FW 2.50 available now

PS3 FW v2.50 is available to download now.

Features:

• Improved Official Bluetooth Headset wireless headset support, including an on-screen indicator that shows volume, battery charge, and mute functions.
  
  Bluetooth Headset Wireless headset High Quality (HQ) mode, which utilises advanced wireless technologies and the headset's dual-microphone design to enable clear and wide-band wireless voice communication with PS3 system.
  
  An in-game screenshot capture tool - titles that support the feature will be announced in the future.
  
  PS3 Trophies user interface enhancement - When players acquire a Trophy, the in-game notification will now include the specific Trophy icon created by the developer, while more intuitive options for comparing Trophies with friends have been added, including an icon to represent each Trophy level.
  
  Video – Video scene search functionality will provide thumbnails to help you find a particular scene in a video more easily.
  
  Information Board – The Information Board will be able to include direct links to PlayStation Store, making it easier for PS3 owners to download content that they read about on the Information Board.
  
  Power save – PS3 owners will have the option to automatically shut-off their console or controllers after pre-selected periods of inactivity.
  
  Flash 9 content becomes supported on the Internet Browser.

Also available is PSP FW v5.00

Features:

• Direct PlayStation Store access to the system - PSP owners will be able to download games, demos, trailers, and other game-related content anytime and anywhere that their PSP is connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi - no PC or PS3 required.
  
  On-screen keyboard – A full-size, on-screen keyboard will be added to make text entry during Web browsing easier and more convenient.
  
  Sleep timer – During music playback, a sleep timer will enable users to shut off their PSP after a specified amount of time.
  
  Video-out – The PSP-2000’s video-out feature will be able to display PlayStation format software (classics titles) at the full-screen size of the TV that the PSP is connected to; the feature will also support interlace displays.

I generally don't care about those additions. And it takes literally forever to update....
Sighs all round for me.

You must admit though that the flash 9 support is very good. Means that the PS3 browser has just become a lot more usuable for surfing the net. We can at least now access sites that are flash based and/or use flash media, like videos, ahhemmm

Also the screen grab will be good when developers start to intergrate it. Means we can show off our high scores, or weird happenings in our games.

Power save function is also good, can leave it on downloading stuff, knowing it'll turn off when it's done, which is cool.

yeah couple of things which may come in helpfull at some point but it takes foreverrr to download
im still sitting here waiting for it

Yep, not a bad update imo.

Most of it is niether here nor there, But all changes eem to help in some way (even if its just the miniscue "enter code = new location"

here's a tip harry, download from the playstation website, in the PS3 support section. It downloads a lot quicker than if you do it through the PSN. Then all you gotta do is have a USB Memory Stick with at least 140MB on it, create a folder called PS3, then one in that folder called UPDATE and drop the PS£ update file in it. Whack it in your PS3's USB port and update away!

I normally download the update at work then install when I get home.

Even if you download it on a home PC and wait for it, at least you can still play on your PS3!

ahh cheers man!
i will definitely be doing it that way next time!
need to get a keyboard for it as well, got no chance trying to keep up with you guys with a pad! haha

Lol, USB keyboards FTW,

well it'll do untill the official Sony pad-board is released

Well I still use the pad, not got round to getting a USB keyboard yet