Dusting Off the PlayStation Portable (Washington Post)(PSP News)

Updates to the operating software have introduced Internet radio stations, for example, and Sony recently made voice-over-Internet service Skype available on the device, meaning that users can make cheap or even free phone calls to anywhere in the world. Later this year Sony is rolling out a GPS service for the gadget, with which users will be able to navigate the real-world streets with 3-D versions of major U. For the non-gamer — and, okay, maybe even for us gamers — God of War might look like pretty cheesy stuff, but somehow it works, and the new version is as addictive as its predecessors. Sony had pushed a movie format for use on the device, called Universal Mini Disc, but that sold poorly enough that many major movie studios eventually abandoned it. read more

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