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IRC On The PSP

Posted by timothy on from the limited-range dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Volksport has created a new script that allows PSP owners to access IRC from the PSP. The script requires the use of the Wipeout Pure Web browser hack in order to get the PSP online. Once that is done, all you have to do is access this Web page (as the script is server side), and you will be able to chat on the official PSPIRC project IRC channel. Users are currently limited to the PSPIRC chatroom. The script also features virtual PSP keyboard support."

149 comments

  1. I would find this useful... by FireballX301 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it weren't so godawful to type on the PSP.

    At least let it be a standard keyboard interface where you move a cursor, instead of that horrible dialpad.

    1. Re:I would find this useful... by Yeldarb-7 · · Score: 1

      Actually, the PSP IRC page has a keyboard that you can navigate through the arrows on your PSP, as well as allowing you to use the standard PSP dialpad.

      (Look at the top of the image slightly to the right of the center)

    2. Re:I would find this useful... by MBCook · · Score: 3, Interesting
      I agree, it's a pain.

      That said, if you use this hack for the ZipIt Wireless device, you could use IRC, on Linux, for about $100, and it is wireless too. Cheaper than buying a PSP (but then again anyone who buys a PSP to run IRC through a hack in a game must not be poor).

      Love my PSP, but I would have rather had a "normal" soft-keyboard (or even just press up/down to select the next/previous letter in the alphabet, left/right to select the next/previous blank). I don't know what they were thinking with that. Text input on cell phones only works because you have those twelve buttons. Without the twelve buttons, that becomes about the most anoying text input method I've seen.

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    3. Re:I would find this useful... by DannyiMac · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I totally agree! I hate the PSP's keypad and I believe it would be a good idea if Sony allowed one to choose between a keyboard or the keypad. (An option in the System settings would be nice).

      I guess they thought it would appeal more toward people who text message all the time. Though, it's not the same as using a phone since you have to navigate the cursor to the button with the letter or number you want. It's way more tedious and annoying than text messaging.

      Ultimately, it's a shame the PSP doesn't have a touch screen... The NDS beats the PSP for data input any day. (Man, if it did have a touch screen, Nintendo would be fuct!)

      Though, I have heard that there are keyboards in development. Oh boy, there will be some more crap to buy for the already expensive PSP.

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    4. Re:I would find this useful... by CastrTroy · · Score: 0

      Ultimately, it's a shame the PSP doesn't have a touch screen... The NDS beats the PSP for data input any day. (Man, if it did have a touch screen, Nintendo would be fuct!)

      Actually, the psp would probably develop even more dead pixels if you were touching it all the time with a stylus.

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    5. Re:I would find this useful... by Reaperducer · · Score: 2, Interesting

      You can buy a USB keyboard for the PSP that flips up to form a screen protector when not in use. If the PSP e-mail client makes it to American shores, I'm going to get it immediately.

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    6. Re:I would find this useful... by be-fan · · Score: 1

      Dead pixels are the result of the transistor matrix behind the screen having defects. You can't create dead pixels by touching the screen, unless you do it so hard as to break it.

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    7. Re:I would find this useful... by G-funk · · Score: 1

      So basically, you can't break the thing by touching it, unless you touch it so hard it breaks.

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    8. Re:I would find this useful... by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 2, Informative

      9 buttons.

      I'm used to texting, so it's incredibly fast for me. I prefer it over normal "virtual" keyboards.

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    9. Re:I would find this useful... by Mozk · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Have you ever played Killzone? It's a bad game, but the way you input your name on there is pretty interesting. It's a 3 by 3 grid, with four characters in each box arranged in a diamond. You select the box you want with the d-pad and choose the letter with the corresponding symbol (x, square, triangle, circle). It's a great system that I think would work very well on the PSP.

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    10. Re:I would find this useful... by Mozk · · Score: 5, Informative

      Since that was a fairly bad explanation, here is an image (I'm too lazy to finish it). That would be holding left and pressing square. Some combination of chars in each box could be like abcd, efgh, ijkl, mnop, qrst, uvwx, yz12, 3456, and 7890. You could have puncuation and other things with L1 and R1, but you know nobody uses puncuation on IRC anyway.

