Sony Unveils PSP Successor, the NGP

From DailyTech: Sony today unveiled its next generation portable entertainment system, codenamed NGP --another follow-up to the widely successful PSP.

"This new system offers a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context, made possible by leveraging [Sony's] experience from both PSP (PlayStation Portable) and PlayStation 3 (PS3) entertainment systems," the company wrote in a press release.

The NGP boasts a 5-inch multi-touch OLED display, along with a multi-touch pad on the rear of the device, "allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through 'touch, grab, trace, push and pull' moves of the fingers."

Thanks to Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, the NGP will offer connectivity, sharing, and multiplayer options. Each game will sport a feature called "LiveArea™", where players can share and view each others' progress on a particular game, and access additional content made available by Sony and 3rd-party developers.

The social media aspect of the device will further be heightened through a feature called "Near". Think of it as FourSquare for gaming. Users can find out what their friends nearby are playing, and meet them virtually.

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