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play station portable as online reading device 
08.25.2005, 4:12 PM
The new updated Sony PSP portable gaming device will include a web browser. That gives it games, film, photo and web - the most comprehensive pocket instrument out there. But for the time being, it's read-only. Without a stylus, or virtual keyboard, many of the web's more interactive elements will be unavailable.
Posted by ben vershbow at August 25, 2005 04:12 PM
tags: Games, The Ideal Device?
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[Source: if:book] quoted: The web browsing capability of the new PSP is no hoax, but the image is just something I cobbled together on Photoshop for fun. Who knows how the NY Times would actually look on that screen. [Read More]
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At internettablettalk.com:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=281#post281
"Yeah, no kidding. People are hungry for this size browser. And that screen ain't nothin'! Certainly is a big picture. I wonder if it's lifesize?
"Actually, come to look closer at it, the page being displayed must be 1000 pixels wide. Is this a hoax, Ben?"
Posted by: Roger at August 26, 2005 12:07 AM
The web browsing capability of the new PSP is no hoax, but the image is just something I cobbled together on Photoshop for fun. Who knows how the NY Times would actually look on that screen. I'm pretty sure there would be formatting issues.
Posted by: ben vershbow at August 26, 2005 12:01 PM
"Hoax" isn't the word I meant, sorry -- I meant "composite." I've only seen one photo of a PSP showing a web page so far that was live.
But I agree, as a non-PSP owner and likely to remain so, that its web browsing is a big deal.
Posted by: Roger at August 26, 2005 12:55 PM