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    11. Re:I would find this useful... by be-fan · · Score: 1

      Correction: you can't break the thing by writing on it, unless you push so hard that it breaks. I don't see what's hard to understanda bout that.

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    12. Re:I would find this useful... by GoatSucker · · Score: 1

      Let me guess - you're from the US? Us Europeans (and Japenese,of course) have spent the last 10 years texting using that exact same interface, so it's much faster than a virtual QWERTY keyboard.

    13. Re:I would find this useful... by tonsofpcs · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Thats why I got my 80286 on IRC! I couldn't stand the PSPs keypad, so I have a nice 86 key keyboard, and the entire thing is in a box. Not wireless yet, but I'm working on it. Check out my Journal for details [its the Compaq Portable III].

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    14. Re:I would find this useful... by CastrTroy · · Score: 1

      The thing is, with gameplay, you aren't just writing, you may actually be using it to do something exciting, not that writing something can't be exciting. You may push harder than usual if you are under pressure to beat the boss character. Think about how much abuse your controllers take, and then apply that to a touch screen. I hope Nintendo took this into consideration, and made their screens stronger than the average palm.

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    15. Re:I would find this useful... by jseale · · Score: 1

      What'd be nice would be to have a keyboard that is just about the size of the PSP and connects to the PSP via USB. If Sony were to make such a keyboard and adhered to a PDA-style keyboard design (think Clie UX Series), they'd have a hit.

    16. Re:I would find this useful... by be-fan · · Score: 1

      The screen on the PSP is a lot stronger than the screen on your average palm. There is a very thick piece of plastic on top of the LCD. Again, under normal usage, you wouldn't be able to cause dead-pixels.

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    17. Re:I would find this useful... by CastrTroy · · Score: 1

      Yes, but this wouldn't work with a touchscreen, because with such a thick, strong screen, it's hard to detect what part of the screen the person is writing on. Had the PSP needed a touch screen, it wouldn't have been able to provide a thick piece of plastic over the screen.

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    18. Re:I would find this useful... by cjb110 · · Score: 1

      that's like how the browser for the xbox works.

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    19. Re:I would find this useful... by GTRacer · · Score: 1
      I'm partial to the way Beyond Good & Evil did it - an endless spiral that you spin with the stick (literally - it's rotation, not direction that moves it, and you can go fast or slow). It seems like a good compromise between input speed and control simplicity.

      GTRacer
      - No dead pixels (yet)

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  2. Wow by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All these developments for the PSP within the first month of it being released will definetley increase the market share for the PSP in the battle in sales against the DS

    When you think about how much has been done in the first month, It's exciting to think about what people will develop for it given some time. Kudos to the developers of this.

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    1. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes. I can imagine people will be pouring into the shops now it has IRC.

    2. Re:Wow by bonch · · Score: 0

      We'll see if Nintendo can top it with their next Gameboy. They've stated several times that the Nintendo DS is a third-tier system, not an official Gameboy successor. Yes, it's confusing for both consumers and developers. Whose going to develop for a system if its future is uncertain based on its company's own statements? That said, I love the DS.

    3. Re:Wow by prockcore · · Score: 4, Informative


      When you think about how much has been done in the first month, It's exciting to think about what people will develop for it given some time. Kudos to the developers of this.

      Except that this isn't developing *on* the PSP. It's an IRC proxy via the web. The hacked web browser for the PSP lets people do pretty much anything a web browser can do.. but it's not really PSP development.

      Give the DS a webbrowser and you can run every one of these "psp hacks". Except that you'd have a much better input system.

    4. Re:Wow by Abcd1234 · · Score: 1

      All these developments for the PSP within the first month of it being released will definetley increase the market share for the PSP in the battle in sales against the DS

      *snicker* Yeah. Right. Do you *really* think the majority of the market Sony is going for is even remotely interested in hacking their PSP? Sorry, but I would hazard a guess that the effect of homebrewing on console sales is negligable at best...

    5. Re:Wow by NanoGator · · Score: 1

      "ll these developments for the PSP within the first month of it being released will definetley increase the market share for the PSP in the battle in sales against the DS"

      No it won't.

