You Decide! now that there is a way to install an OS via the Memory Card on to the PSP (hey! this could be next contest - install Windows XP Tablet OS 2005 on a PSP).Engadget sighted few new accessories that are due sooner for PSPs. But there is an inetesting article in the TG Daily about this.
Leading the way this fall will be a pair of attachments that can collectively convert the PSP into a digital camera, voice-over-IP conferencing station, and a GPS navigation system. WiFi connectivity with Web browsing has already been added to the component, as part of the PSP’s version 2.x firmware upgrades, which were rolled out last October. Now, with the PSP-300 “EyeToy” attachment on-board, the PSP can effectively become a semi-portable communications device, at least within the vicinity of one’s home or, with a little ingenuity in both the technical and social departments, a campus. Video e-mail becomes a possibility, as well as video podcasts, presumably to be distributed through Sony’s network, perhaps among others.
What isn’t clear at present (no photographs appear to be available) is the degree to which standards will be employed in the conferencing process. Will PSP users be able to do VoIP conferences with PC users, and if so, which software will they have to use? Or will this just be a clever walkie-talkie for the PSP crowd? Amid Kutaragi’s apologetic mood Wednesday, on account of the PS3 delay, many details weren’t made clear - in fact, it appears Sony’s own PR has been relying on independent press reports to determine the extent of what Kutaragi himself said. But had the mood been just a bit brighter, perhaps both Sony and its press followers …
Full article at TG Daily
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