Thank you, Captain Obvious. “I think we did cater for a market, albeit not as big as the traditional PSP-3000 market,” Kaz Hirai told MCV. “It is the first time we have done that with any of our devices, and we did get a lot of feedback, both good and bad. Do you think maybe that some of the feedback …

I’ll be the first to admit that Sony’s sleek new PSP Go! fills me with a tempering technolust that makes it even more difficult for my old, disgusting, fat PSP to fit in to my jean pockets. It seems though that the little device could be in trouble before it’s even hit retail shelves. Despite an awesome upcoming line-up- including …

The much rumoured PGP Go has been officially leaked by Sony’s electronic insider magazine, Qore. I think all the rumours were true on this one, the PSP Go doesn’t have a UMD drive (bye bye UMD), it’s vastly thinner than the PSP 3000, has a sliding screen and unbelievably only has a single analogue stick. Last Updated: May 30, 2009

Sony have become quite famous for their strange and sometimes just plain twisted advertisements. This latest advert for the PSP is actually quite magical and does a wonderful job of showing how much entertainment can be packed into the handheld device. While it's all very pretty and the music is catchy, that tune does bare a scary (as in 95% the same) resemblance to the tune "He's got the whole world in his hands". Whether or not any religious factions would care to make a fuss about it is a different story altogether. Look on the bright side though, the advert is nice and it doesn't involve naked people with thumbs in strange places!

Now that there are some concrete details about the Nintendo DSi, Joystiq has made a very nice little hardware comparison chart comparing the DSi to the PSP-3000 and Apple’s “gaming handheld” the iPhone/iPod Touch. Last Updated: October 2, 2008

John Koller from Sony has been chatting to Gamespot about the upcoming PSP 3000 and the improvements contained within… To be honest the improvements are pretty minor, something which Sony admits themselves, the most important improvements being the brighter screen and maybe the microphone? I know I personally found it annoying that I couldn’t use my PSP outside so a …

Sony's 3rd version of their PSP is on its way and promises to be even better than the two before it and will release on October the 14th, 15th and 16th in the US, Europe and Australia respectively. We are unsure of the exact date that we will be seeing the PSP 3000 here in South Africa but we will reports it as soon as we get the info. So then, let's take a look at makes the new PSP so different: Here are the technical specs which were revealed courtesy of marketwatch : *1 Microphone function can be used on games that are compatible with headsets.

*2 To enjoy Skype on PSP, users will require a Skype account, Memory Stick Duo(TM), a wireless Internet connection and a Headphone with Remote Control (PSP-S140) or Skype-compatible headphones. Users are recommended to speak closely to the microphone (approx. 10cm from the microphone). *3 Video output cables (AV cable/ S VIDEO cable/ D Terminal AV cable/ Component AV cable) are sold separately. Product lineup may differ by country/ region. *4 Color variations may differ by country/ region. PSP(R)(PlayStation(R)Portable) (PSP-3000) Product Overview Product name PSP(R)(PlayStation(R)Portable) External dimensions Approx. 169.4 x 18.6 x 71.4 mm / 6 3/4 x 3/4 x 2 3/4 in (width A- height A- depth) (excludes largest projection) Weight Approx. 189g / 6.7 oz (including battery pack) CPU PSP CPU (System clock frequency 1-333MHz) Main memory 64MB Display 4.3 inches (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive, 480 x 272 pixel, Approximately 16,770,000 colors displayed Sound Built-in stereo speakers Main input/ output Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b)(Wi-Fi) High Speed USB (USB2.0) (mini-B) Memory Stick PRO Duo(TM) Analog Video Out Microphone Main connectors DC IN 5V connector DC OUT connector video out/headset connector USB connector Memory Stick Duo(TM) slot Key/ Switches Directional buttons (up/down/right/left), analog stick, Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, square), L/R buttons START button, SELECT button, PS button POWER/HOLD switch, WLAN switch display button, sound button, volume (+/-) buttons Power sources Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery pack AC adaptor USB power supply Internal disc drive Read-only UMD(TM) drive Supported profile PSP(R) (PlayStation(R) Portable) Game UMD(TM) Video Access control Region code, parental control Wireless communications Infrastructure mode Ad hoc mode (connects up to 16 consoles) Supplied accessories AC adaptor Battery pack (1200mAh) Supported codec (in Memory Stick) Video — Memory Stick Video Format - MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC) - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC) – MP4 File Format - MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC) - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile- CABAC only - (AAC LC) / Baseline Profile (AAC LC) – AVI - Motion JPEG (Linear PCM or u-Lau) Music — Memory Stick Audio Format - ATRAC3(TM) - ATRAC3plus(TM) - MP3 – MP3(MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer3) – MP4(MPEG-4 AAC) – WAVE(Linear PCM) – WMA(Windows Media(R) Audio 9 Standard only) (*5) Photo — JPEG (DCF2.0/Exif2.21compliant) – TIFF – BMP – GIF – PNG *5 WMA Playback feature needs to be enabled.