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Following our recent posts on David Perry and the PSP 2, we now hear about the PSP 3G.

David Perry // Producer, SCEA: Also well known as the PSP-4000 or the PSP2, the new PSP model will be called PSP 3G. Unlike previous PSP models it will have a Touch Screen as well as an UMTS support, Bluetooth and a microphone. That means you will be able to use it easily as a normal mobile phone. With its ultra compact size and design it will be not much bigger than an iPhone but it will offer you the highest gaming comfort. There wont be any UMD-drive any more but instead a keyboard with a slide mechanism though. But of course, you will be able to download all the games From The PSN Store with the PSP 3G soon. Cooperating with Sony Ericsson, we will be able to deliver the PSP 3G in the USA and Japan by the end of April 2009. First pictures will follow tomorrow.

Although this sounds great, it’s probably just a stunt. Our first bone to pick is that David Perry doesn’t work for SCEA. Our second problem with this rumor is that the release date is way too soon unless they are planning to pull an Apple or, as of late, a Nintendo. And finally, the site that originally posted this rumor is currently down…and has been for the past few days. Could it be the webmaster got eaten by Sony’s Ninja Sharks since he threw the covers off the PSP 2 early? Or that he just decided to pull his site down before there was too much scrutiny on the rumor?

Let us know what you think in the comments!

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