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Share this story Share this on Facebook opens in a new window Share this on Twitter opens in a new window. Comments are closed. Newer comments. That is awesome! Already have the first edition bundle reserved. Ugh, Sony!
Is anything like this coming to Canada? Ftwrthtx January 27, at am PST. First Edition bundle also includes Little Deviants. Firecrest January 27, at am PST. Will there be any bundles or pre-order bonuses for those who pre-ordered the Wi-Fi only Vita? Just wish the 1st Edition had an 8GB…. Umm, great? Falaut January 27, at am PST. Iceberg73e January 27, at am PST. Does it cover pre-existing pre-orders that are already in place?
Looking forward to getting myself a Vita, very excited. Warlos January 27, at am PST. Any PSN game??? What games!!!??? It mentions a game! Unacceptable… :. Awesome :3 So glad I have had the first edition bundle pre ordered. Andrefpvs January 27, at am PST. Anything for Canada? Funny, I was just about to cancel my First Edition preorder. Zarxce January 27, at am PST.
Yes, this is a U. Minnovation January 27, at am PST. Dragonchasers January 27, at am PST. Wow, people, do the math. Why not let us play the games? Flip the switch and let us play online with the 3G. Money i work for. First off I absolutely love the vita. But being a long time Sony costumer and supporter of play station I do feel the 3G bundle was missledding. I would have got the wifi only version, and the web browser it awful.
Just learn from this please for future releases. Playstation: Are you working with Google for a YouTube app? Other than that, I love my Vita. Worth every penny I paid.
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Share this story Share this on Facebook opens in a new window Share this on Twitter opens in a new window. Comments are closed. Newer comments. Kchow23 February 23, at pm PST. Any way to unlock the SIM for travel purposes? Destiny89 February 23, at pm PST. Since its out now can we get any info on 3g available in canada?
I was pretty disappointed to find out that the Vita can only be navigated via Touch. Skype will be available on all PS Vita Systems.
To be honest i do think there should bi monthly plan like every 2 months option. Neil February 23, at pm PST. ReptileHand i am wondering the same exact thing.. Anyone know how long it takes before you can enter another password after you get screen locked? Curtisio February 23, at pm PST. I signed up and activated 3G on February 16th.
When will I get the free game? Heatseeker February 23, at pm PST. This was the worst part of my initial Vita experience LOL. Learn from my mistakes…. Avalanche February 23, at pm PST. Yes unless you go in an cancel which you can do at any time with no restrictions or penalties.
Just a game for 15 bucks, that will go on sale soon I am sure it will The cost of Data is way to expensive. I love your avatar! Currently you cannot use NetFlix over 3G so no it will not go against your data usage. Thanks for the info crystal ;-. This lack of throw and leverage means that you'll need to make much finer movements than you would on a PS3 or Xbox pad, but overall the sticks are a huge improvement over what's come before on portable consoles.
I often find my thumb slipping off the Circle Pad because of its flat shape and strong, springy resistance, neither of which are a problem on the Vita. The face buttons are very small but have a good, clicky response to them that reminded me of the DSi, and the shoulder buttons have a smooth, trigger-like action that complement the dual sticks well in action games like Uncharted.
The D-pad is very accurate, and links the four directions in a single cross for the first time in place of the four separate buttons that all previous PlayStation systems adopted. I got used to this quickly, though, and found that the D-pad performed really well in demanding games like BlazBlue.
Underneath the left analog stick is the Home button, flush with the face of the system and adorned with a silver PlayStation logo. It glows a blueish purple when you have a notification, and orange when the system is charging.
A single press will bring you back to the home screen, and a longer press brings up a control panel that lets you adjust brightness, volume and microphone settings. The brightness control is particularly welcome, and makes up for the loss of the dedicated button on the PSP.
The Start and Select buttons are under the right analog stick, and are the same shape as the Home button but a good deal smaller. The plastic screen isn't quite as smooth to the touch as the glass that we've got used to with smartphones, but it's accurate and responsive. This is a pretty out-there inclusion, but the obvious use case scenario is the manipulation of onscreen elements without them being obscured by your fingers.
The Vita also has an array of motion sensors, including a gyroscope, accelerometer and digital compass, which allows for the same sort of input as the PS3's Sixaxis controller.
Setting up your Vita is straightforward, though not without its quirks. Attempting to sign in with my existing account resulted in a familiar message stating that a firmware update was required, but provided no way to actually get the update there and then. I eventually just skipped this part and reentered my details later on the settings page.
The home screen works along the lines of Android or iOS, with app icons held in rearrangable bubbles across multiple pages. Holding down on an icon for a second will let you view its information including size, parental control and the date it was added, and you also have the option to delete it directly from the home screen.
Inserting a retail PS Vita game card adds an app to the home screen that stays there until you manually delete it, so you have a quick link to trophy information, the digital manual, DLC and so on. Tapping on an app icon will bring you to its LiveArea screen. Each app has its own LiveArea, which can be as simple as a single start button or a lot more elaborate. Sony says it wants to add the ability to browse the web while playing a game via a firmware update, however.
Swipe through the LiveAreas to see what's been running recently on your Vita, tap the Start button in the center to reopen one, and close any of them by sliding your finger from the top right of the screen to the bottom left, like tearing a page off a calendar.
In fact, the entire OS is touch-controlled, with the hardware buttons having almost no role to play whatsoever. Despite almost never using autocomplete on any other device, I usually found myself resorting to it when using the Vita to type words containing the letters "G" and "V". I would have preferred a more standardized numeral row along the top. The corners of the screen are usually reserved for standardized actions.
The lower left corner, for example, pops up with a Back button at appropriate times, like when using the browser or going a couple of levels deep into menus. The upper right corner of the screen has a notification counter, and touching it brings up a pop-over list with friend requests, trophies and various other updates. There can be quite a lot of checkerboarding when moving around heavier pages our own is, sadly, an example of this , but this keeps the scrolling smooth and assets normally load quickly once your finger is off the screen.
The browser also performed pretty abysmally under the SunSpider benchmark, returning a result of 36, The Vita OS includes a lot more apps preloaded into the system, with mixed execution. I'll start with three that really should be one: Party, Group Messaging, and Friends. Party gives you cross-game voice and text chat functionality for the first time on PlayStation Network, and links you directly either to the game session your friends up to 8 people in a single party are in, or to the game's PSN store page if you don't have it.
Friends is a simple friends list for viewing profiles, trophy information and your PSN friends' own friends lists. Meanwhile, "elegant" is the last word in the dictionary I'd use to describe Near. On the other hand, potentially useful features such as user feedback on games are simplified too much, restricting you to applying universally positive emoticons with labels like "Exhilarating!
There are some cool ideas buried in Near, but the focus and implementation are seriously lacking. Welcome Park is essentially the opposite, offering a minimal, well-designed introduction to some of the Vita's simplest functions. It teaches you how to use the touchscreen, rear touchpad, tilt functionality and more through a series of minigames.
While the visual style is pretty uninteresting and the games lack challenge, they could serve as a useful introduction to modern touch and tilt interaction for anyone who's never owned a smartphone before Sony has also announced apps for other services like Facebook, Foursquare, Skype and Twitter, but none were available at the Japanese Vita launch save LiveTweet.
The widescreen display offers space for tweeted photos to be displayed in-line, for example, and the app can access the camera and photo library. Nico Nico is a popular video-sharing site in Japan, similar to YouTube but with the added twist that comments are displayed over the video itself in real time. The Vita app is well-done, letting you view the videos in full screen and post comments just like the full browser version.
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