Sony busts out version 2.0 of PSP firmware + new ceramic white PSP

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 26, 2007 --

We know that your friend who has a friend whose dad works at Sony sent you a pic of a white PSP months ago, but this is the real deal: Sony officially announced a new white PSP, as well as version 2.0 of the console's firmware, at the PlayStation Meeting 2005 in Japan earlier today. The update will be free, natch, and besides almost certainly disabling any and all homebrew hacks (you know how Sony rolls…), v2.0 of the firmware will add WPA (finally!), a legit web browser, a new mode for wirelessly swapping pics with other PSP users, and support for a new service called Portable TV for transmitting video directly to a PSP (this one might only be for Japanese users). Firmware 2.0 should be available in Japan this coming Wednesday, with the new white PSP due out September 15th.

Why oh why does Sony bother changing their
Firmware to disable current "Hacks" ?

Should they not be encouraging development on
top of the PSP ?

I'm certainly not buying one until there is a
Stable and good MAME port. I'd say thousands of
other people feel the same, waiting for thier
own personal "Killer App" that makes up their
mind to buy one of these expensive toys.

Here's a clue, Sony. It's not about the color. You're acting like people aren't buying this thing because it's black. No. Ditch the included memory stick, headphones and case, up the QC on the screen and drop the price by $100. There's your answer if you want to get rid of the stacks of old PSP's I see piled up at every store I visit these days. (I know they're "old" because the boxes always look like they've been through a war - these are not newly-stocked systems.)

Source: http://yahoo.com