Sony PSP

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console manufactured and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is officially abbreviated as PSP. It was released for retail on December 12, 2004 in Japan; March 24, 2005 in North America; and September 1,, 2005 in PAL regions.

Features

PlayStation Portable uses an optical disc format, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its primary storage media. It is built with 11 cm (4.3 in) LCD screen, which is capable of 480 x 272 pixel video playback with 16.77 million colours. Besides that, there are four PlayStation face buttons, the directional pad, the analogue nub, and several other buttons. In addition, it also features two shoulder buttons and a USB 2.0 mini-B port on the top of the console and a WLAN switch and power cable input on the bottom. In term of its CPU, it consists of a 333 MHz MIPS R4000 (32-bit) CPU, a GPU with 2 MB onboard VRAM running at 166 MHz, and includes 32 MB main RAM and 4 MB embedded DRAM. The PSP has the capability to play photo slideshows and audio and video files, stored on a Memory Stick Duo, monitor and save content from RSS channels, send and receive photos wirelessly with other PSPs while in ad-hoc mode and the ability to customize the appearance of the XMB with different colours, photos, or themes. Furthermore, it includes an 1800 mAh battery that will provide about 4-6 hours of game play, 4-5 hours of video playback, or 8-11 hours of audio playback. This handheld game console measures approximately 17 x 7.3 x 2.2 cm (6.7 x 2.9 x 0.9 in), and weighs 280 grams (9.88 ounces).