http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/ Engadget Comments for PSP and 360 Chatpad are a match hacked in heaven http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
but why oh why do they always ruin their BEST devices?

does SONY have some part of their R&D department which is determined to keep their devices from reaching PERFECTION?

#1 Why doesn't PSP have two analog sticks when their Controllers dating back to the Dual analogs on the PS1 does?
That's like Nintendo making a handheld without both A and B buttons.

#2 Why doesn't PSP have a keyboard? What ever happened to this?

http://cache.gizmodo.com/archives/images/sony_psp_keyboard2.jpg

#3 WHAT IDIOT designed the PSP with the keyboard interface on the top of the frame? That was like dooming your device to FAIL.
Furthermore, this doesn't look too sturdy and would be prone to breakage. How could they have seriously designed it this way in the first place? They could have made the keyboard with a back plate to add stability and allowed us to thumbtext.

#4 Why bother decreasing the size of the PSP's body when you could have just as easily left it the same size, increased the battery life, inproved the screen. Added your bloody mic and even PUT IN VIBRATING MOTORS SO WE COULD GET VIBRATION IN OUR GAMES.

Dual sticks + vibration aren't a problem for older PSP owners. All the developers would have to do is add a few lines of code and those features would work. New games could easily adapt to either a new PSP profile or an old PSP profile.
Firmware updates anyone?


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#1 First let me point out that two analogs are not as critical as an A and B button together. It works just fine without them. But if they do decide to do it, it would take more than a mere "few lines of code".

#2 Good point, but what a bad looking picture. That thing looks like a POS!

#3 Some Gizmodo fan probably designed it. Or maybe it was a concept that never saw the light of day because it looks like a POS.

#4 You know? For having so much more power, so many more features, and such a big ass screen, I think that half the battery life of the DS's abnormally long battery life is pretty good. As for vibration, well, who the hell wants a vibrating screen? I know it has been done on the DS, but I never liked it's rumble, especially with a touch screen. It didn't have enough variation and too much power.

You know what? I managed to answer all of your questions with answers you probably didn't want! But then again, you did ask questions about things that either won't happen or won't happen anytime soon.]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
I highly doubt that nowhere throughout the design process, not one of Sony's Industrial Designers thought "Hey! It might be more accessible and easier to type if we have the keyboard BELOW the controller! Right where thumbs would be able to reach!"

I could be wrong wrong, but if I am, then all of Sony's executives and designers deserve to be fired out of a large cannon for that design choice.]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/]]>Sep 7th 2008 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
1. I don't think people should complain about this as much as they do. Sure, two analog sticks would be incredible, it's just that one analog stick is a very good addition, that the DS doesn't have, and it could've done without it, but now that it's added on there, guess what-- you want a second! Yeah, I want a second too, just you don't see me started a whole comment telling PSP owners why this/that should be there.

2. Like the best of the PSP accessories, it'll take some time to be released. That, or they're consumed in another PSP project, like the new PSP 3000.

3. Probably the same idiot who gave the PSP an integrated internet browser. /sarcasm

4. The PSP 2000 came out almost a year ago (has it really been that long?). The last model was, admittedly, a bit overweight, and had big bumps on the back. It needed a slimming down (years later) to be easier on the hands for long game sessions. Vibration? In a portable? NO. Do you really want to have it vibrate in your hands suddenly on a bus? And how are you supposed to see the screen if it vibrates around?

They couldn't just add another analog stick like /we/ wish they could. But insisting they could just have a firmware update and BLAM new analog stick for old games is plain idiotic. Old games don't support two analog sticks. Maybe if they did what they did with PS1 emulation, and had customization options for the controls, then they could get the second stick working for games that used the right face buttons, but then those buttons wouldn't do anything! It would be a minor victory for FPS gaming. Just, it's not really probable on a portable.]]>Sep 7th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
This is something that Sony should really take note of. A real keyboard for PSP. How ingenious! But I bet Sony really doesn't like accessories from other consoles hooked up to theirs (or vice-versa)...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/ps3-hacked-to-accept-xbox-360-controller/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/connect-your-ps2-controllers-to-your-xbox-360/

Especially when it always involves a controller of some sort.]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
But I understand that I should have worded that better...

Still, funny nonetheless.]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
Also, it adds to the awesome irony.]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
This looks interesting, but not quite something that I'd like to try.]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jun2006/CatAPultSoccer.jpg]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
anyways the modded psp sits nicely in my desk. POS]]>Sep 7th 2008 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
I forgot to mention in the Video that there is headphone pass through. When you first turn on the PSP even with the keyboard plugged in the PSP speakers still play sound. However when you want the sound to go to the headphone port you just need to press one of the Volume buttons.

Thanks,
Nico]]>Sep 7th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
Crash override and zero cool are coming to get you for that...]]>Sep 7th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/
Firefox 3 too.

Bah, Sony doesn't want you to enjoy your PSP, they use Memsticks and optical drives, in this day and age, and in a handheld too.]]>Sep 7th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 7th 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/psp-and-360-chatpad-are-a-match-hacked-in-heaven/Sep 9th 2008 12:01PM