The Cynic Says……

So it looks like the PSP has just become a little more enticing… Apparently they’ve released a new software version that adds a web browser…. really neato because it already had wi-fi capability but no browser. To me, that didn’t make any sense. Why make an internet-enabled device only to not let it browse the web? I understand that the initial purpose of adding wi-fi to the device was so you could play games over the internet against other people, BUT the fact that it had several nice multimedia features (mp3’s, movie files off memory cards, movies on UMD discs, etc.) put it more in the category of a convergence device. Sony obviously realized that leaving out at least a basic functionality web browser was a faux pas since they’ve just released the new software update. As of now, it seems to be a pretty sweet device. Throw it in your backpack, run down to your local starbucks, sit around sipping coffee and playing games against other people via wifi.. then surf the web a little. Head over to a friend’s house and play some games and surf the web some too… Pretty neat if you ask me. The PSP also works fairly nicely as an mp3 player and movie viewer (you can buy movie discs at Target and other places from what I’ve seen), plus you can encode movies yourself and copy them to your MemoryStick ProDuo and watch them on your PSP as well. All this for about half the price of a really nice PDA. Admittedly the PDA has more functionality, but it’s all about what you actually need and use. Anyway, here’s a couple of pics courtesy of Kyle over at HardOCP