Excellent details for the US firmware 1.11 update!

By Nick Doerr
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We may have jumped the gun yesterday when we talked about the updates for the PS3, but it turns out we weren't entirely wrong. We just missed a lot. What did we miss? Let's refer to the recently updated PlayStation.com page and compile a quick list. And by compile, we're going to copy/paste so we don't misinterpret anything.

  • General
    • You can now use PLAYSTATION®Network services.
    • You can now use the single tap text entry method on the on-screen keyboard for English and other European languages.
  • Settings
  • Video
    • You can now select [Full Screen] under [Screen Mode] when playing video files saved on the hard disk or storage media.*
      *An appropriate USB adaptor (not included) is required to use storage media with some models.
  • Network
    • You can now download and save music and video files on the hard disk under [Internet Browser].
    • You can now download the following types of content under [PLAYSTATION®Store].
      − PLAYSTATION®3 format software
      − PLAYSTATION®Network titles*
      * The term "PLAYSTATION®Network titles" refers to PlayStation format games (PS one) downloaded from PLAYSTATION®Store and PSP format games distributed electronically.
    • Simplified and traditional Chinese characters can now be displayed under [Internet Browser].
    • [Online Instruction Manuals] has been added as a feature.
  • Friends
  • Other
    • The method of calculating hard disk capacity has been changed.
      * Free space on the hard disk is calculated as 1 GB (1024 x 1024 x 1024) = approx. 1,073,740,000 bytes. As a result, the free space value displayed may be less than the value that is mentioned under specifications in the product documentation. You can check hard disk free space under [Settings] > [System Settings] > [System Information].
    • Playability status with the PS3™ system has changed for some PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 format titles. To check on the latest status, visit the search site for compatible titles.
    • New for 1.11: Some PLAYSTATION®Network features have been revised.

I hope that clears everything up! Sounds like a bigger update than we thought, making the size of the update make a little more sense.

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