      A.) It won't take long for people to realize that these little hacks aren't so interesting. (D-Pad for typing? Right.)

      B.) The DS could just as easily do all this, it's cheaper, and it has a stylus interface which would make these things far more interesting.

      C.) Do you really think that enough people with 802.11 floating around will decide that wireless net is the deciding factor on buying a $250 game machine?

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    6. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      EyE d0u87 17, EyE w3n7 1n7o 7eh #pspirc 8u7 7h3r3 ar3 n000 C4ickx0rs.

    7. Re:Wow by MysticalMatt517 · · Score: 1

      Agreed. This thing hasn't even been out a full month yet and it's already getting the snot hacked out of it. I'm guessing that the PSP will be getting an offical web browser in May though (when the PSP launches in Korea). When this happens, I am hoping against hopes that Sony includes Macromedia Flash with the browser.

      Just think... HomestarRunner on PSP...

  3. But can it... by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 0

    ....Use XDCC?

  4. Re:Why buy the PSP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Because the battery for that thing would die so quickly that... oh, nevermind.

  5. Re:Why buy the PSP? by XplosiveX · · Score: 1

    Your missing the whole concept of PSP. PSP stands for Playstation Portable.

  6. Re:Why buy the PSP? by kryogen1x · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It doesn't weigh as much.

    I'm no Sony fanboy (in fact, I'm more of a nintendo fanboy), but that argument was ridiculous.

    However, you can try this.

  7. Great, more PSP uses by bonch · · Score: 1

    Great, if I'm not already connected 24 hours a day to IRC on both my laptop and my desktop machine, now I can annoy people by dropping in from a handheld gaming system.

    * bonchPSPS has entered the channel
    back
    hey guys ...
    WE GET IT, YOU'RE COOL CUZ YOU'RE ON YOUR PSP

    Seriously, though, what are the chances of running a stripped down ircd on a PSP and hosting a channel wherever you are? Might be fun for get togethers or classrooms and such.

    1. Re:Great, more PSP uses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The DS already lets you uhh... "host" a chat session. And you can draw dirty pictures, too.

      By contrast, the PSP lets you play shitty games. BUT OH MY GOD THE SCREEN I'M CUMMING

  8. It occurs to me... by Darth+Yoshi · · Score: 4, Interesting
    How long will it be before Bittorrent (or one of the other file sharing/downloading programs) is ported to the PSP. Sony will be so pleased.

    Anyone want to start a pool?

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    1. Re:It occurs to me... by illumin8 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      How long will it be before Bittorrent (or one of the other file sharing/downloading programs) is ported to the PSP. Sony will be so pleased.

      It occurs to me that BitTorrent, coupled with some type of mesh networking, might be the killer app for the PSP. When memory stick duos get larger in capacity and cheaper in price, you could conceivably have a 4GB memory stick duo, and setup a "wishlist" of content. While you're out and about, your PSP runs with the screen off in wireless mesh mode grabbing content from other PSPs and from the internet at large. From what I've read, people in Japan are already sharing video clips that are in the PSP native format. This would just eliminate the need to download them on your computer.

      How cool would it be for your PSP to automatically download some new TV shows while you're at work? You could watch them on the train ride home...

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    2. Re:It occurs to me... by Reaperducer · · Score: 1

      From what I've read, people in Japan are already sharing video clips that are in the PSP native format.

      Yes, they are. And so is everyone else. In fact, you can download PSP videos from Sony's web site. Sony also provideS step-by-step instructions for putting your own videos on the PSP.

      The big disappointment I have is that the videos taken by my Sony camera (F-828) won't play on the PSP. You'd think that would be automatic!

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    3. Re:It occurs to me... by Rii · · Score: 1

      Yeah, good idea- PSP P2P!

      What's next? A webserver- PSP PHP?

    4. Re:It occurs to me... by Darth+Yoshi · · Score: 2, Funny
      Yeah, good idea- PSP P2P!

      What's next? A webserver- PSP PHP?

      Well, if you could write a P2P client in PHP, then you would have PSP PHP P2P.

