Details on South Korean PSP web service

So, as it turns out, the South Koreans won't be getting an unlocked web browser, either, after all. In true Sony fashion, the web browsing capabilites are going to be hobbled (one may here reference the term "lame") in favor of a proprietary media distribution service called NESPOT powered by Korean ISP KT. Slated to be offered are movies on demand, music, TV, manga and eBooks. It's not clear how the pricing for the service will work, whether it be a la carte or subscription-based. So pretty much before there's even talk of mimicking this in the States, we can pretty much safely say we can't imagine buying into it. Not when there's plenty of free content available elsewhere.

[Thanks to Sequoia and everyone else who sent this in]

[serenade @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

NESPOT is a wireless internet provider from Korea Telecom, (they installed bunch of access points all over Korea). When you buy the PSP,
the first three months is free. 5000won per month subscription after the three free months. The UMD CANNOT be used in the states. You can only connect to a NESPOT only access point.

[Scott Canoni @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Boooo!! Boo Sony!

Looks like Wipeout Pure sales are going to sky rocket.

[Ken Kutaragi @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Is it just me or does this seem enormously pointless?

[Myria @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

All in all,
It's just a,
'Nother brick in the wall...

Or is that 'nail in the coffin'?

[Ben Garmisa @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Serenade, I don't actually think that they could stop us from using the NESPOT UMD here in the states, as they aren't region encoded (only UMD Movies are), and we could always just create another workaround similar to whats being done with wipeout pure. We could just convince the PSP that it *was* connecting to a NESPOT access point...

[C @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Same old sne bs. That why i refuse to buy any sne products except the ps2.

[sequoia @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

here's a early alternative. allows you to create bookmarks on the web for use on your psp, and a url Bar. and if you turn WIFI powersave off, pages load much faster.You have to create a PSP$!!.com account to use the browser and create bookmarks, but it's pretty affordable at the going rate of ...free.

http://www.psp411.com/show/web//Browse_the_web_on_PSP_Web_Browser.html

[jameZzzzzz @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

if you buy a karean psp can u use internet in any country??