Introducing PSP (Play station Portable), developed by Sony Computer Entertainment is a handheld game console. The Play station Portable was developed in the year 2003, official launch was however done on may 2004. E3 was the first model unveiled by Sony Computers.
Sony’s Play station Portable- dimensions:
The measurements of Play station Portable are as follows:
• It is 170 mm in length
• It is 74 mm in width
Sony’s Play station Portable comprises of a CPU which is a 32 bit MIPS32 R4k-based, Vector Floating Point Unit and a Floating Point Unit. Play station Portable also contains a Media Engine. 32-bit MIPS32 R4k-base CPU, DSP and decoding of multimedia are included in the Media Machine. The Media Machine in the Play station Portable also consists of the CPU which performs the functions of the computers CPU.
Sony’s version with the firm ware of 3.50 has a 32 MiB if main RAM and has a DRAM of 4 MiB, the 4 MiB are future divided in 2 two parts each of 2 MiB. One part is used for the graphics and the other is used for the secondary processor of the Media Engine. However, there is provision for the memory management in the CPU.
Play station Portable-UMD
In Play station Portable there is a slot for the UMD (Universal Media Disc). Most of the games in PSP (Play station Portable) are available on the UMD’s. The only drawback of the UMD is that they are very expensive. UMD may also be sometimes a cause for slowing down the speed of the data transfer and may affect the loading speeds. However with new versions this problem is not seen very frequently.
Play station Portable-Controls
The Play station Portable comprises of controls which resemble the joy stick of the Play Station 2. The controls of the Play station Portable are often referred as game oriented controls. It consists of 4 primary buttons also known as the face buttons, two buttons on the side corners, button for the selection and for staring, a four way directional pad and an analog. It also has separate buttons for music and for adjusting the brightness of the screen.
Play station Portable-Battery life
Depending upon the application used the life of the battery of the Play station Portable varies. While accessing the wireless network and when the brightness is highest the time taken for the application is nearly 3 hours. For the minimum use of the battery, Play station Portable also has the provision of the sleep mode.
Play station Portable-Colors and versions
The versions of the Play station Portable differ from one country to another. Play station Portable comes in wide range of colors some of them include pink, white, black, silver, metallic blue etc.
Play station Portable- external attachments
The Play station Portable includes external attachments like the camera, Digital TV tuner, speakers, headsets, memory card.
Play station Portable-Multimedia
Movies and games can be played on a UMD format in the Play station Portable. Play station Portable also provides a support for the formats like MP3, AAC, WMA and ATRAC. Music, games and videos can also be stored on the memory card.
Popularity: 38% [?]
January 7th, 2008 at 8:47 am
There are rumours that 2008 will see a PSPhone from Sony Ericsson. Not formally announced, however rumours are that Sony Ericsson will follow its Cyber-shot camera phones, Walkman phones and Bravia TV phone with a PSP Phone!
July 1st, 2009 at 7:32 am
The PSP is the best portable console in my oppion. Is anyone going to get the upcoming PSPPro coming out later this year? I am!