Code-name system "NGP" Next Generation Portable packs loads of impressive technology, including two analog sticks, 5-inch OLED touch screen (a preliminary ruling on the iPhone screen is 3.5 inches), the touch pad behind the second device, and a new flash card media format.
Sony has announced that the scheme will be published by the end of 2011, but not a word that is a global day or only in Japan. No pricing details have been published.
To better compete in the long-term competitor to Nintendo soon-to-be-released 3DS system and Apple's huge NGP IOS devices also feature 3G and Wi-Fi cameras, front and rear, an electronic compass, and six-axis motion-sensing capacity. Yikes. Five-one, cut through a tin can!
NGP Sony has revealed some other features like a geolocation application that allows users to find nearby players and a user interface that includes social networking links for each game. The system has a new form factor and rounded (Sony calls it the "Super Oval design") and is physically a little larger than the current PSP-3000 model.
A lot of games first part NGP were released - including new titles Hot Shots Golf Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout, Killzone, and (bouh!) Uncharted franchise - as well as game publishers such as Capcom, Sega, Tecmo, Konami and Activision, which will be the success of Call of Duty franchise for the system.
Much of the focus of Sony presser foot control systems NGP varied. Besides the standard rate of play as a D-pad and shoulder buttons and face, the system is the first of its kind to include two analog sticks - a widely requested feature PSP fans. Motion Sensor control via the built-gyroscopes have also been shown, but perhaps most impressive is the double-touch interface. Touchpad on the back of the unit is located directly below the main touch screen, which allows innovative controls "pinch" using both simultaneously.
The unit is a serious step against Sony latest handheld, the PSP Go disappointing, which has done much to help them gain ground on Sony Nintendo DS online league points. However, sales slipped DS in recent months in anticipation of 3DS that produces 3D graphics without using special glasses.
While Sony has not announced a PSP compatible phone (as many had expected), it took time to reveal Playstation Suite, a multi-sdrvice platform that will make Nintendo games available on Android phones, and tablets.
but I thank Jenny from the bottom of my heart. I don’t think there’s many left I could pass this on to that haven’t gotten it already so know for sure that you all have some thing that you add to my life every single day that make you worthy of this award…I don’t say this lightly! I only wish my wife would allow comments because I say for sure that she and her blogging are worthy of this award! So, seven things about me? Things that you may not know? That’s not easy since I pretty much put my life out there on my blog as it is! Here’s a few things that you may or may not know about me:
. They were having some traditional African singing going on before we started ministering for the day. The male vocalist was particularly strong
. Often men and women alike twirl hankies as they move to the rhythm of the music
. Pastor Christopher gave some edification before the service moved on
…note the poster on the back wall showing my big African brother being the speaker of coming meetings. Travel too and from where we needed to go often found us in heavy traffic with intense heat beating down on the bus. I seldom got pictures because not everyone likes to have their picture taken but I did get this to give an idea of the road we traveled on
. Coming home from long journeys like this was a precious thing especially when a snake of fried plantain awaited us
! I particularly like sprinkling Johnny Salt on it that I brought from America for a sweet/spicy treat! Plantain looks a lot like large bananas and is often served with African dishes
. We have been hard pressed to find it here though Walmart does carry it on occasion…lately it’s been awful though. I’m still not over my obsession with tropical plants. They have a unique look especially to those of us that live in the cold so much of the year here in Montana! Just look at the hand of God’s artistry here
! Some blossoms had such huge petals that they seemed like a pink pile of rags
! Others were more delicate like the wildflowers I’m used to seeing in the mountains here
. Sometimes the sun beat down so intensely that flowers looked like little suns themselves
…now I miss that heat. How I wish I could have shown these pictures to my grandparents while they were still alive…perhaps they would have known what these plants were
This tree would bleed white syrupy liquid if it was even barely scratched. I was particularly surprised to see cactus here
…the thorns look vicious but were actually very soft and rubbery. I told the kids that I thought this looked like “Mickey Mouse Cactus”
. The lizards loved to hide in the cactus to avoid the attention we were giving them
. These are some of the peppers that give so many Ghanaian dishes a lively bite
! I hope your day has a lively bite to it as well!
…these things stick to your ribs! Like in India where I visited and lived for some time dishes took quite some time to prepare so there were two ladies who came and worked all day on the meal
. Part of what flavors the food is the preparation itself. These tools are not modern but they provide a unique flavor that I am sure would be lost in a modern preparation method
. Note this immense paddle that was used to stir the rice as it became thicker
. I found the food to be very tasty yet very heavy. This is Fu-Fu in light soup with a savory meat
. I couldn’t even come close to finishing this though it tasted wonderful. I smile looking at this picture now. It looks rather like a bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy
but it’s much heavier than that. The Africans laughed as I grew so tired that I had to rest soon after eating this…yep, I’m still just an abruni! I’m never a man for a nap so I picked up my camera and went outside to take a few pictures to work off my food a bit. The sun was glorious through the fan palm on the guesthouse grounds
. The flowers on the grounds were a subject of fascination for me
…but my head was so heavy…perhaps if I helped them stir the rice I would have worked this feeling off more quickly
…seriously…doesn’t this look like mashed potatoes
? The mind is so funny how it grasps for the familiar when confronted with the unfamiliar! Right now the snow and cold has become the familiar but I find myself clinging to Ghana now which has become my home away from home. Where the flowers always blossom
and the generator runs way too often
! Finally I found even I was growing weary with the scenery on the compound
so after taking a final picture of this tropical pine tree that’s never had it’s needles covered by snow
we headed out to see what the neighborhood was up to. Can you imagine living in a place where your house was surrounded by castle like walls covered with rusted spikes to keep people out
? Would you leave all you know and are familiar with to see things like this
? I would have said I’d like to years ago but never would have dreamed that I’d be standing here with my family now. We walked together with our African family seeing the sights strange to our eyes…relishing each thing we’d never seen before
…enjoying the adventure with the familiar love we have for each other. Smashed glass served as spikes on some walls
..wow, we come from a place that has houses that sometimes don’t have a fence at all let along defenses like this
! Growing near this formidable defense was a tree…chamomile
! I’ve had the leaves from this in soups in the Philippines without even knowing what it was…oh so good! You can really feel the healing properties from it when you taste it in a dish. Imagine getting your meat from a local butcher…that’s what they do here
..few use the local superstore for their needs. Spiked fences provide wonderful clothes lines
..I’m sure this worked better than the razor wire fence we were using! Glorious sights
! My children weren’t buying banana or plantain at Walmart…we were seeing where these things grew first hand
! Here the familiar and unique often clash
. Clover is familiar to all of us…but how often have you viewed it with a curious and suspicious tropical lizard watching you
? I’ve seen little flowers before…but how about these thorns…and again the lizard looks at me like I’m crazy
! What a blossom
! This palm nut cluster doesn’t even look like something from this planet
! The ground was littered with the palm nuts..it looks almost Christmas-like…well almost
. I’m thinking someone looked pregnant..I’m just sayin’ 
. Hey, are you smiling for the camera or threatening me
? I’m thinking not all the locals were friendly
. Sometimes we were so tired that we fell to using energy drinks…here was one that became one of our favorites
…note this particular ingredient
…talk about familiar yet stranger! LOL!