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    5. Re:It occurs to me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      TEE HEE!

    6. Re:It occurs to me... by CronoCloud · · Score: 1

      There's no need to run Bittorrent on the PSP when one can run it on the PS2 (with Linux) and then transfer files over via USB. Not that I would know anything about that. The PS2 Linux kit's hard dirve would come in handy too, if you need more space add USB hard drive, limited to USB 1.1 speeds though.

    7. Re:It occurs to me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      will the psp using php support ppp

  9. Re:acronyms all over. by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 0

    Playstation portable.

  10. Re:acronyms all over. by th1ckasabr1ck · · Score: 1

    (P)lay(S)tation (P)ortable

  11. oh no by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

    The thing has no Keyboard , i can imagine it now
    hy
    hy
    ho r u
    gr8
    col
    hv u plyd rdgrcer
    yh rxrs
    knw ne cht cod
    xyxyx

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    1. Re:oh no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I imagine it would be more like this:

      up up.
      down up down down!
      up up down A B?
      down down down?
      up up down down left right left right B A Start.
      SELECT START!

    2. Re:oh no by TomHandy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hrmm, and how is that different from the typical IRC experience?

    3. Re:oh no by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

      .... um they have an excuse this time

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    4. Re:oh no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      s/IRC/DALnet/

    5. Re:oh no by mrpuffypants · · Score: 0, Redundant

      and this is different from regular IRC how?

    6. Re:oh no by Onetrack · · Score: 1

      Try googling for psp keyboard.

      Theres a pretty nice one about to be released in may which is a flip up / qwerty, 40 key screen protector kind of unit, looks sweet.

    7. Re:oh no by lachlan76 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The scary thing is that I read most of that faster than your first sentence!

    8. Re:oh no by -kertrats- · · Score: 1

      that's a fancy PSP, what with the special-edition Y button and all.

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    9. Re:oh no by IANAAC · · Score: 1
      hv u plyd rdgrcer

      The new Red Grocer game's out? Cool!

    10. Re:oh no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      At least afterwards you would have 30 lives.

  12. w00t by Patrick+Mannion · · Score: 1

    Like I said in the PSP webroswer hack article. I said the PSP need IRC acess and what do you know. Someone acutally did it!

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    1. Re:w00t by n.e.watson · · Score: 1

      It probably won't be long before someone figures out how to map a keyboard to the controls somehow.

    2. Re:w00t by DigitalTechnic · · Score: 0

      What do you think CGI:IRC is for :)

    3. RE:w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Like I said in the PSP webroswer hack article. I said the PSP need IRC acess and what do you know. Someone acutally did it!

      This is not a major breakthrough for the PSP. It still uses port 80 for access - this is not IRC, it's just a proxy page for it. If this is IRC then sending email to someone with a (real) IRC client and then pasting it on IRC is also.

      While definently a good thing for the PSP, not a major hack. You could probably even do bittorrent this way. You send and receive the packets to a server which sends/receives them for you.

    4. Re:w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You could probably even do bittorrent this way. You send and receive the packets to a server which sends/receives them for you.

      Oh my god, like some kind of remote terminal or something, I can't wait till this shiz gets online.

  13. Re:acronyms all over. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    WTH is GOOGLE

  14. Highscore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's all fun and games until little Billy gets pwned by an evil h4x0r off IRC who erases his highscore table.

  15. Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is "IRC on the web server". It's HTML on the PSP.

  16. Re:acronyms all over. by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 0

    Google is your friend.

  17. This just in... by SeaDour · · Score: 1

    Someone has modded the PSP to allow the user to do pretty much freaking everything on the PSP. Screenshots and movies to follow.

  18. Game Machine? by CypherXero · · Score: 1

    Maybe Sony should have realized that no one really wanted to play games with the PSP, and released a PSP that includes a Linux OS, and has the ability to work just like a standard computer, only smaller.

    1. Re:Game Machine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think they call them Vaios...

    2. Re:Game Machine? by IANAAC · · Score: 3, Informative
      Maybe Sony should have realized that no one really wanted to play games with the PSP, and released a PSP that includes a Linux OS, and has the ability to work just like a standard computer, only smaller.

