Although this is rumor for the time being, a PlayStation Lifestyle article is stating that Sony will introduce a newly ‘redesigned’ PlayStation 3 at the upcoming E3 event, alongside the imminent release of the PSP Go! updated handheld.
There were no other specifics posted, but PSL posts a few possibilities including the fact that the redesign may just be new colors, such as white or silver to match current peripherals available.
Another interesting option is that the upcoming console will be a ‘PS3 Slim,’ adding some small updates such as Bluetooth 3.0. The console would also be lighter, and more streamlined, somewhat like the PS2 Slim models and the updated PSP models.
We will keep you updated on any developments
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Seagate has announced a new line of drives that are slated to offer a capacity of 2 trillion Bytes (2TB) - eventually. The first Constellation drives are expected to start shipping sometime during the first quarter of this year. But unlike the Western Digital Caviar Green drives which can already be pre-ordered from many vendors, the actual 2TB capacity Seagate drives may not ship until late summer.
The 2.5″ drives to be released first will feature capacities up to 500GB and be offered with either a SATA or SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) interface. Like Western Digital, Seagate is promoting their new drives’ power efficiency. As of yet though it’s difficult to make a comparison between the two since Seagate hasn’t released many specifics.
Based on what little information is available on their website the new drives appear to be comparable to or slightly worse than Western Digital’s existing drive lines. While they claim their new PowerChoice techology gives them “the highest power-reduction savings ever offered in an enterprise-class HDD,” looking at the specs for their current products that makes sense. They already appear to use about 20% more power than comparable Western Digital units.
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Just days after the rumor hit the Internet, Nintendo has denied that there are any plans for a launch of a new redesigned DS Lite at this year’s upcoming E3 event.
The rumor and speculation began when Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura made comments that suggested Nintendo was ready to headline E3 with a new hardware revision to its very popular DS handheld.
“We cannot comment on the specifics of what will be announced at E3, but at the very least there won’t be anything like what Mr. Hamamura suggested, so [we] would like to clearly deny this,” said Nintendo Japan’s head of PR.
“We’re having a hard time understanding what kind of evidence [Mr. Hamamura] had for saying this.”
Hamamura suggested, citing past moves by Nintendo, that a new hardware revision is in the works because the company does such revisions every two years. The Nintendo DS Lite was launched two years ago, in 2006.
