| The Sony PSP features a large 4.3-inch 16:9 wide | | | | including select Starbucks coffee shops, Borders |
| screen LCD TFT screen with a 480x272 | | | | bookstores, Hyatt hotels, and more than 70 |
| resolution, button layout similar to the PlayStation | | | | major airports across the United States. |
| with a digital control pad, an analog stick, circle, | | | | On June 29, Sony announced a new PlayStation |
| triangle, square, x, and two shoulder buttons, USB | | | | Portable firmware over at its website for Japan. |
| 2.0 connectivity, a Memory Stick Duo media slot, | | | | This development, christened firmware 3.51, is still |
| and 802.11b WiFi support. The Standard Edition | | | | rather cloaked in secrecy, as the only known |
| PSP comes with the PSP itself, a battery, an AC | | | | change implemented to it is a fix for certain |
| adapter, and a manual, along with Ridge Racers | | | | security vulnerability. The very same firmware |
| and Minna No Golf Portable. | | | | appeared on PlayStation UK and Sony is still |
| Rumor, or maybe expectations of a redesigned | | | | keeping mum if there are any changes made to |
| PlayStation portable began as soon as Nintendo | | | | it. |
| showed the world how much better a handheld | | | | What you already know about the PSP is that it is |
| can get after an upgrade. Sony always took the | | | | a piece of equipment built to go out there and kill |
| position that there were no plans for a second | | | | in the portable arena. This is Sony Computer |
| release of its portable, although they never denied | | | | Entertainment's first appearance into the portable |
| the possibility of revised hardware for the PSP. | | | | gaming market, and it's now a competitor to |
| That is, until a Sony executive in the UK, Ray | | | | Nintendo's long-running Game Boy area monopoly |
| Maguire, was caught on record in early March | | | | of handheld systems. The PSP is a powerful, |
| saying that the then current PSP was just the | | | | next-generation piece of hardware compacted |
| "first iteration" of the handheld, and that a future | | | | into a portable format. |
| version of the system would be smaller and | | | | The introduction of Sony's PlayStation Portable |
| lighter than the current PSP. | | | | was the moment portable game consoles |
| PSP, which stands for PlayStation Portable, is | | | | stopped being toys. Sony created the Universal |
| manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment, | | | | Media Disc, a sort of miniaturized DVD cartridge |
| and later that same month they announced a | | | | that holds 1.8 gigabytes to ensure that the PSP's |
| new firmware upgrade for the system, version | | | | games took advantage of all its power, giving |
| 3.30, enabling PSP users to play compatible games | | | | developers an unprecedented amount of space to |
| online, surf the Web, and download podcasts at | | | | create the best looking and most sophisticated |
| more than 7,000 T-Mobile hotspot locations, | | | | games ever made for a portable. |