front and back cameras and gyroscopic controls which is really awesome. It also has a touch panel at the backside of the panel. The software titles will be allowed to store on a flash memory based memory card.

Technical Details:

1. It has a ARM CORTEX A9 Quad Core Processor.
2. It has High Resolution of 960 x 544 with 5 inch OLED touch screen.
3. It has 3G + WIFI.
4. GPS System.
5. Front and Rear Touch Pads.
6. 2 Analog Sticks.
7. Front and Back Dual Cam.
8. Accelerator motion sensor as in PSP.
9. An Electronic Compass.
10. New Media Technology (earlier it was UMD).

Oh God! What all they didn’t put in there? It has everything in it. It might be expensive, But it’s worth buying it. I wonder how the designers have made a touch screen at the backside panel of the PSP NGP. It’s really cool looking at the PSP Next Generation Portable. Officially it’s not PS2 yet. But they coded it as NGP and most probably they are going to release this master piece at the end of the year 2011. I am excited to try this revolutionary gadget. Along with Sony NGP, The Sony Company has also announced the ‘Suite’ application which can be used for the older phones and computers running Google android operating systems. I bet Sony NGP will be a revolutionary Gaming console in 2011.

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Toshiba strikes chip deals with Samsung and Sony

Toshiba, the world's third biggest chip maker behind Intel and Samsung, is planning on outsourcing output of some system chips to Samsung Electronics and selling a production line to Sony. The company wants to reduce its non-memory chip exposure by restructuring its chip operations after the business lost the company billions of dollars during the global financial crisis two years ago. At the same time, Toshiba wants to build a new domestic factory to make LCD panels with total investment likely to be over 100 billion yen ($1.21 billion), according to Reuters.
In the next financial year, which starts in April, Toshiba will design cutting-edge system chips but will outsource production to Samsung and possibly other companies. This will free up resources for other projects (like memory modules) by eliminating the need for capacity upgrades, which could actually benefit Toshiba in the long run. Toshiba is the world's second biggest supplier of NAND flash memory; Samsung is first.
The company will also sell its system chip production line in the Nagasaki prefecture to Sony. The line produces chips used in the PlayStation console and is housed in a factory owned by Sony, so the transition should be a smooth one. An industry source has estimated the deal at 50 billion yen ($603.05 million). Sony originally sold the facility to Toshiba for 90 billion yen in 2008.

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