PSP 2.0 firmware
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jvd said:
Yeah..thats the primary way to get Firmware updates....if you have your WiFi setup with your PSP...all you do is (I forget the function name...buecause i've never used it..lol) press Network Update? and it automatically connects you to a firmware update and starts downloading it and installing it automatically.
Wonder how this'll impact emu's on Euro PSPs, assuming they come with v2 firmware. I wanna play portable Amiga!
Curious, has anyone tried this on a US model?
DaveBaumann said:
It works on the US models, apparently. The update automatically detects your language settings and switches to english if put on a US model.
I'm a little hesitant to give it a go myself, but sorely tempted given the new functionality.
Anyone know when the official US update is due?
Well, seems to work. WPA wireless connects to my network and the browser can see B3D (although it keeps running out of memory)
Dave, do you have a clue what's the 'character sets' support bullet in the v2.0 changes log? does it have anything to do with proper display fonts? i'm asking because v.1.5 has issues with displaying non-ascii chars in the various file browsing menus of the firmware (try displaying an mp3 with, say, a cyrillic filename).
Well, it would appear to just support a number of different codepages for various charsets now (don't know whether it did before or not). If this is a new addition then its probably more for the browser support.
mckmas8808
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yep it works for me and I have an us psp.
I used this procedure:
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP.aspx?id=softwareupdate/pc_152.html
(but with the 2.0 ROM, of course)
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP.aspx?id=softwareupdate/pc_152.html
(but with the 2.0 ROM, of course)
Thanks. I already had the folders created, from the last time I did this, but forgot how. 
Ive got it in there, but Im missing the "start update" options somewhere... Ive retarded the PSP, it didnt promt me with anything.
edit, of course I found it right after I posted this. Scroll over and select memory stick.
Ive got it in there, but Im missing the "start update" options somewhere... Ive retarded the PSP, it didnt promt me with anything.
edit, of course I found it right after I posted this. Scroll over and select memory stick.
So is the browser useable? Without an easy way for text input? There was some foldable keyboard when the PSP first came out wasn't there?
Some people are saying they don't want to upgrade because they like playing emulators with NES ROMs. In fact, these emus "save" the PSP for them.
It seems like the PSP screen would be better for browsing on the go than something like a Treo. You'd have to find a Wifi access point and maybe carry a portable keyboard however.
Some people are saying they don't want to upgrade because they like playing emulators with NES ROMs. In fact, these emus "save" the PSP for them.
It seems like the PSP screen would be better for browsing on the go than something like a Treo. You'd have to find a Wifi access point and maybe carry a portable keyboard however.
It has a "cellphone" type virtual keyboard, you access it when you enter a field that has text input or the web adress field.
Of course it's not as good as a real physical keyboard, and you move in it with the directional buttons and confirm a letter entry with pressing O the required number of times (or I think X in the US model),
but imo it's better and much faster when you get used to it than the virtual keyboards where every key has a virtual button of it's own and where you have to move the cursor a much longer distances to find the required key.
I can "type" quite fast already with it, so that even web "chat" sites are not too much a pain to use. If you're used to sending text messages with your cellphone you should have not much troubles getting used to it.
The browser is quite good, it does give an error message "out of memory" occasionally, depending on the site, and lacks flash and I think some javascript things can cause it problems, but most well designed pages show just fine, yhou can select wether you want to view the page "as is" scrolling vertically and horizontally to see the whole page on the smaller PSP screen, or make it fit on the screen when it reformats the page to fit, and a third option that I've not used as it messes the layout completely like in some cellphone browsers.
I've used the PSP quite a lot in replacement of magazines in the toilet recently
Of course it's not as good as a real physical keyboard, and you move in it with the directional buttons and confirm a letter entry with pressing O the required number of times (or I think X in the US model),
but imo it's better and much faster when you get used to it than the virtual keyboards where every key has a virtual button of it's own and where you have to move the cursor a much longer distances to find the required key.
I can "type" quite fast already with it, so that even web "chat" sites are not too much a pain to use. If you're used to sending text messages with your cellphone you should have not much troubles getting used to it.
The browser is quite good, it does give an error message "out of memory" occasionally, depending on the site, and lacks flash and I think some javascript things can cause it problems, but most well designed pages show just fine, yhou can select wether you want to view the page "as is" scrolling vertically and horizontally to see the whole page on the smaller PSP screen, or make it fit on the screen when it reformats the page to fit, and a third option that I've not used as it messes the layout completely like in some cellphone browsers.
I've used the PSP quite a lot in replacement of magazines in the toilet recently
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Luminescent
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I think I may give that a try.
What happened to the touchpad keyboard shown before PSPs launch? The one that attached to the top USB slot, I mean.
