PSP to get GPS, email, and probably a lot more PS2 game ports
You have to give the Ars forums props, they're pretty clean
graphically. Whenever I go to any other forum I'm just struck dumb by
the sheer amount of pictures, sigs, and visual noise. Don't even try to
go to a car forum. You'll literally die as every post is followed by
almost a page long signature describing what the poster has done to
their El Camino.
I braved the Sony forums to see a reported scan
from the new Official Playstation Magazine. Apparently the next
firmware update will include a system to send and receive email from
your PSP. You can also expect to see a GPS system for Sony's handheld.
Here's hoping the picture isn't the finished design.
This is
all well and good, firmware updates are nice and more functionality is
something we can all get behind. I will say I get cramps just thinking
about typing even a very short message using the PSP buttons. You have
to wonder when Sony's going to put more effort into making better games
for the system, and not making it simply a gadget. At this rate you may
be looking at the perfect Jack of all trades, master of none.
Here's the post from Sony's site:March 06 PSM describes an upcoming PSP firmware update that will
include an e-mail client. Sony Mail will let users setup a PSP e-mail
account using the PSP's unique system ID instead of wrestling with
server setup.
Hopefully it'll have the ability to access more than just the PSP account. I can almost smell the unified login, baby.
A
GPS addon is on the way later in 2006 and will be accompanied by the
release of map UMD's. I wonder if games will use the GPS peripheral?
(Note from Auri: I think that looks fake as heck, but who knows)
Source:
Ars Technica