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z-beam wrote:

panda, do you know what the little jack is at the top of the psp is called?

Only hole up top I can think of is the ‘Micro USB’ plug? That it?

That’s the 3rd style of USB connector, found on all Sony Cybershots & Handycams and probably a heap of other digicams too. Just get any generic USB digicam cable and plug it into your PC and the PSP becomes a DUO cardreader.

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What’s the starting wage like in CT, for an Elec Eng / Comp Sci guy?

Is Sikorsky paying RELOCATION?

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$30? I’m in.

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USB cable is just a standard thing, same as what Sony uses for Cybershot & Handycam cameras.

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dgs73 wrote:

GBM looks just like the original game & watch from when i was a little tacker…

no way, GBu has ‘Gameboy’ standard buttons.

Nintendo G&W have custom buttons for each different game. (for all you kiddies, the G&W was from 1980 and is a pocket handheld LCD game… oh yeah, it also had a time/alarm function.)

Nintendo did a retro run some yrs ago of classic G&W games on a matchbox-sized keychain unit shaped like a minatureOriginal Gameboy. This one had Gameboy buttons too… playing that is so different to playing original G&W units.

Dug out my original Gameboy the other weekend. Cool – still works… but the LCD is missing a few lines (damned!). Its still running off its 1st set of Energizers so it can’t have been overused; some of the old game cartridges have also lost their hi-scores too (imho must be a battery-backed RAM chip in there).

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Nano’s menus seems to run faster than HDD iPod.

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betty.k wrote:

i”d be impressed if you could play vids on the nano! only a matter of time before someone figures it out.

Don’t think you can, there’s no way of getting it to run programs.

Suspect all the firmware is hardwired?

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betty.k wrote:

i”ve owned 2 sony ericsson phones and they have the best reception of any phone i”ve had before (nokia, siemens, ericsson)

sure does!

Was sitting at a cafe on Friday with K750i and a Nokia 3120 in my pockets. Must be some serious blackspot as Nokia lost all signal and the the SE was down to 2 bars out of 5.

Both Optus network so they must be accessing the same tower nearby.

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Your market is too small here, 25M just don’t cut it.

To get enough economy of scale & sell enough units, you need to be in US, Asiaor Europe.

Besides offroad racing ain’t that popular anymore.

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Brother just came home with one, 4G Black.

Nothing too amazing, still just an iPod.

Only thing interesting was how small the box was. His older one had a cube box size of a grapefruit; the Nano comes in a tiny box size of 2 CD cases stacked together.

(Heck, if I paid so much for a little tiny box, I’d be expecting ‘Tiffany Jewellers’ logo on it.)

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GBM is 6 wks away…

http://gaming.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/08/18/gba-micro-australia-release-date-and-price-2/

The Game Boy micro will be available across Australia on November 3rd 2005, for a suggested retail price of $149.95. The Game Boy micro will be available in five colours at launch. The Platinum silver version will be available everywhere, with four other special colours being individually released through specific retailers. Other than the standard face plate, every unit sold will come with an alternative face plate that can be used to switch the style of your unit.

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z-beam wrote:

wipeout pure is so damned pretty it makes my eyes bleed (well almost!). today i reached the third racing class and it hammers along without skipping a beat. im sure in the higher up leagues when a pile up and lots of weapons go off it will slow down a bit but i dont mind that. kinda reminds me of old school gaming when really intense moments when the old megadrive couldnt take the pace and had to slow everything into slo mo. zone mode returns and now the zone mode tracks (ive unlocked 2 now so i have 3) resemble the proto type tracks from wipeout 3 special edition on ps1. tron on amphetamines really! the music is great but sometimes just doesnt pump like the old 2097 did.

I’m told it doesn’t!

Supposedly PSP has a CPU that normally idles at 200 but can turbo up to 300 when needed.

(Not that I know anything about game design or CPU specs, but it sounds plausible.)

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bithed wrote:

…Is there a link where i can learn about the firmware and stuff you guys are talking about? Like i said…Still a newbie in regards to the industry…ALL our PSP”s are the same price…I COULD go hunting for second hand ones in Akihabara…I think its time to go get the latest PSP magazine 😉

Google around for ‘PSP firmware’.

generally from what I can tell…

v1.00 came out with the first lot.

v1.50 came out mid 2004 – its the one most homebrew hacks use.

v1.51 & v1.52 are the ‘current’ lot.

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Nano looks cute, will fit in gent’s shirt pocket very nicely.

