Last week I wandered into my local Game outlet to fill some time. I noticed they had some PSP hardware behind the counter, so I got talking to a member of staff and a few minutes later I had one of the demo units in my grubby mitts.
Wow.
This is one slick device, and I will be seriously tempted to get one when released. Apart from the general high quality of the unit (the screen is gorgeous) and the games (not far off the the PS2 quality that everyone has been saying) and the stunning price – £179 – theres currently quite an active hacking (in the traditional sense) scene developing around them and it is this that interests me more. They’ve even got VNC running on it!
Sony have promised to block some of the exploits being used to achieve these hacks with the european release, so I’m waiting to see how successful they are before handing over my money. Especially with the presumably hacker friendly (given it’s origins) Nokia 770 hopefully available soon at a similar price point.