PSP Review

PlayStation Portable is a unique toy presented to us by Sony. PSP is the first handheld game console that uses an optical disc. Of course the PSP has its competitors, but there are not many of them - the Nintendo DS, the Gameboy etc. We can truly say that this is the best handheld game console, and even the price is not very high. PSP was launched officially in 2005 in Japan and USA almost at the same time. On PSP you can watch the movies (thanks to a UMD drive installed on the unit), listen to the music (this feature is possible only when headphones are connected to the PSP), play your favorite video games from PS2 and PS3 offline or with you friends online. PSP has a capability to the PS2, PS3 or another PSP, because there is a WLAN driver or you can play via Internet.

There are several variations of the PSP - PSP - 1000, PSP - 2000 and PSP - 3000. The first PSP was the PSP - 1000. It is not produced now. Nowadays there is only PSP - model 3000. It has many additional features that other variations of PSP don't have. For example, there is a Skype application and you can (using the headphones and a microphone) use it from your portable game console. Also you can play via Internet on a special Sony's game-servers. The operating system is just like in the PS3 - the System Software and has all the options that PS3 has. And you can change so-called themes on the PSP. The graphical interface and definition feature are, certainly, not like PS3 has, but are rather good. And the graphics in the PSP is the best among its competitors. Definitely, it's the best portable media tool, but the sales of the Nintendo DS are higher.