PlayStation 3 Firmware Version 2.60 Now Live

From DailyTech: The latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 version 2.60 is now live. The update primarily focuses on improving the PlayStation 3’s media capabilities. The update provides the user with a variety of new tools for sorting through and displaying your digital photo collection. Eric Lempel, Director of PlayStation Network Operations, provides a video demonstration of the new photo gallery functionality.

Features include the ability to organize your digital pictures according to specific criteria. The category groupings include the camera used to take the photos, the event date, time, colors in the photos, the photo number, ages, and the facial expressions of the people pictured.

The software also allows you to create slideshows set to music and build photo playlists After you update your PlayStation 3 firmware to version 2.60, the Photo Gallery application is installed separately from the XMB (Cross Media Bar).

Other improvements that come in the firmware update include the ability for non-PlayStation Network members to browse the PlayStation Store. The lifting of a restriction that allows more people to access the PlayStation Store should be beneficial for Sony.

Finally, version 2.60 also provides DivX 3.11 support for the PlayStation 3 increasing the type of video encoding formats the console can play.

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