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Sony May Complete RSS Support For PSP

Posted by Zonk on from the getting-what-you-want dept.

Taro Taka writes "A Sony spokeswoman has actually admitted they will stop crippling the PSP's RSS functionality if enough customers ask for it." From the article: "SCEI will consider adding compatibility for RSS text feeds should users request it, said Nanako Kato, a spokeswoman for SCEI in Tokyo. The support for podcasts allows users to stream audio content to the PSP. The system supports feeds compatible with RSS 2.0 and encoded in the MP3 or AAC (MPEG4) formats. The firmware update also added support for Windows Media Audio files, direct download of copy-protected content through the PSP's Web browser, and Chinese-language character encoding." We just mentioned the rollout of the limited RSS functionality they already support.

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  1. And people say... by Sinryc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And people say Sony hates its consumers. :-) Not all of Sony is bad.

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  2. I don't have a psp but.. by BkBen7 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be better just to keep the old firmware and get a homebrew rss reader?

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    1. Re:I don't have a psp but.. by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It may be too late for current owners, but I'd say this is another reason to not buy Sony consumer electronics in the first place. That said, PSP is primarily a game device and secondarily a media device. Any use outside of that is not a major priority in the design and should probably be considered a bonus.

  3. Way to read the title... by MMaestro · · Score: 2, Funny
    From the article : Sony will consider text RSS

    Great... basicly they'll go from 'consider' to 'actually implement' if we sell our souls to them. I'll be over here playing my DS.

    1. Re:Way to read the title... by November+1,+2005 · · Score: 2, Interesting
      How exactly do I sell my soul to Sony in exchange for full-fledged RSS support? I understand that you love Nintendo and hate Sony and simply have to get that opinion out there but it would be nice if you at least made some sense. Basically the article states that if Sony sees demand for the feature, they'll add it. That seems pretty reasonable to me. I know that I would appreciate that. I'm just trying to understand your line of thought. Have you used the PSP? (I know that I have yet to find a retail outlet where they had a demo model.) The DS is quite a different system and I find that my PSP fills a different need than my DS.

      So, in conclusion, explain to me where soul-selling is mentioned in the article.

  4. Re:Please Suh Can I have some more... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    GameCube had online support since day one. I have a broadband adapter on mine and owned an online game (Phantasy Star Online). Nintendo didn't want to make their own games playable online, but that wasn't stopping a single third party developer from using it.

  5. You'll know when they release it... by Kris_J · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...by all the graffiti advertising it on a wall near you.

  6. RTFA by MMaestro · · Score: 4, Insightful
    if enough gamers ask for the feature, Big S will add text capabilities to the existing streaming audio enclosure functionality. Way to go Sony, but why the heck not just do it anyway?

    Lets see:

    1. They'll add text capabilities for the audio enclosure. This is not 'full-fledged RSS support'.
    2. Why now? Why wait until hackers cracked their firmware in no less than 3 major instances AND after their huge DRM fiasco. This just says 'we need to rebuild our street cred.'
    3. Fans had to 'beg' for Sony to CONSIDER allowing limited RSS support. Last time I checked, I didn't have to 'beg' Ford for permission to install a new sound system into my car.

    This is just Sony throwing one life preserver to a thousands of drowning people. Limited support is crap and everyone knows it, after the DRM fiasco no one is gonna trust a Sony audio related product and be honest here. Only the most hardcore fans 'begs' a company for anything. You have to sink pretty low to cause someone to use that kind of language.