But still (1) no removable storage or (2) user-replaceable battery?

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Aaron wrote:

*laughs* It never ends does it?

Got my new K750i Mobile two days ago…. Nice havign a good phone again 🙂

A.

Do you talk much? Went from a T28/T39 to K750i (hello bluetooth, colour, cam, MP3, radio, T9 texting, joystick, java….)… and heck, used it for about 3 calls last 3 mths. Couldn’t even tell ya how the voicecall quality if ya press.

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merc-blue wrote:

are these really as usefull as people say

what can it do? at the moment im thinking more aobut the NDS casue of its ability to be used as a organiser and wordprocessor

what do you need to do to access thenet via wireless with one??

Why do you want to hack it to do your wordprocessing?!? — buy a PocketPC or Palm organiser!

The thing don’t have keyboard or mouse or pen for input, f’instance.

Bit like all the clueless dodos walking into Myers & EB asking ‘can I connect to TV?’ Err, its a handheld portable with a built-in widescreen LCD – why do you want to connect it to a TV!?

Accessing Net… well, ‘can be done’ – Why you’d really want to I don’t know.

Wireless 11b is only there so the PSP can do adhoc LAN parties for its 8-player games.

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z-beam wrote:

that golf game sounds fun, is there a party play mode? like multyplay on one system taking turns?

a few more questions panda: where do i transfer mp4 videos onto the psp file on the mem. stick? i managed to make a photo file and save suff onto it but movies are beyond me.

what fancy stuff have you got running on your system and what OS is yours running on?

Haven’t gotten around to getting a decent memstick yet. Mine’s jap v1.50 and I’ve been gradually accumulating on my HDD all the homebrews I can find.

Everybody Golf can play up to 8 via wireless… I think its like doing multiplayer on PS2? I gotta go find another 7 PSPs with the game to test.

Re videos…

Format your memstick in your PSP.

That makes you all your folders… except the video one.

Now go find this software called ‘PSP9’… that handle all the conversion to MP4, and it’ll also automate making you the right folder (has to be a certain filename) and it transfers the video files over for you too.

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z-beam wrote:

i got one of the usb power cables panda, it sucks the power from the usb plug on the laptop and feeds it through the standard dc power jack while simultaniuosly connecting (the cord forks into two ends on the psp side) the psp using usb 2.0 via the top jack.

i have been charging it up using that cord while using the internet and also while watcing dvd”s on the ps2 and using its usb jacks. sweet eh?!

i did notice that when i used the proper adapter for the power point it charged waaay faster. i thought it might be because i have only charged it up twice.

PC USBs are rated for only 500mA I think.

The Sony plugpack is 1200mA.

I dunno what your PC thinks of the PSP sucking 1200mA …

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kevsta wrote:

Okay, I spent 30 minutes today playing ridge racer on my work colleagues psp, and the graphics although nice, it”s the game play and it arcadish feel which turned me off. If you turn too much, the car goes into drift mode and you spend the next few seconds trying to correct the drift… if you know what I mean.

I”m still not convinced whether I should get one though… unless gran turismo 4 comes out on it…

Why stop drifting your RR? That’s how you pump up your Nitrous!!

GT4 PSP coming soon.

Ditto GTA!

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bithed wrote:

K ;D Just on a side note…has anyone ever seen an adaptor / pluggy thingy, to allow you to use a PS2 controller on your pc? either for games or just for regular controlling a”la mouse? I saw a guy with one on the train here the other day and was intrigued…Never asked him about it though 🙁

Thought Logitec did a gamepad like that for PC when the PS first came out?

The gamers in Oz are pretty up-to-date, pretty much anything that’s released worldwide is available retail here after about 1-2 wks. Ain’t too much savings importing stuff yourself anymore, pretty competitive locally.

(so saz some pals in the videogame development biz down here, they should have their fingers on the local pulse)

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bithed wrote:

…;) Rodger that…White is naff…I will pass that on to the thinkers at SONY…I am sure they will be quite concerned that you think so…Hopefully they will do a blood red one like the new DS…VERY snappy indeedy…

…Good point about backlighting the buttons…I will pass that on too 😉

Mention to the PSP head inu I want one in anodised matte blue aluminium – to match Walkman #1 from 1977.

Add to the wishlist a Keyboard and Mouse too. (how else to surf the web?!)

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ok, some GAMES REVIEWS:-

RIDGE RACER:- Fantastic graphics engine, excellent scenery & track rendering. Easy to drive.

Generic cars and not really that many tracks… bit bored after about ~10hrs playing.

