NEW PSP FIRMWARE ON Thursday 7/27!

[acekat13]

From www.psp3d.com:

"It's confirmed, Sony has spilled the beans that on Thursday, July 27th, 2006, we will see a new firmware released for the PSP, featuring RSS video support in the PSP's browser, a new downloadable game demo (World Tour Soccer 2), as well as a few other new features. Awesome news, but you would seriously consider the disadvantages before upgrading, since homebrew will be plugged up, as it is in 2.7X firmwares."

also check link to ign.com :

IGN.com

http://psp.ign.com/articles/720/720194p1.html

[Ishiyoshi]

Thanks for the note.

[pata2001]

RSS video support? That's awesome. PSP will be a real-time podcast "walkman." Too bad there are not many free hotspots in my area.

IMO homebrew is overrated. Most people that I know that were bragging about running homebrew on their PSPs have now moved on and upgraded their PSP.

[acekat13]

I agree that homebrew is overrated. Before I upgraded I had my psp filled with homebrew apps and emulators. I thought is was fun to carry around a ton of 8-bit and 16 bit console games on my psp, but I always played my PSP games more. Plus I like to keep my PSP up to date with its firmware, I am excited for the playstation 1 emulator, I think it is well worth the sacrifice of homebrew/hacking. I wonder if sony will find a way to work around the modchips that are out now.

[Ishiyoshi]

UPDATE: PSP Firmware 2.80 is now available. Click here for more details.