The PlayStation Vita

The article that I read was about PlayStation’s latest gadget. The PlayStation Vita is Sony's second portable gaming console. It is similar to the PSP, PlayStation's first gaming console, but it has a lot more features. The PSVita has a five inch screen with two analog sticks. The PSVita weighs lighter than the PSP and is a bit smaller. What makes the PSVita so distinct from the PSP is that there is no need for disks! The PSVita runs on thumbnail sized cards. You could also download games online and it would be saved on the memory. The PSVita needs a memory stick if you’re going to download features. A camera is found behind the device and the speakers are found in the front. The PSVita is touch screen too!! Maybe it’s not as advanced as any other touch screen device but it seems to work. The PSVita can handle several applications on (open) while you’re playing all at the same time.

One feature about the PSVita that I didn’t like was the battery life. The battery lasts around five hours, without using wi-fi. I find this a little depressing. I like to play for hours on any portable console and I don’t want to be sitting next to a plug outlet charging and playing.

The PlayStation Vita will be available on February 22, 2012 for North America. The 3G unit costs $299.99 (sort of expensive). The Wi-Fi unit costs $249.99. The memory chip’s cost ranges from $20-$100 (depending on how much memory you want).

The PSVita seems like a great portable device but it’s not for me. I enjoy my PS3, and I’m happy with what I have. Maybe I’ll try it out in another time, but not now. For now, I love my PS3 and I’m committed to it.  

 http://www.techspot.com/review/500-playstation-vita/

The Journey of Computers

Computers have evolved over the last century. Starting from a enormous heavy computer that took up an entire room to a small computer that only takes up a quarter of your desk. Before there was only two major brands who conquered computer engineering, and those companies were Apple and Microsoft. Now, there is more of a variety when it comes to computers (there are more brands). The significant difference between now and then is that we have portable computers (tablets, iPads, and laptops). The sizes of the computers have min getting smaller/thinner and affordable.
There's always a question on my mind: How far will computers evolve? My hypothesis is, since technology is advancing in an extraordinary speed, computers would be more advanced, "smarter", and powerful. Computers would be advanced because they would have or hold new features that could help us in daily activities. There have been rumors of starting a "super computer" where the computer is smarter than the human brain. Another thing to be expected in the future is that computers would be come powerful. That technology and using computers would be in everything and conquer over everything. Everything is going to be touch or spoken, there's going to be no mouses. Everything will be more advances and more progress to help us. No one can foreshadow the future, all we know is that computers are evolving right before our very eyes.

http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/computer-hist-web.htm
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfs/472_html/Intro/timeline.pdf