What happened with firmware 1.54
The official PlayStation 3 update page has finally updated itself to explain what was updated in the firmware update that you all used to update your previously out-of-date PS3's. Are you up to date on that? Here's what changed:
Users
You can now select an image to use as the User icon from [Photo].
Settings
[Key Tone] has been added as an option under [Sound Settings].
[Delete Backup Data] has been added as an option under [System Settings] > [Backup Utility].
WEP 128, WPA-PSK (TKIP) and WPA-PSK (AES) have been added as security methods that can be used with [AOSS™] under [Automatic].*
* If you have already set up for AOSS using an earlier version of the system software, you must perform AOSS setup again to use the security methods listed above.
* When [Automatic] is selected, the security method to be used is automatically set.
* AOSS is a trademark of Buffalo, Inc.
Friends
Other
You can now enter text in Korean using the on-screen keyboard.
That's it. Nothing major yet... a few more weeks, though. Has anyone used the video chat function? That would be kind of fun.
[thanks to everyone who sent this in!]