[David Galindo]

Gamefly.com is already renting out PSP games, which is great.

Also, take a look at the future firmware updates:

Word Processor- in conjunction with 3rd party keyboards, you can use your PSP as a nice word processor/editor.
http://www.gameseek.co.uk/productdet...aqce6he5x223r/

Web Browser- Its already happening, with some games using their own browser (like Wipeout) but expect an official browser soon.

Camera- Wow, Id definitely want this.
http://www.gadgetmadness.com/archive..._accessory.php


All of this info was known a couple of weeks ago when a firmware update was leaked from Japan.

Cant wait!

[Mike Miskulin]

Dave Scarpa,

Does that flip top accessory flip to the back of the unit when open, or does it get in the way?

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A 5-10 GB stick affordably/competitively priced would certainly increase the mass appeal of the product, especially with the video capabilities.

Speaking of video, there's a great freeware encoder for psp out there called PSP Video 9. Very customizable and also allows you to manange all your psp files. It seems to work nicely, indeed.

BTW, lovin' Ridge Racer! Can't get enough of that wonderful drift!

mike.

[RichardK]

as far as 1Gb stick pricing...can you really get a DUO for $150 MSRP? sounds more like the regular stick price even for sandisk... Please post a source thanks....
im gonna get a 512mb pro duo from newegg... $71

[David Galindo]

I got a $150 sandisk 1GB at ebgames.com...but its backordered now.

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/255567.asp

Check your local EBGames or Gamestop.

[RichardK]

Thanks for the tip on the 1Gb duo.

Also, for those who want a quick, super easy way to get non-dvd video on to your PSP, try PSP Video 9. It is excruciatingly EASY to use. It took me less than 5 minutes to figure it out and another 2minutes to get a quick test video on to my PSP...Oh Yeah!!! I will definitely be ordering multiple mem sticks...Peace out. Enjoy!

PSP Video 9


I'll be trying out the DVD Encrypter tool later to try for the DVD to PSP move.

[Mike Miskulin]

http://www.onsale.com/onsale/shop/de...sp?dpno=651408

Of course, the ship date keeps getting pushed back. I pre-ordered on 2/09 and the ship date has changed from 2/28 to 3/16, and now to 4/4.

If anyone has actually received a stick from onsale, please let me know.

[Jeff*S*C*]

http://www.sparco.com/cgi-bin/wfind2?spn=A55F495

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...736&spf=1&sp=1

Is there really a difference between the gaming and the non-gaming one?

[Brian E]

AFAIK there is no difference. There is a difference in the Pro vs non pro sticks that being read times.

[Sean Moon]

W00t! Just got a video to work on the psp! I have had some files encoded using pspvideo 9 for a few weeks, but could never get them to work properly on the psp for some unknown reason. I just downloaded the new 3gpp converter and it works. Its amazing how much you can geek out from something as simple as seeing a movie on a little handheld.

And why couldnt sony make the movie playback as easy as photo sharing and mp3 playback?

[Jeff*S*C*]

Just read that SanDisk announced a 2GB Pro Duo last month so the 1GB's may drop in price when that's released.

[RAF]

Has anyone done a realistic analysis of what is needed in the way of capacity for a memory stick on the PSP? I realize that digital photos and movies would be big memory hogs, depending on the resolution and number of images or the size of the MPEG-4 files, so the Gigabyte sticks would be appropriate here.

But what about saving games? In the brief time I've used my PSP I've noticed that each new game disc sets up some sort of game save file for me with each new entrant. And it is obvious that different games take different amounts of memory for storing this stick that information. Sometimes a game will just say "save" and other times (I forget which one) I get a message such as "Saving 560Kb". My question is - assuming one user per game, what do you think, on an average, the capability of the "stock" 32Meg stick is in terms of how many different games can be "saved?" I realize that this is just a generalization because of the wide differences in games and saving requirements, but is there any rule of thumb that one could use?

I'm thinking that I'll use the 32 Meg stick that came with the PSP for game storage and go for a bigger stick for all the video and multimedia goodies that are popping up.

Any takers on all of this?

Thanks.