PSVita manual reveals replaceable battery

[-Seraph-]

So now that the Vita has officially hit Japan shops, and is only 2 months from going international, some positive news has been found in the user manual.

A wile ago when information about the Vitas battery was revealed, the only info we were told was that it was built into the system and had a battery life that did not please many. The non-replaceable battery seems to be replaceable after all it seems, according to some screenshots of the manual.

Perhaps the biggest news to come out of this is that you can replace the battery, perhaps meaning that later down the line higher capacity batteries will be released by Sony.

There is also some other interesting information coming from the manual, for instance:

The PS button lights blue when you have notifications/messages.
You can have six Live Area apps open at once. When you open a seventh, the first app opened is terminated.
You can have 100 Live Area icons on the main pages (you can delete icons, edit their order, the background image, etc).
The PC management software provides a blanket backup/restore function for all the data on your card.
Downloaded games are installed automatically when you go back to the home screen. When installation of a game is complete, the game icon appears on the home screen.
You can synchronise trophies with the PSN and view them on PS3. Platinum trophies are also included.
The Vita takes around two hours to charge and a full charge provides around 4-5 hours of gaming.

This of course means that instead of releasing a newer model with a better battery, Sony and even third party sources can make better batteries for the system down the road. Probably void the warranty if you tried to replacing it.

This makes me want to possibly hold off on the external charger that gives you an extra 5 or so hours more if the possibility of longer lasting batteries being made for the system is right around the corner along with cheaper third party storage.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

So now that the Vita has officially hit Japan shops, and is only 2 months from going international, some positive news has been found in the user manual.

A wile ago when information about the Vitas battery was revealed, the only info we were told was that it was built into the system and had a battery life that did not please many. The non-replaceable battery seems to be replaceable after all it seems, according to some screenshots of the manual.

Perhaps the biggest news to come out of this is that you can replace the battery, perhaps meaning that later down the line higher capacity batteries will be released by Sony.

There is also some other interesting information coming from the manual, for instance:

The PS button lights blue when you have notifications/messages.
You can have six Live Area apps open at once. When you open a seventh, the first app opened is terminated.
You can have 100 Live Area icons on the main pages (you can delete icons, edit their order, the background image, etc).
The PC management software provides a blanket backup/restore function for all the data on your card.
Downloaded games are installed automatically when you go back to the home screen. When installation of a game is complete, the game icon appears on the home screen.
You can synchronise trophies with the PSN and view them on PS3. Platinum trophies are also included.
The Vita takes around two hours to charge and a full charge provides around 4-5 hours of gaming.

This of course means that instead of releasing a newer model with a better battery, Sony and even third party sources can make better batteries for the system down the road. Probably void the warranty if you tried to replacing it.

This makes me want to possibly hold off on the external charger that gives you an extra 5 or so hours more if the possibility of longer lasting batteries being made for the system is right around the corner along with cheaper third party storage.

This is cool, but I'd be surprised if Sony was the one that released a higher capacity battery. Remember the Gamboy Advance SP? It had high capacity battery packs, but they were all third party products. Nintendo only allowed the battery compartment to be user serviceable because it allowed them to sell consumers replacements in the case that the Lithium Ion batteries stopped holding a charge; the DS, DS lite, and (presumably) the 3DS work the same way. I have a feeling Sony had the same thing in mind -- afterall, what could be worse for PR than a hand held that eventually needs to be eternally plugged in because once the battery fails, it can't be replaced?

 

[-Seraph-]

True enough that this was sort of a given, but it's always nice to have actual hard evidence that the systems battery can be replaced. Makes me interested to see how much and how good these better batteries will be, what with people getting all riled up over various expenses regarding the system.

I still would have liked to have the system to have an easily replaceable battery like the PSP so you can just pop in another if need be instead of pretty much dissecting the system to get at it.

 

[Jodah]

So now that the Vita has officially hit Japan shops, and is only 2 months from going international, some positive news has been found in the user manual.

A wile ago when information about the Vitas battery was revealed, the only info we were told was that it was built into the system and had a battery life that did not please many. The non-replaceable battery seems to be replaceable after all it seems, according to some screenshots of the manual.

Perhaps the biggest news to come out of this is that you can replace the battery, perhaps meaning that later down the line higher capacity batteries will be released by Sony.

There is also some other interesting information coming from the manual, for instance:

The PS button lights blue when you have notifications/messages.
You can have six Live Area apps open at once. When you open a seventh, the first app opened is terminated.
You can have 100 Live Area icons on the main pages (you can delete icons, edit their order, the background image, etc).
The PC management software provides a blanket backup/restore function for all the data on your card.
Downloaded games are installed automatically when you go back to the home screen. When installation of a game is complete, the game icon appears on the home screen.
You can synchronise trophies with the PSN and view them on PS3. Platinum trophies are also included.
The Vita takes around two hours to charge and a full charge provides around 4-5 hours of gaming.

This of course means that instead of releasing a newer model with a better battery, Sony and even third party sources can make better batteries for the system down the road. Probably void the warranty if you tried to replacing it.

This makes me want to possibly hold off on the external charger that gives you an extra 5 or so hours more if the possibility of longer lasting batteries being made for the system is right around the corner along with cheaper third party storage.

This is cool, but I'd be surprised if Sony was the one that released a higher capacity battery. Remember the Gamboy Advance SP? It had high capacity battery packs, but they were all third party products. Nintendo only allowed the battery compartment to be user serviceable because it allowed them to sell consumers replacements in the case that the Lithium Ion batteries stopped holding a charge; the DS, DS lite, and (presumably) the 3DS work the same way. I have a feeling Sony had the same thing in mind -- afterall, what could be worse for PR than a hand held that eventually needs to be eternally plugged in because once the battery fails, it can't be replaced?

On the flip side Sony did release larger capacity batteries for the PSP. They were a pain in the ass to find but they were made by Sony.