Incoming: PS3 Firmware v2.60 Update

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The PS3 firmware update (v2.60) is designed primarily to enhance the system’s media capabilities. The key feature is a new Photo Gallery application, which delivers a suite of tools for sorting through and displaying your digital photo collection. Digital pictures can be organized in groups according to various criteria, including the camera used to take the photos, the event date and time, colors in the photos, as well as the number, ages, or facial expressions of the people pictured. You can also create slideshows set to music and build photo playlists with an easy-to-use interface. The Photo Gallery application will need to be installed separately from the XMB after you update your PS3’s firmware. To install the Photo Gallery application, go to the Photo section on the XMB, select Photo Gallery and press the X button.

The 2.60 update also includes:

  • Guest access to PlayStation Store – This enables non-PlayStation Network members to browse through the storefront to check out the latest games, demos, videos, etc.
  • DivX 3.11 support – Videos in this format can now be played on PS3.

Here’s a video walk-through of firmware 2.60 that shows off some of what the Photo Gallery can do.

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Jan 2009
POSTED BY Christopher MacManus
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DISCUSSION 4 Comments
  • piero

    Media updates are great. Appreciate the DIVx enhancement. More xvid please! Also, the photo gallery looks cool, unfortunately is completely useless if you’re content is on a NAS/media server. Sony either needs to make the PS3 bidirectional in terms of data flows or allows its applications to work with content stored on the network as opposed to the machine’s HDD.

  • piero

    Media updates are great. Appreciate the DIVx enhancement. More xvid please! Also, the photo gallery looks cool, unfortunately is completely useless if you’re content is on a NAS/media server. Sony either needs to make the PS3 bidirectional in terms of data flows or allows its applications to work with content stored on the network as opposed to the machine’s HDD.

  • Xbot

    Awesome update im still hoping for MKV support pls, make it happend and my Sony PS3 and maybe even the PSP can be the most perfect devices in the world..

  • Xbot

    Awesome update im still hoping for MKV support pls, make it happend and my Sony PS3 and maybe even the PSP can be the most perfect devices in the world..