Direct Download PS3 Firmware Update 2.70

PlayStation 3 Firmware update 2.70 is available to download now,
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced details of PS3 Firmware Update 2.70, PS3 update 2.70 includes several new features.
The only thing significant PS3 update 2.70 brings is Text Chat – Text Chat allows you to communicate with your PSN buddies and you will be able to participate in up to 3 chat rooms at once. In addition to Text Chat, firmware 2.70 provides enhancements to Friends lists, allowing users to sort their friends by online status.
PS3 Firmware Update 2.70 will also make improvements to the video delivery service on PlayStation Store. Video files purchased from PlayStation Store can be backed up to an external storage device and then restored to PS3 system’s internal hard drive for playback.

Bellow link for the direct download of PS3 Firmware 2.70, if you don’t like waiting for it to download on your PS3, download this file to a thumb drive, or memory stick, and load it into your PS3.

Detail features include on PS3 update 2.70/PlayStation Firmware 2.70

• Friends list on the XMB (XrossMediaBar)
• Sort your friends via their online status
• Attach larger files to the messages you send to your friends (file size will increase from 1MB to 3MB)
• Video delivery service on PlayStation Store
• Videos you’ve purchased for PSP (PlayStation Portable) system can now be transferred to PS3 for playback

Direct Download PS3 update 2.70/PlayStation Firmware 2.70 :
PS3 Firmware 2.70 Update (US)
PS3 Firmware 2.70 Update (EU)