      Someone else already did, in Japan - Sharp, with their Zaurus C3000.

      An excellent handheld, BTW.

    3. Re:Game Machine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As i've noted before RE the PSP - sony, with the PS2, did 'encourage' linux use, they released a modified red hat Sony Linux distro that you could use with a net card, memory card, and a HDD to make a nice little server...

      There will be a PSP Linux soon enough...

  19. Not to be too much of a curmudgen by jockm · · Score: 4, Informative

    but this is just an IRC proxy page. It is neat and cool, but it is no different than any other page I might visit via the browser redirect trick. It would be much more exciting if someone had actually written an IRC client that ran on the PSP

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  20. Infect PSP with Viri by DigiShaman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm feeling evil. But I would love to see a virus jump off the IRC network and infect the PSP just to see if it can be done. Why not? The worst that would happen is you lose your saved game data.

    *grin*

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    1. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by SimplePaul · · Score: 1

      Why not? Because atm, the browser currently supports nothing but HTML, JS, PNG, JPG and GIF. It's not like there are many PSP/MIPS viruses floating about IRC ;)

    2. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by Dryth · · Score: 1

      Been there, done that

      All the most amusing viruses emerge on the first day of April...

    3. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by crazdgamer · · Score: 1

      Why not? The worst that would happen is you lose your saved game data.

      Would it?

      The greater the functionality of the PSP, the greater the possibility for damage from malicious attacks.

      I had no idea the PSP was internet capable. But if people are putting movies and stuff on their PSP, the PSP acts as a mini-computer, and is vulnerable as a regular computer is.

    4. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by DigiShaman · · Score: 1

      Don't worry, I'm sure Symantec or McAfee would LOVE to sell gamers their new antivirus software.

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    5. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by The-Perl-CD-Bookshel · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Highly unlikely--as the web page is just a proxy for the IRC client. The PSP only sees the HTML that the web site spits out. It would be really hard to transmit the virus through the mark-up, unless the web page itself was corrupt.

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    6. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Till all the PSPs unite into a super processing clusert named "Skynet"

    7. Re:Infect PSP with Viri by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Infect PSP with what?

  21. Re:acronyms all over. by TykeClone · · Score: 1
    A test placed in the hands of man by God in order to find the greatest strategician to lead the forces of heaven against the forces of hell!

    http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/30/sony_psp_star s_in_so.html

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  22. Re:acronyms all over. by buckhead_buddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    PSP = PhotoShop Plugin. Apparently, when one gets lonely after adding soft gausian blurs and airbrushing pimples off of photos for porn sites, one can just:
    • Create a new layer
    • Select the text tool
    • Choose the IRC plugin
    • And start receiving spam for all sorts of porn, viagra, and penile enlargements
    All without leaving PhotoShop! :-)
  23. Re:An Open Letter to Steve Jobs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hm , Your not a very experianced troll are you , your ment to me trolling PSP users not mac users .
    Come on try harder and you can do it , you can troll for your country you just have to gain a bit more skill and inteligence

  24. Does PSP have USB? by whitetiger0990 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I heard somewhere that the PSP had one USB port. Couldn't you use a keyboard on it? Or is a proper keyboard not availiable as of yet.
    Unless I am mistaken. One USB port can be used for quiet a lot!

    I am still waiting for MSNM though.

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    1. Re:Does PSP have USB? by jockm · · Score: 4, Informative

      USB devices are not peers. There is a USB host and a USB client. It takes far less hardware (thus cost) to be a USB client. This was part of it's advantage over firewire in getting adopted (lower cost and hardware complexity). As far as I know the PSP can only act as a USB client. Thus it cannot use arbitrary USB peripherals.

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    2. Re:Does PSP have USB? by Yeldarb-7 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes and no. Yes, the PSP does have a USB port, but it is not usable by peripheral devices yet. So far, the PSP is only able to run as a device, no host support has been uncovered yet. The only way to enable power to the USB port is to do a "USB Connection," which essentially turns your PSP into a media card reader. The only thing you can do is transfer files to it from your computer. Hopefully a firmware update will enable OTG [On the Go] in the future so that we can use it as a host in the future.

