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"I'm posting from my psp!"

The psp web browser was released today in Japan. It works a treat, even on my Canadian model.

I initially thought this sounded a bit of a rubbish idea. For a start I dont have a wireless set up at home, and even if I did, I'd just use my PC. But then I thought about being out and about. There are hotspots at uni for example so it could be useful there, and being able to directly download to the PSP rather then having to transfere things from a PC would save time and effort I suppose. So thats one more tick on the list of reasons why I might get a PSP, I'm still undecided and will probably wait a few months after release to make my mind up. Its looking promissing though.

Bullett wrote:
> whoo, i'm posting from my psp now :D
>
> It's jap firmware but works perfectly - and the loss of emulators
> doesn't bother me since i have a pc and GP32 for that! love the
> custom wallpapers too

Does it take up loads of batery power ?

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Someone explain the point of this to me?


Why would you want to run Linux on a game console?

Why have a 2Mb broadband connection when 1Mb is sufficient for most home use?

Why have a video mobile when none of your friends or relatives have?

Surely the answer to these questions, and many more, is simply... "because I can"? :-)

It works from any Wireless location, so if there's a hotspot in town or whatever, you can connect there.

I have encountered a few problems, where the PSP just gives up trying to load big sites - the 'Not Enough Memory' thing comes up a lot, meaning I have to clear my cache/cookies/history a lot.

Still, it's new, there's lots of room for improvement - it's just damn impressive that it works as well as it currently does.

(I'm posting from my PC this time :P )

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Someone explain the point of this to me?

this was what i wondered when i asked 'where from?'
why not post from your pc? does it work on the train?

im posting from my psp too. ive sat all day on it, its like when i just got the internet. im loving it. i have got wireless all around my house etc but its not the same carrying the pc around as carrying my psp , its a hell of a lot better. even the keyboard on this seems like normal to me now, im getting wizzy at it , tho still not as fast as typing * just to prove it, this post has taken me nearly 4 mins to write*

oh and wats rubbish about it, well you cant go on any music sites etc so its a sad and silent experience, oh well best pump up the sterio

I suppose we'll have to see how popular it is when the PSP goes world-wide in September. Same with the UMD movies I suppose - it's a good idea, but unless PSP mania sets in proper, only the biggest companies will risk releasing DVD and UMD versions of their films.

Well, I heard that any sites requiring Flash wont work...which sukcs because most 'professional' sites have Flash nowdays.

But im sure in the next Update Sony will add Flash support.

I think we'll start to see some PSP-friendly sites now that the browser has been released.

Mozzy wrote:
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Someone explain the point of this to me?
>
> Well, it's no actually that hard to understand. By using the internet
> on your PSP you can download trailers, music samples etc directly to
> your PSP without having to connect it to the PC.

Didn't think of the music thing, that's pretty funky.
What's the compatability like with web-pages on the brower anyone? Or is it running off IE basics or what?

Bonus ... calm down. Daddy moderator? Preacher? wtf?

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Someone explain the point of this to me?

Well, it's no actually that hard to understand. By using the internet on your PSP you can download trailers, music samples etc directly to your PSP without having to connect it to the PC.