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Web Browsing on Your PSP
yodha writes "A guy has hacked the hidden browser inside the PSP to view external webpages. His webpage has info on that, some screenshots and a video. Yes, you can get Slashdot on a PSP! The PSINext forum and engadget are covering the same news."
But how the hell do you type anything on that?
It says that a keybord API pops up when you're in an input box (like Google's Search).
From TFA
"Yes you can use input (we googled stuff), when you enter a textbox and press X the PSP pops up the Keyboard API (remember there's alot of API to be taken advantage of with the PSP). After that its as simple as any other input on the PSP."
I don't read your sig, why do you read mine?
This parses full HTML and in a much better environment in terms of visual display. As for whoever asked about the keyboard, when you click in an entry field I'm sure a keyboard entry system comes up like when you set up your PSP, not outstanding, but not tough either.
The PSP user-agent is "SCEJ PSP BROWSER 0102pspNavigator". Just thought you might like to know. I like your idea a lot but I don't have a PSP so I can't do any testing.
Have you metaroderated recently?
It says that it scrolls automatically. For all we know some way of entering an URL could already be around in the code, but disabled because they don't want you to use this particular version of the browser as a general web browser.
It could be interesting, but they may just use it as an interface for content download etc.
10 PRINT "LOOK AROUND YOU ";
20 GOTO 10
Isn't this covered by CSS?
Assume I was drunk when I posted this.
Not really a hack, the same workaround worked on the Dreamcast.
It's been done.
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Surprisingly, Slashdot is one of the worst; it's almost completely unusable on a PDA.
Have you tried http://slashdot.org/palm/? It's not ideal, but it's certainly a major improvement over the 'normal' site.
I game, therefore I am...
Have you seen these? $280 7in USB touch screen monitor. Perfect for in car computers. ...I'd rather have a PSP, though :-)
According to The Register, Sony may even release some sort of word processor and a spreadsheet app for the PSP.
u pdate_leak/
Who needs a laptop?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/17/sony_psp_
You'd really struggle to emulate an N64 on the PSP. Not just because the controls don't match too well, but because it almost certainly doesn't have the processing power to pull it off.
A Genesis/SNES emulator would totally kick ass though. If someone gets Linux onto the PSP, you can count on it happening too.