GPS On PSP

[Carbon_77]

Sony is smart to do this!

Source

 

[peeweegary]

its been on sale for a while now but just not in north america. When i went to Japan this summer, it was already on sale.

 

[V1P3R]

Yeah, you have to have custom firmware or something too.

 

[peeweegary]

i also believe from the best of my memory that you need a umd disk. I think it contains information of the area you're in. I may be wrong on this though.

 

[Carbon_77]

Cool guys.

 

[suzq044]

.. the question is, will it EVER come out to the US?

 

[.D3]

i also believe from the best of my memory that you need a umd disk. I think it contains information of the area you're in. I may be wrong on this though.

If you have a custom firmware, you can download maps onto your memory stick and use it using MapThis! (I think that's what it's called)

 

[Robin]

Such a good idea because then you can have you PSP as everything on the go, your satnav, console, AV collection player and even your phone (using the new Skype integration!)...

Robin.

 

[.D3]

TV too, if you live in Japan.
They have already released a 1-seg TV tuner for the PSP but it will only work in Japan.

 

[Scaff]

The have already confirmed that Europe will be getting this, I just don't know about the US.

http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=562

Looks very cool and I for one will be getting it.

Scaff

 

[suzq044]

(sigh) but i want it nowwww lol

 

[rvlashn]

:tup:Wow, Sony! 👍

GPS on the PSP, I'm impressed.I keep hearing all these incredibly neat features it has, and I'm not considered a gamer freak. But I wants one so badly!

 

[[empty space]]

interesting, but, id rather have it be able to connect to a wireless isp/3g network so i can surf the internets/stream music anywhere and not just in a hot spot.

 

[GT4 genius]

interesting, but, id rather have it be able to connect to a wireless isp/3g network so i can surf the internets/stream music anywhere and not just in a hot spot.

Could the PSP get an attachment in the future to connect to WiMax? Or is WiMax more so for connecting to a house arieal? Sorry if that seems a strange or stupid question but I know very little about WiMax or the PSP's features and I'm interested in both.

 

[[empty space]]

wimax? cant say that ive ever heard of it myself.

 

[GT4 genius]

Heres a good article about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX.
Its seems promising but maybe a good few years away yet, for most of us.

 

[FoolKiller]

Does anyone have any word on this coming to the US? If it isn't coming I wish Sony would just say so. If not I will just buy one on its own.

 

[turbomp301]

It will be out in NA in roughly 6 months time.

If you have cfw, PSP-Maps is a great alternative. http://royale.zerezo.com/psp/

 

[FoolKiller]

It will be out in NA in roughly 6 months time.

If you have cfw, PSP-Maps is a great alternative. http://royale.zerezo.com/psp/

Maps is fine and all, but not what I want. And I am not going to do custom firmware.

What I want is a GPS that can tell me where I am now and how to get to where I want to go.

Plus, you can't really do Geocaching with just a mp.

 

[suzq044]

I have the GPS on my PSP - but its a HUGE file.. but I have custom firmware, because the US version will not work with the japanese reciever otherwise. I like it; but I need more maps.