I agree with everything here... except the use of pronounced instead of anounced.

Too cerimonial.  If anything you might even be able to get an old PS3 even cheaper.

you don't know there's CECH 2500A?

http://kakaku.com/item/K0000125740/

come on look at the news picture

ok, so WX0YZ=

W=big change
X=semi big change
Y=something minor
Z=Harddrive

Maybe they're supporting wireless N? They wouldn't need FCC approval for a bigger HDD right?

the article says they're staying with the current wireless, which means no wireless N

the hard drive improvements do have to have FCC approval, but not normally at this level of change, as theprof00 pointed WX0YZ=

W=big change
X=semi big change
Y=something minor
Z=Harddrive

I'll believe it when Sony confirms this.

there is no fact here besides the filing. This is all speculation. This is supposed to be fun...so have fun, mr raincloud.

colored ps3's?

the white ps3s and special edition ones are usually changed on the second or third number.

So, like cech-3000 = cech-WXYZ, special editions and colors (like the white ps3) having a different X  or Ynumber

I'm wondering if it could be a move package of some kind. Usually a bundle is the second or third number, but if they've changed the system somehow, it could warrant the first number change. Something like a built in camera or some kind of secondary tracking system.

Earlier this year we saw some patents for a ground camera/receptor. It's possible that they included some kind of bluetooth tracker or something that could also be sold as an accessory.

Another possibility is a different kind of harddrive like a solid state drive, or flash drive. I have no idea. The number doesn't necessarily indicate a slimmer version, but I do think we'll be seeing a 200-250$ ps3 either by e3 or tgs.