I've traveled to over 40 countries in the past nine years. Through all of my trips, I've invariably carried two things with me: a Lonely Planet guidebook and a Gameboy (or Gameboy Advance. Or Nintendo DS.) But when you're backpacking, space is at a premium. So it would have been awesome for me if I could have rolled my portable and my guidebook together into one package.

And now, Lonely Planet has done it! They've come up with guidebooks for six European cities that you can stick on a PSP disc. The price? An ass-gouging $49.99 each.

And there's the problem: that's two-three times as expensive as a physical Lonely Planet guidebook. Even if browsing through a guidebook were just as convenient on a PSP as a physical book (and I doubt it), the idea of paying $50 for a city guide on a single UMD is absolutely mind-boggling. Hell, you can't even write the measurements and proficiencies of cute Danish girls on the page of the hostel you met them at! Florian Eckhardt

Lonely Planet To PSP [Aeropause]

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