    3. Re:Does PSP have USB? by larryj · · Score: 3, Interesting

      A PSP keyboard has been announced, but I don't think a release date has been set.

      http://www.gameseek.co.uk/productdetail/PSPfhyaqce 6he5x223r/

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    4. Re:Does PSP have USB? by NanoGator · · Score: 1

      " heard somewhere that the PSP had one USB port. Couldn't you use a keyboard on it?"

      Couldn't you just use the keyboard attached to your internet capable PC?

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    5. Re:Does PSP have USB? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I doubt the USB port was designed not to operate in host mode seeing as a nifty screen protector/USB keyboard is slated for release shortly, and hearing the rumors about Sony's plans to release a USB Disk later this year or early next.

      Forget how silly it would be to make hardware that nice, give it a USB port, and then cripple the USB so that it won't do 98% of what makes a USB port useful. Surely it did not escape Sony that with the addition of a mass storage medium, they would have a potential iPod killer on their hands.

  25. Now that IRC on the PSP is SOP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Hopefully after we RTFA we'll all learn the acronyms and stop with all the WTFs. I did. YMMV.

    Slashdot -- the english web page where english is a second language.

  26. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This should up the number of morons on IRC. Excellent idea!

  27. So now by AvatarofVirgo · · Score: 0

    when my friend tells me on IRC that he's in the theater and the movie is about to start that he's not joking any more?!

    Well, at least they're using IRC and not AIM.

  28. A simple solution: by shigelojoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    To aid a large majority of IRC users, the following IRC shortcuts could be implemented:

    Circle = "lol"
    Triangle = "rofl"
    Square = "wtf"
    X = "stfu"
    L1 = "brb"
    R1 = /leave #pspirc

    Typing would then be accomplished by using the D-Pad and joystick to approximate the semaphore flag signalling system. The difficulty of typing in this setup could be rationalized by the fact that very few IRCers could not express themselves fully by using the six shortcuts listed above.

    1. Re:A simple solution: by IANAAC · · Score: 3, Funny
      And don't forget the combo:

      L1/R1 = "OMGLOLU2??!!"

    2. Re:A simple solution: by nutshell42 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      If people really start using the psp for chatting something similar to flag signaling could really be useful. The d-pad offers 8 positions, if you use it to modify button events (or use the buttons to modifiy the d-pad signals) you get 48 possibilities. More than enough. Ok, it's going to take some time to learn the positions of the different letters but most here learned the regular keyboard and lots of people can touch-type on their cell-phone so one more gadget should be doable.

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    3. Re:A simple solution: by Kufat · · Score: 1

      It's been done on the Xbox. I'm not good at that system myself, but I understand there are some people who can use it to type quite quickly.

    4. Re:A simple solution: by Hast · · Score: 1

      I've even seen some academic research papers on the topic of developing more effective input systems for consoles. For XBox this ment using the two analog sticks for selections and buttons/triggers to input.

      It may be easier with the analog nub on the PSP than the cursors. (Cursors could be used for navigation.)

    5. Re:A simple solution: by Ilgaz · · Score: 1

      Imagine this invention develops to a degree that you actually shoot 3d lamers running to you shouting "ASL" and they get g-lined.

      Best selling game ever I tell you!

    6. Re:A simple solution: by Minwee · · Score: 1

      I heard a rumour that "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right A B Select Start" would give you +o, but something about it doesn't sound right.

  29. Official browser by rasty · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hope this helps making Sony realize people is interested in using the PSP to go online and make them release an official browser...!

  30. I for one.. by Daedalus_ · · Score: 1

    Can't wait until someone gets Linux running on the PSP (seriously)

    Good gaming, WiFi, good storage (USB drive, anyone) and the ability to use a keyboard - who needs a laptop?

  31. Re:Why buy the PSP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why buy the PSP when you can just buy the 2.5 inch LCD screen addon to the PS2

    because the ps2 would use more battery power. oh, wait...

