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PSP Opened up and Exposed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cracking-the-case dept.

Pascal writes "After delivering some classic first impressions of the PSP last Tuesday, including some interesting loading time tests, the happy thugs at Lik Sang have now respected their tradition by opening up the PlayStation Portable. If you ever wanted to know how Sony puts such a powerful hardware inside such a small casing, there is a huge picture gallery of the guts over at Lik-Sang.com"

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  1. If you .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you view the photos in reverse you can see him put it back together.

  2. Removable Wireless Antenna by GameGod0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It looks like that antenna attached to the wireless chip can be removed, I wonder how long it'll be before we can wardrive with a PSP?

  3. Re:This suprises me. by Troed · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's a myth. It's a popular myth, but it's still a myth.

    List of consoles sold at a loss: Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Xbox

    --
    it's in my head
  4. Why I'm getting the DS instead of the PSP: by GFLPraxis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While the PSP has better hardware, the Nintendo DS has:

    1) Better battery life (10 hours vs 4 hours in game)

    2) Game cards (Who wants to spend extra money on a memory card, and who wants to carry a bunch of disks in their pocket? I perfer to be able to save to the game media)

    3) Touch screen. Without joysticks, how can you possibly play FPS on the PSP? The DS has the touch screen, which works like a mouse on Metroid Prime: Hunters (near-perfect control- I love the touch screen).

    4) Cost. DS is $150, PSP is $200. Add to that the cost of the memory stick ($30 minimum) to the PSP, and the fact that an extra battery costs $50 (to equal the DS's battery life), means you get a much cheaper system with the DS.

    5) Stability. That exposed screen must be very easy to damage. The flip-open DS design is a good protection. Plus, the PSP has a CD drive, you know how easy it is for those to skip with a little bump, and break with a good drop.

    6) Nintendo games rule :)

    Just my opinion. I've done some research into the topic.