Rejoice PSP and Playstation 3 owners, the new firmwares for your lovely gaming consoles are now available. The latest firmware for PSP, version 5.00, features support for Playstation Network that allows users to access the Playstation Store and download content directly to their PSP, a sleep timer function, full screen keyboard, and new XMB background design. As for the new PS3 v2.50 firmware, it comes with the ability to take a screenshot during a game (cool!), enhanced voice chat, and several power saving options, as well as a video scene search function (like on PSP) and SOCOM Bluetooth headset support.

Both PSP and PS3 firmware can be downloaded from Playstation’s official website. Not a happy owner of PSP or Playstation 3? Quick, put them on your Christmas list and when the time comes, get them from here or here.