Archive for March, 2008

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

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

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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