Official : PSV Will Have External Battery Option

I suppose that makes the can't take the VITA on a long trip argument out of play.

http://au.psp.ign.com/articles/119/1194779p1.html

lol Oh man, they were so right to drop "portable" from the name. BTW I don't think it has anything to do with long trips, just playing the Vita regularly most people will have to charge it every other day or even daily - I'm sure the battery life is like 2-3 hours with high brightness and online. And the more often you charge a battery, the quicker it becomes useless istuffedsunny

[QUOTE="istuffedsunny"]lol Oh man, they were so right to drop "portable" from the name. BTW I don't think it has anything to do with long trips, just playing the Vita regularly most people will have to charge it every other day or even daily - I'm sure the battery life is like 2-3 hours with high brightness and online. And the more often you charge a battery, the quicker it becomes useless RandomMan18

i already have a battery for my 3DS...now i have to get one for a Vita also *sigh*

Well i just saw the external battery. (Google images, ps vita external battery). Apparently you don't click it on the device itself, so it's still very portable. It's more like a battery that you can connect to the vita by a charger.

Anyway, 3-5 hours is good enough for me. Never had any problems with the 3DS either. I'm fine with it, i usually don't play that much anyway. (One of the big advantages of a protable device).