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PSP GPS Hands-On At CES
Sony had a handful of PSPs in its CES booth this year, two dedicated to Skype and one to its GPS accessory, which it released in Japan in late 2006 and plans to ship in North America at some point this year. While the display on the CES show floor was nothing more than an interactive demo, showing the device's capabilities in video form only, reps confirmed a few facts about the final product. The GPS device will access map data from an included UMD that's region specific, but updated country maps and 3D landmarks can be purchased and downloaded to a Memory Stick for those planning on traveling abroad. Sony plans to add major countries in Europe and Asia as downloadable add-ons, meaning PSP GPS owners will be spared carrying multiple discs if overseas.
And while Skype is strictly limited to PSP-2000 users, those still sporting an original PlayStation Portable can use the GPS attachment without problems. Release dates for North America and Europe aren't finalized, but reps seemed confident that Westerners will be enjoying it this calendar year.
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PSP GPS No Good For Cars. What About Motorcycles?
With GPS standard in most Japanese cars and many cell phones, Sony's move to create a GPS receiver for the PSP was surprising. Blog HiroIro has a fine product review using Japanese UMD title MAPLUS. More » -
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Japanese People Can Now Find Stuff With the PSP
It's out! Japan's PlayStation Portables get their GPS on. The screw-attach peripheral works with Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and has a mini-game in which players can search for real locations. It will also be compatible with the upcoming Hot Shots Golf and will allow players to see how many yards they are from the hole. Standard GPS software forthcoming. I like the idea of this very much, but with GPS systems standard in cars and cell phones, I'm not sure how practical it'll be as a traditional navigator. Wait and see. More » -
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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops to Support GPS
Ooooh, this sounds kinda sexy. Konami just announced that Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the Playstation Portable is going to supporr the PSP GPS. HOT! More » -
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What Japanese PSP Users Want (Hint: Not Games)
A recent poll quizzed Japanese folks about what functions they'd like to see appear on the PSP. What do folks want? A big chunk of those polled wanted 1seg support. Beginning this past April, 1seg is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan. In short, it lets people view digital TV on portable devices. Talk about an application that's absolutely perfect for the PSP. What do folks not want? Functions like the PSP camera add-on and the GPS receiver weren't that popular, which doesn't bode well for these products when they launch in Japan this fall. Three words: better market research. More » -
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PSP Email, GPS Coming in 2006?
The Playstation Portable will be getting e-mail support and GPS add-on this year, according to PSM. Of course the word comes through the Playstation forums, then Evil Avatar and then PSP Vault, but I think it might be true. More » -
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Gizmondo Adds GPS Mapping
Tiger Telematics announced today that their yet-to-hit-North-America portable gamer the Gizmondo will now support a street level GPS mapping program. More »
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