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KANATA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 30, 2008) - Pacific Safety Products Inc. ("PSP") (TSX VENTURE:PSP), a leader in the field of protective body armour and soldier systems equipment announces the following organizational changes:

Mr. Jacques Bonaventure assumes the position of Vice President Sales and Marketing for PSP, responsible for Corporate marketing, Government Relations and the Canadian Sales organization.

Mr. John Allen has resigned his position as Vice President Operations and President of APS Distributors. Mr. Allen will remain with PSP through September 2008 to continue to assist with integrating APS and PSP support activities.

The Company expects to name a Vice President of Operations in the near future. In the interim the Operations organization will report to David Scott, PSP Chief Executive Officer.

About PSP

The mission statement of Pacific Safety Products Inc. is ...we bring everyday heroes home safely^TM. PSP is an established industry leader in the production, distribution and sale of high-performance and high-quality safety products for the defence and security market. These products include body armour to protect against ballistic, stab and fragmentation threats, ballistic blankets to reduce blast effects, and protective products against chemical and biological hazards. PSP is the largest armour manufacturer in Canada, directly supplying the Canadian Department of Defence, Federal Government Agencies and major Canadian law enforcement organizations. The Company also provides specialized law enforcement and safety products through APS Distributors, a wholly-owned subsidiary that services law enforcement and public safety agencies across the country. The Company, through its U.S. subsidiary Sentry Armor Systems Inc., provides body armour products to U.S. based law enforcement and private security firms. The Company also produces tactical clothing and emergency medical kits. Pacific Safety Products is a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, Canada and publicly trades under the symbol PSP on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Forward-Looking Statements: This release may contain forward-looking statements based on management's expectations, estimates and projections. All statements that address expectations or projections about the future, including statements about the Company's strategy for growth, product development, market position, expected expenditures and financial results are forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements may be identified by words like "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "intends", "projects", "indicates", and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents which may be filed with the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Alberta Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, the TSX Venture Exchange, as well as others, could cause results to differ materially from those stated. These factors include, but are not limited to changes in the laws, regulations, policies and economic conditions, including inflation, interest and foreign currency exchange rates, of countries in which the Company does business; competitive pressures; successful integration of structural changes, including restructuring plans, acquisitions, divestitures and alliances; cost of raw material, research and development of new products, including regulatory approval and market acceptance; and seasonality of sales in some products.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

The new PSP – coming with a touchscreen?

It’s difficult to take patents too seriously (MacBook sliding into your iMac anyone?), but today’s news that Sony is working on a touchscreen PSP looks like the real deal.

The official doc points towards a "hand-held [sic] device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels." The latter suggests you’d get some kind of haptic feedback, a la the Samsung Tocco.

It’s listed as a “potential gaming device” or a phone. So there’s a good chance we’re looking at the early plans for a touchscreen PSP or PSP phone. As we found out last week, Sony looks like it’s going it alone with the latter project, rather than hooking up with Sony Ericsson. This patent would certainly back that up.

In the meantime, we’re going to have to make do with the just–outed F305 gaming phone. But don’t be surprised if you catch sight of a touchscreen PSP in the next year or so.


BLUE TOOTH HEADPHONES FOR YOUR PSP

Technology changes in seconds these days, with new revolutionary gadgets increasingly becoming commonplace. BLUETAKE’s mission is to provide the most effective and competitive Bluetooth® based products. BLUTAKE recently introduced the i-Phono mini Bluetooth Transmitter PSP that brings wireless Bluetooth technology to the PlayStation Portable via an attachment connected to the PSP’s base.

The product’s model is BT450Rx. With this device you can transmit your CD quality stereo music from your PSP wirelessly to the i-Phono Mini Bluetooth Stereo Headphone BT450Rx. Now you can enjoy audio from games, music and movies with this wireless Bluetooth headphone. The advantage of these headphones, as opposed to other cordless headsets, such as the Gear4 BluPhones, is that they are designed for use with the PSP. The flat and thin shape fits along the bottom part of the PSP perfectly. Below are some of device’s specifications:

• It measures 126×20x30mm and weighs 20g.
• It comes with 3.5mm (1/8” Stereo Plug).
• It is compatible with i-Phono mini BT450Rx or i-PHONO PLUS BT420Rx audio receiver.
• Sound configurations: Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 20 KHz, Sample Rate: 48 KHz, 16 Bit, Input Impedance: 20 K Ω @ 0 dB gain and Line-level Input: 400 rms – 4rms Vrms @ 0 dBFS.
• It operates for 6 hours in a temperature range of 10°C - +55°C.
• It comes with Built-in battery: 3.7 V / 200 mAh / Li-Polymer / Rechargeable.
• It is charged by DC adapter.
• It connects easily with your PSP.
• It not only connects to your PSP but also with your music players, Bluetooth-enabled PC with the internet messenger such as Skype, yahoo and msn messenger.
• It has a well-fitting and attractive design.
• It has an inbuilt microphone.
• You can easily install its hardware.

PSP could be set to support PS3 video service

According to internet reports, Sony is hoping to create a service that will allow films downloaded to the PS3 using its newly-announced download service to be transferred to and then watched on PSP.

US movie site Variety has reported the news, which is based on rumours from industry insiders who say Sony is in discussions with various studios to offer their movies on PS3. The service - announced at a Tokyo press conference on Thursday - will enable films and TV shows to be downloaded through the PS3 with Sony hoping it can take on the sorts of rental services already offered by Xbox 360, Apple's iTunes and other websites.

Most interesting, though, is the speculation the service could also include the ability to move downloads from a PS3 onto PSP. There are also renewed whispers that Blu-ray films could in the future be transferred from disc to the handheld, replacing the need for UMDs. This has been mentioned before, but nothing firm has been announced.

We're hoping confirmation of either or both services could materialise at E3 next month. After all, both would no doubt boost the popularity of PSP massively. Sony has announced its Sky-partnered Go!View service already, which will allow users to download selected TV content to watch on their handhelds, but this sounds like it could be an even bigger coup for Sony. Watch this space for news as we get it.


PSP regains top spot in Japanese hardware chart


After a lengthy stint at the top of the Japanese hardware chart, the new Metal Gear Solid sold enough PS3s to knock PSP into second place last week. But only for one week it turns out, because PSP is now back up there again.

According to the latest Media Create figures, PSP sold 59,351 units throughout the week putting it way back ahead of all the competition. PS3 slips down to fourth position with 20,336 consoles sold and Wii and DS take second and third place respectively.

So everything is back in familiar territory again and we only got one week off from reporting the news PSP is still number one in Japan. Not that we're complaining of course.