Not true, the specs are known;

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 PSP Product Specifications

    * Product Name: PlayStation Portable (PSP)
    * Color: Black
    * Dimensions: Approx. 170 mm (L) x 74 mm (W) x 23 mm (D)
    * Weight: Approx. 260 g (including battery)
    * CPU: PSP CPU (System clock frequency 1~333MHz)
    * Main Memory: 32MB
    * Embedded DRAM: 4MB
    * Display: 4.3 inch, 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD, 480 x 272 pixel (16.77 million colors), Max. 200 cd/m2 (with brightness control)
    * Speakers: Built-in stereo speakers
    * Main Input/Output: IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), USB 2.0 (Target), Memory Stick™ PRO Duo, IrDA, IR Remote (SIRCS)
    * Disc Drive: UMD Drive (Playback only)
    * Profile: PSP Game, UMD Audio, UMD Video
    * Main Connectors: DC OUT 5V, Terminals for charging built-in battery, Headphone/Microphone/Control connector
    * Keys/Switches: Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)Analog pad, Enter keys (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Left, Right keys START, SELECT, HOME, POWER On/Hold/Off switch, Brightness control, Sound Mode, Volume +/-, Wireless LAN On/Off switch, UMD Eject
    * Power: Built-in lithium-ion battery, AC adaptor
    * Access Control: Region Code, Parental Control
    * Accessories: Stand, Headphone with remote commander, Headphone with remote commander and microphone, External battery pack, Case, Strap
    * E3 Prototype Exhibition: USB Camera for PSP, USB GPS for PSP, USB Keyboard for PSP 

UMD Specifications

    * Dimensions: Approx. 65 mm (W) x 64 mm (D) x 4.2 mm (H)
    * Weight: Approx. 10g
    * Disc Diameter: 60 mm
    * Maximum Capacity: 1.8GB (Single-sided, dual layer)
    * Laser wavelength: 660nm (Red laser)
    * Encryption: AES 128bit
    * Profile: PSP Game (full function), UMD Audio (codec ATRAC3plus™, PCM, (MPEG4 AVC)), UMD Video (codec MPEG4 AVC, ATRAC3plus™, Caption PNG)


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 CPU

    * Allegrex CPU
          o MIPS r4000 32-bit core 1-333mhz
          o 16kib I-Cache & D-Cache
                + 64-byte line length
                + 2-way set associative, LRU
          o No TLB
          o 7-stage pipeline
          o 32 32-bit registers
          o FPU (COP1)
                + 32-bit single precision
                + 32 32-bit registers
                + IEEE 754 compliant
                + Sqrt (28 cycles), div(28 cycles), most others 1 cycle
          o VFPU (COP2)
                + Vector FPU “Macromode only”
                + Designed for vector and matrix ops
                + 128 32-bit registers
                      # Reconfigurable as scalar, vector or matrix
                      # IEEE 754 Single precision float
                + Can also handle 32-bit int, 16-bit int, 8-bit int, half float
                + vmmul.z vd, vs, vt - 4×4 matrix/vector multiply, 22 cycles

    * Media Block CPU
          o MIPS r4000-based core
          o 2MB Embedded DRAM
          o VME - Virtual Mobile Engine
                + Reconfigurable processor to decode audio & video
                + ATRAC3plus & MP3 for music
                      # ATRAC3plus & ADPCM for games but not MP3 due to licensing issues
          o AVC H.264 engine
                + MPEG-4 Hardware accelerator
                + Up to 720x480x30fps
                      # Libraries support 480x272x29.97fps

Bus

    * Main bus shared by CPU and Graphics Engine
    * CPU only has level-1 cache, recomend minimizing memory usage
    * Cache miss ~70 cycles
    * VRAM read ~44 cycles
          o contention with GE
    * Scratchpad read ~38 cycles

Graphics

    * Graphics Engine (GE)
          o 2MB Embedded DRAM
          o Supports Lighting, skinning (8 weights), morphing, subdivision, pixel operations
          o Operates at bus speed (default 111mhz)
          o 3.5GB/s Bus bandwidth
          o 444 Mpixels/sec fill rate
          o 23 Mploys/sec T&L

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Source: playstation.com

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it only got two updates.
brighter screen and SLIGHTLY different design..


It has built-in microphone now also, probably for Skype.

What interests me the most about it though, is that the screen has been improved a lot as the reflection of sunlight is no longer an issue.

It's why I'm considering buying this latest version. With the first PSP it's incredibly annoying at times when there's too much sun...

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