techradar.com - 7/4/2009
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It's not controversial to state that pretty much no one likes the PSP's UMD drive, but it might raise eyebrows to suggest that Sony itself was never that into the whole tiny optical disk concept. That's the conclusion to be drawn from an interview given to Japanese website GameBusiness by Naoya ...
Three Ways Sony Could Make the PSP Phone Work
fastcompany.com 6/29/2009 —
Sony, not content with merely bumping up the specs of the PSP into the new Go version, is considering transforming the PSP into a phone too. Is this a smart move by the consumer electronics giant, or a very dumb one?
PSP Phone rumors have come and ...
Sony working on PSP phone... again?
obsessable.com 6/29/2009 — Long-rumoured, a recent story in Japan's Nikkei Daily puts a PSP phone closer to potential reality. Long-rumoured, not so long ago quashed , and now resurfacing: the idea that Sony will make a PlayStation-branded phone to compete with the likes of Apple's game-friendly iPhone and a growing ...
Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games [Psp Go!]
gizmodo.com 6/4/2009 — So what will happen to all of your old UMD games if you buy a PSP Go ? You'll be able to procure digital copies of those discs, maybe even for free. I asked Sony's John Koller , Director of Hardware Marketing for Sony, what the company planned to do ...
Sony kills (for now, at least) UMD transfer program for PSP Go
crunchgear.com 9/25/2009 —
Oh, Sony. You’re so close to being back, and then this happens. As you all know, the PSP Go comes out next week, and judging by all the random unboxings I’ve seen on various message boards—maybe CrunchGear’s PSP Go got ...
Sony: disc-free PSP planned from the start
electronista.com 7/2/2009 — Sony's PlayStation product planning head Naoya Matsui today told Japanese publication GameBusiness that the company had always planned a version of the PSP without the UMD drive. He claims that the company had wanted downloadable games from the ...
Sony: UMD-Free PSP Was Always Planned
edge-online.com 7/2/2009 — Naoya Matsui, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment's product planning division, has revealed that the platform holder always planned to release a UMD-free PSP once the digital distribution market had matured.
"We'd planned to release a PSP ...
Sources: Sony considers music downloads for PSP
news.cnet.com 5/21/2009 —
Sony has spoken with some of the major recording companies about providing music for the PlayStation Portable, music industry sources told CNET News.
The sources said the talks are only preliminary and no deals have been struck. But apparently, ...
Rumor: Sony Working on a PSP Music Store [PSP]
gizmodo.com 5/21/2009 — CNET's sources say Sony is mulling a PSP music store , to be integrated into the PlayStation Network . In light of other rumors , it's starting to sound like Sony wishes this whole "PSP" thing had gone down differently. They wish it was more like ...
Sony PSP Go Hands-On
ubergizmo.com 6/3/2009 —
We had time to play with the Sony PSP Go and here are our first impressions: The format is nice, it is much smaller than the product photos would have you think. That is definitely a pocket device. It feels small and light and it ...
PSP Go review
engadget.com 9/28/2009 —
At last, Sony's other worst-kept secret , the UMD-less PSP Go , is working its way through retail channels this week. The device itself is a marked improvement, but of course that's not the whole story. In many ways antithetical to the hype ...
Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen —
SFGate: Technology 7/1/2009
What better way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sony's iconic Walkman than to ask a teenager for some feedback on the device? The BBC couldn't think of one, and neither can I. I like to imagine that the experience was similar to an ...
Sony preps hi-res Atom N netbook —
The Register 7/7/2009
Has Intel relaxed its rules? Sony launched its first netbook, the Vaio P, back in February. The P's high price undoubtedly put plenty of punters off, so the consumer electronics giant is having another go, this time with a more standard notebook ...
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