I asked the same question several days ago. I don´t understand why Sony hasn´t released the 3.0 firmware for A608. Personally I think the A608 is more HW-powerful than new E00 series. I´m looking for any web information about this, but nobody say anything. It looks like a joke that Sony released the 2.01 for A608 the same day that 3.0 for A1000/3000. The only thing we have is a new horrible flower screensaver !!!