A Kewl dVice indeed. I had been curios of how the controls handle for gaming, Being a portable sometimes the controls on such devices are lacking. As long as they continue to add features and usability upgrades it will eventually appeal to everyone.

VICE

Very cool.

Now ... can I get FreeBSD or Linux running on that thing? :)

Hey Dave this post caught my eye because I recently connected with a young enthusiast at the Pittsburgh, PA airport. As a speaker and trainer I travel a lot and like most travelers need to find an electrical outlet for my laptop while waiting to board my flight. Last week as I surfed the web at the airport an 11 year old boy named Mark asked if he could share the electrical outlet. In his hand was a Sony PSP, a device I knew little about.

I asked Mark what he thought of the device and couldn't help but smile at his enthusiastic response. For the next ten minutes Mark demonstrated all of the reasons why this is the greatest device on the market. You can play games, watch movies, etc. He had just returned from vacation and had used the PSP during the long flight from Europe. Then he demonstrated where you install the disks (cautioning me about touching the exposed portion for fear of damaging the disk). He spoke about the movies he has watched and his favorite games.

As I looked to my left, his mother mouthed the words "I'm sorry" because Mark was on a roll and couldn't stop sharing his love for this device. I assured her how much I was enjoying his viral marketing and his "Raving Fan" response.

All too soon we started boarding and I reluctantly told Mark goodbye. So Sony may have lost its edge of 'cool' but it still has Raving Fans in more than one generation.

p.s. I love your blog!

because of your advocacy for this product, I'm researching to purchase one for myself, as I hold your opinion high.

This is a prime example of 'viral' marketing and my lack of decision making/will/mind of my own.

Yeah, I purchased one not too long ago, it has to be the closest console to a laptop, and for $250 i'm amazed, plus if you're really looking for some interesting stuff check out www.psp-hacks.com they have some very cool utilities for the psp

how do u get download games to he psp when it is finsh downloading

Please see the following:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_sony_psp.html

for many, many articles on how to do specific tasks with the device.

i need new software for my psp i have got it since 2 days
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i need a psp

Ok so i had the PSP version 1, but after a long life of a few years, it stopped reading UMD's. I talked with my friends and they have had similar problems. So a few days ago i purchased the new PSP Go, which doesn't use the UMD's at all as im sure you know. However, my only problem with the Go is that it doesn't use the old memory card. they moved to something smaller and now i dont know how to get my old memory onto the new device. I think i could make it work if i could just get the old data onto a computer, but none of my computers support the old memory stick...