We'll have a better idea of how the PS Vita (known until recently as the NGP or PSP2) is going to perform for gamers once it actually comes out during the holiday 2011 season, but here's a list of the specifications to ponder in the meantime:

External dimensions

• Approximately 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5 mm or 7 x 3/4 x 3 1/4 in (width x height x depth) (tentative; excluding largest projection)

CPU

• ARM Cortex-A9 core (4 core)

GPU

• SGX543MP4+

Display

• 5 inches (16:9)
• 960 x 544
• Approximately 16 million colors
• OLED
• Multi touch screen (capacitive type)

Rear Touch Pad

• Multi touch pad (capacitive type)

Cameras

• front camera
• rear camera

Sound

• Built-in stereo speakers
• built-in microphone

Sensors

• Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer)
• Three-axis electronic compass

Location

• Built-in GPS
• Wi-Fi location service support

Wireless Communications

• Mobile network connectivity (3G) -- not on all models
• IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）

Keys/Switches

• PS button
• POWER button
• Directional buttons (up/down/right/left)
• Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square)
• Left and Right Shoulder Buttons
• Left and Right Analog stick
• START button
• SELECT button
• Volume (+/-) buttons