  32. Re:acronyms all over. by CastrTroy · · Score: 1

    It's the Product Service Plan. That's the extra warranty they try to offer you at Best Buy, so that you will give them even more money. I just want to buy a Play Station Portable, so I can see the sales sales guy try to sell me a PSP on the PSP.

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  33. Why go through all that trouble... by IdJit · · Score: 2, Funny

    when the only thing anyone's ever going to say is:

    1. w00t
    2. gg
    3. 0wn3d!!!

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  34. PSP sucks by Citrus+Pastels · · Score: 0, Troll

    Number of original game experiences on PSP... 0 Whoops, better stick to my laptop for the airplane and my mp3 player for walking around.

    1. Re:PSP sucks by IANAAC · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Number of original game experiences on PSP... 0 Whoops, better stick to my laptop for the airplane and my mp3 player for walking around.

      Yes, because they're not original titles, everything sucks.

      Good grief. So you don't like the PSP. We get it. Seems there are plenty of people out there who do, though.

    2. Re:PSP sucks by hmccabe · · Score: 1

      For whatever reason, whenever you have a nice piece of technology some ass clown has to tell you it sucks because some game that came out a few weeks ago doesn't work on it. I hereby consider you PSP owners to be official Macintosh users.

    3. Re:PSP sucks by mrbaggs · · Score: 1

      No original games? Last I checked there had never been a stealth-based stratRPG like MGAcid is before.

  35. Why? by JackAxe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When I look at the PSP, I see is a great portable PS2 with a nice screen. But if I look at it for web browsing, IRC or whatever, all I see is a "glorified cellphone." I own a Clié, Axim and soon a Treo650 to replace those two items. Anyways, unlike a PSP my PDAs have "touch-screens," even a built-in keyboard and are better suited for this type of thing then a PSP. And with the Treo, I won't be limited to a wi-fi connection to get my e-mail or chat. I'll be able to do it prety much anywheres. (Yes, I'll be paying for that.).

    But why would you want to use your PSP for this type of thing? It's not exactly small (It's Larger then my Clié which has a higher-rez touch-screen, longer battery life and keyboard.). The keyboard attatchments that I've seen for the PSP can not be used while holding the device and if you're going to carry that around, you might as well carry around a PDA. The PSPs only real input for portability is the control pad or analstick and that's even worse then a cell phone which is a tedious way of doing so. At least the phone has 12 main buttons that each contain a segment of the alphabet.

    All I can think of is that this is more of a novelty then a useful function.

    1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When I look at the PSP, I see is a great portable PS2 with a nice screen. But if I look at it for web browsing, IRC or whatever, all I see is a "glorified cellphone."

      In order to be a "glorified cellphone," it has to be a cellular phone in the first place. ;)

    2. Re:Why? by Rii · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The point is not to make the PSP an end-all ubergadget that replaces everything else. It's more like "Wow, look what else we can make it do after its (arguably) a good gaming device!"

      Don't worry, your very expensive gadgets will always be superior to mods and hacks to a handheld game device. But don't rain on the parade of us that like the ability to stretch our PSPs to their best potential. I mean, wouldn't you be happy if you found out your new toy had an unexpected extra function, beyond what you paid for?

    3. Re:Why? by vhogemann · · Score: 1

      Because we all hope that Sony can get some clue, and add all this features on the next release of PSP[1].

      This could be great, I can't imagine a celphone combined with an videogame, Nokia tried and failed... but I can see future for a Zaurus combined with a videogame!

      Comon Sony, QTopia/Opie[2] is already there for free! Just add a touchscreen to the PSP[1] and you're set to kill the DS[3]!!
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      [2] http://opie.handhelds.org
      [3] Nintendo DS

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    4. Re:Why? by Zeromous · · Score: 1

      I'd mod u down but this is so silly I'll just bitch slap you instead. :) I'm sure your Clie can barely play 3D games, and when it does, its battery lasts less than 2 hours. But then again, that's ok - its not a portable media device now is it? And that is my point, surfing/hacking the psp is no different than you playing 3d games on your crappy ARM processor. STFU.

