PS3 FW 1.51, now live

Just a little over a week after we last heard from the company, Sony has released yet another version of its PS3 firmware. This latest update now brings it all up to version 1.51, and according to the System Software Update section of the PlayStation website, this new version contains the following additions:

• You can now select an image to use as the User icon from [Photo].
• [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.
• New for 1.51: Support for PLAYSTATION 3 format software titles has been expanded.
• The method for saving your password / signing in automatically under PLAYSTATION Network has been changed. There are now two separate options.
• You can now enter text in Korean using the on-screen keyboard.

As of the moment, it’s unknown if this new version of the firmware also addresses the problems related to Blu-Ray playback and wireless internet connections, which we reported about a while back. These issues were supposed to have suddenly appeared when PS3 owners updated their console’s firmware to 1.50.

Just a little over a week after we last heard from the company, Sony has released yet another version of its PS3 firmware. This latest update now brings it all up to version 1.51, and according to the System Software Update section of the PlayStation website, this new version contains the following additions:

• You can now select an image to use as the User icon from [Photo].
• [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.
• New for 1.51: Support for PLAYSTATION 3 format software titles has been expanded.
• The method for saving your password / signing in automatically under PLAYSTATION Network has been changed. There are now two separate options.
• You can now enter text in Korean using the on-screen keyboard.

As of the moment, it’s unknown if this new version of the firmware also addresses the problems related to Blu-Ray playback and wireless internet connections, which we reported about a while back. These issues were supposed to have suddenly appeared when PS3 owners updated their console’s firmware to 1.50.