Tag: PSP
Opinion: Why Apple's iPhone won't beat Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS at their own game!
Jonathan Weinberg writes… Mobile phones will never, ever, be portable games consoles. Nokia tried it with their N-Gage device, and they are trying it again with N-Gage software on their normal handsets. Gizmondo (while not strictly a phone) tried it – and failed miserably.
Now Steve Jobs has set his sights on trying to battle Sony and Nintendo for a slice of the portable gaming industry by opening up the iPhone to top-notch titles.
It’s a nice soundbite, it’s a good offering for Apple consumers, but it will still only ever be a mobile phone that you can play games on – rather than a games console. And they are, and always shall be, two totally different propositions and never the twain should meet…
Shiny Video Review: Tech Digest throws waterproof gadgets into the Thames, but do they survive?
I’m down at the Thames River in London, soaking up the non-existent sun, and have just tested a bunch of electronics which claim to be ‘waterproof’. This was an extremely nerve-wracking video to film, namely because it was my personal mobile phone and PSP within those OverBoard cases, along with a recently-announced 850 SW camera from Olympus,…
Skype has finally arrived on the Sony PSP, in firmware update 3.9!
Hey, better rummage around in your loft and find your dusty slim ‘n lite PSP, careful you don’t step on that waffle griddle up there!
Now that you’ve got your once-beloved handheld console from just a few months ago in your hands, crank it up and download…
The PSP Skype microphone and headset combi – finally pictured properly
The excruciatingly slow drip-drip-drip news of the arrival of PSP Skype finally reaches its DRAMATIC CONCLUSION today, with this – an official picture of the mess of cables, headphones, bendy call-centre microphone and little in-line volume controller needed to operate it.
It’s going to get amazingly tangled up. And surely any benefit that comes from being able to make free Skype calls on your PSP will be outweighed by the man-hours invested in untangling all that cabling each time you want to make a call?
CES 2008: Blu-ray set to kill off UMD as a PSP movie format
I’ve just published the liveblog of the Blu-ray press conference at CES (you can read it here), but one element in particular is worth pulling out. There was talk of a new feature where you’ll be able to put a Blu-ray disc in your PS3, and within seconds, have a copy of the movie ready to transfer to your PSP.
CES 2008: Skype coming to Slim and Lite PSPs
Confirming one of the more concrete rumours from last week – made all the more believable by the fact that Sony had itself mentioned it on its own CES page – Sony is demonstrating its upcoming Skype update for PSPs. A new firmware upgrade, expected to be arriving later this month, will include a full Skype system allowing for PSP to PSP calls, PSP to PC calls and PSP to normal phone calls as long as you have Skype credit, which you can purchase direct from the PSP software.
PSP getting Skype support in next update?
Apparently Sony’s about to add another feature to PSP’s bulging little memory – Skype support.
An incredibly secret source we can’t name for fear of DEATH (or… a post on Sony’s CES site) announced the feature, pointing out that you’ll be able to “call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with…
PlayStation Phone is on the cards, says Sony
Okay, so the iPhone has been out for ages, Google isn’t making a gPhone after all judging by the announcement of its Android platform. What mythical handset are we going to gossip about now? Ah, the PlayStation Phone…
Sony unveils Deep Red PSP in Japan
Sales of PSPs have been soaring since the Slim’n’Lite version of Sony’s handheld came out, but the company isn’t stopping there. It’s just unveiled a Deep Red PSP in Japan, which goes on sale next month.
Sony's Slim and Lite PSP out now
Better get eBay booted up, and start deciding between .jpegs, as the new Sony PSP Slim has been released today, so there’s no good reason to hold onto your old fat model. Well, apart from the fact it costs £129.99 and you’d be lucky to get £100 on eBay for your used PSP, even if you throw in ten games.
So what’s going to encourage you to upgrade? Could it be the fact that it’s 33% lighter and 19% smaller? That it’s now made in Piano Black plastic instead of the heavier metal previously seen? That there’s additional RAM (faster loading times, zomg!), but apart from that…