EVERYBODY’S GOLF:- Very cute manga comic style, great gameplay controls – works great for me. Championship style with winning better clubs, balls & fashion accessories is interesting.

LUMINES:- Still not getting it, am still playing it like Tetris. Different backgrounds & music not particularly interesting… rather be driving RidgeRacer to perv on its scenery.

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bithed wrote:

…WHITE version is out on September 21st fellas…Hopefully it wont show up those greasy fingerprints as much as the black one will…PanicToys is playing with the idea of doing some of the local peripherals hat you guys might not bea ble to get locally or from the bay…Mark-up sux on game stuff but its more like getting you something funky to tell you apart from the hoardes..lol…

White looks naff. Maybe if you owned an iBook or something too… otherwise Black is Best.

Ways to ignore/avoid fingerprints…

[*]only handle by the edges
[*]don’t let your friends/family even TOUCH it
[*]play where there’s no sunlight or external lighting*
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* think I found a flaw in PSP design… when you play in total darkness, none of the buttons are backlit. Think Sony could have found some innovative way to use the light-leakage from the LCD backlighting to light up the buttons too.

BATTERY LIFE…

Managed to get 7+ hrs playing Everybody’s Golf on Fri & Sat.

Backlight and volume both on max low.

ok ok, annoyance #2:

Can’t tell battery life when playing a game; gotta quit and go to main menu.

(Power green LED starts blinking, but by then its too late)

Someone’s selling a USB charge cable for PSP already. But not sure if that’s a good idea, supposedly the PSP can suck 1.2A from its wallwart – that’s way outside USB specs (500mA?).

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z-beam wrote:

confirmed on the version 1.52 i the system. a red and white card inside the package tries to scare you into updating by saying its really important to upgrade the system software.

DO NOT UPGRADE!!

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z-beam wrote:

one stuck pixel is on my screen, but it only is visible when the screen is black (it shows up white). it isnt visible at all when other colours are in the area.

Mine’s got 3-4 stuck greens I think… only canbe seen on a fully black screen.

But them pixels are SO DAMNED SMALL, its not annoying at all.

Nothing at all like the silly bright pixel on the Toshiba notebook.

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Aaron wrote:

The w800i is a bit of a let down Panda… The ‘whiteysliver’ of the case is actually some scudgey dirt and grime attracticing plastic that looks shocking. Very dissapointed. Will have to double check a retail version of the phone but I can”t see why it”d be different.

yeah the orange/white combo is a bit doubtful. I still like it (and need it to complete my ‘Walkman Firsts’ collection) but the $800 hasn’t got much priority at the moment.

To compensate, I’ve converted the W800i demo video to MP4 and it plays on the PSP.

If W800i was my primary phone, I’d re-shell that in a black case for daily use.

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Aaron wrote:

Oi!

Hands off the console, you”ve had it for 5 minutes, now review it 😛

who, me?

Had it for a WEEK already. Other pals down here have had it since xmas 2004.

Was at JB Hifi last night, they had a PSP playing movie ‘Hitch’. Nothing for sale yet.

Still…. thought I’d join the ‘crowds’ at 9am this morning.

Reportedly some crazy buggers opened at midnight, with 100+ ppl queueing at Myer Dandenong. (Not me, I was curled up nice and warm in bed… playing Ridge Racer.)

About 10 ppl in thecheckouts picking up their pre-orders at city Myer at 9am.

Myer was a bit low on stock on the shelves; sales guy said they had a few more boxes of stuff in the warehouse so I left my # with them to see what stock they had. They had consoles, quite a few UMB movies, most of the games.

(Myers offering $10 off PSP games for Father’s Day, ends this weekend. Plus Myer is giving discount vouchers eg 20% off games with every PSP purchase.)

David Jones… was deserted. Staff still busy shrinkwrapping the items. Games priced at RRP $79.95 but spoke with the boss and he confirmed they’d match Myer’s $69 special.

Electronics Boutique (EB) around the corner did pretty brisk trade -they had consoles & games, some movies. Nice range of 3rd party accessories but all at RRP.

Myer called back at 1030 saying they found what I wanted, so went back and picked up Lumines and Everybody Golf. Noone has stock of Mercury yet, nationwide supply hitch.

Have not yet witnessed a Oz/UK PSP yet to see how the Samsung screen looked.

Don’t know how retailers are gunna demo the PSP as it’ll be pretty hard to lock it down on a pedestal. Noone’s got any display units on show yet.

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