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...PSP can also be used as a photo viewer, allowing you to build slideshows, and an MP3 player. But you'll probably want to hang on to your regular MP3 device. The PSP lacks any kind of native play list or photo organizer, relying instead on the order of the files as they appear on the memory card to determine the order of play. It theoretically supports the "m3u" music play list, a standardized format used by many players except for iTunes, but I couldn't get it to work. The PSP has other limitations on its multimedia. It does...
...Regardless, you are severely limited by the small amount of memory you get on the removable 32MB Memory Stick Duo provided. While it has plenty of space for saving game data, it only holds about six songs. To make the PSP really usable for your own media you will have to buy a Memory Stick Duo with more capacity. One-gigabyte versions can be found for $150. At that amount of space you could even rip some TV shows. You transfer files through a USB to 5-pin "mini-B" cord (not provided) that is pretty standard with digital cameras...
...core of the PSP: the games. Of the five provided for review - Wipeout Pure, Twisted Metal Head-on, Gretzky NHL, NBA and World Tour Soccer - none strike me as a must-have the way Grand Theft Auto became for the PlayStation 2. Still, they are pretty incredible for such a small device. The graphics and game play sophistication rival that of Sony's home system, the PS2. The sports games almost exactly mimic their "big-screen" counterparts with full rosters that you can manipulate and on-the-fly playmaking. Wipeout Pure, part of the futuristic Wipeout racing series...
...games provided allow for "ad hoc" networking, meaning that other PSP users within WiFi range who also have the same game can play against each other. Future games may even allow players to network without everyone owning the software. Just as cool, some games allow you to connect through a wireless network and play other PSP users in other parts of the world. Connecting to my home network was pretty easy, and the PSP even supports WEP password protection. The only thing you can't do: play PSP games with someone...
...PSP easily trumps all its competitions as the most sophisticated, integrated, attractive and all-around "neat-o" handheld multimedia device on the market. Though currently best used for games and movies, with the addition of few amenities - a better music interface, text messaging and a web browser, to name a few - it could even surpass the iPod as the must-have, status symbol gadget for adults...