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  36. Re:Why buy the PSP? by be-fan · · Score: 1

    Because the screen on the PSP is three times as big :)

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  37. Using your own DNS with Win2003 Server by digitalexpl0it · · Score: 3, Informative

    Little howto to use your own dns for the psp http://daemonprojects.com/dnspsp/

  38. It is "PainShopPro" ;-) by RedLaggedTeut · · Score: 1

    the torture instrument formerly known as a game console

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  39. useragent by ud+plasmo · · Score: 1

    you can check it out on your pc. the website relies to your browser useragent to allow you to use the pspirc script the wipeout useragent: SCEJ PSP BROWSER 0102pspNavigator

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  40. Not when... by ImaLamer · · Score: 1

    Not when the DS runs Linux.

    Well, it might someday.

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  41. MemoryStick makers will enjoy sales by Vandil+X · · Score: 2, Funny

    Considering all the music, movies, roms, warez, and pr0n obtained via IRC, high-capacity Memory Sticks will sell like hotcakes.

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  42. yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... does it run Linux

  43. Why don't they use some cell phone typing tech? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Their Sony Ericsson phones use T9 typing for text messaging which autocompletes some words for you and you just hit space to accept it. How hard would it have been to implement this in the PSP?

  44. Let's be practical for a moment... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'll just use my laptop. Or keyboard-enabled PDA.

  45. Wipeout Pure Sales by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So is there anyone actually buying Wipeout Pure because it might be a decent, fun, and exciting game or is the mass amount of money the developers of this game getting simply from excited kids who wanted to chat on IRC and browse the web while breaking their fingers attempting to type on this device?

    1. Re:Wipeout Pure Sales by digitalexpl0it · · Score: 1

      ya that :)

  46. PSP Keyboard by eples · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here - a PSP Keyboard

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  47. Argh... by tedhiltonhead · · Score: 0, Troll

    Great -- let's add *more* braindead preteens to IRC, as if there weren't enough already...

  48. Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does anyone else only find themselves looking for the +4 and up Funny comments with stories like these?

  49. Keyboard by Atog006 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.gameseek.co.uk/productdetail/PSPfhyaqce 6he5x223r/ There will be a keyborad for the PSP

  50. The New PSP! Now with Less Features! by G1aucon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's too bad people have to read sites like /. to take full advantage of their PSPs. There is nothing like hiding functionality from customers. Chevy Dealer: Well, we de-tuned your Corvette's engine and installed an automatic. We just don't think you need that kind of power and functionality.

  51. hacks are not meant to be corporate dude by cheekyboy · · Score: 1

    Its a hack, live with it.

    Its not meant to be serious, more for 'look what we did' stuff, if you ever were a geek in the 80s you would know unless you were 4 and watching power ranges.

    Its like hacking DNA, look mahh , my farts smell like roses

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    1. Re:hacks are not meant to be corporate dude by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Its like hacking DNA, look mahh , my farts smell like roses

      Worst. Analogy. EVAR.

  52. DCC not implemented by Krankheit · · Score: 1

    This is a server-side IRC implementation that has a web interface. There is no DCC implemented to allow sharing of the files you mentioned.

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  53. fine but... by torrents · · Score: 1

    can it run firefox???...

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  54. NO BUT MY COCK CAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    shut up!!!

  55. Efforts are underway... by jaaron · · Score: 1

    From what I've read, people in Japan are already sharing video clips that are in the PSP native format.

    Efforts are underway....

    We're starting a site to distribute ready-to-go content for the PSP. It will start out carrying the movies via BitTorrent and regular downloads to your PC. We're looking into a direct PSP client too.

    So, it will happen, just give us a week or so. :)

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  56. load game from memory card by shcngzb · · Score: 1

    Anyone thought hacking the psp to load game from the memory card?

  57. IRC looks sweet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Have you bought the new Sony Playstation Portable PSP? It's much better than the Nintendo DS and I got mine free for signing up here...I thought I'd share because only 2 other guys signed up for this Conga Line and it was the shortest I've seen on the net!

    Sign up and get a free Sony PSP! You don't need to send referrals out (although it helps) since you join a Conga line it helps you get the 5 people you need! Awesome idea.

    http://conga.younify.com