How Could Sony Improve the PSP

[stormuk]

Like a few others - a Harddrive

If not a built in HD, the ability to at least directly use a usb2 harddrive.

[bmagierski]

A Flash Player for the brower so we leverage WiFi and can build true mobile Rich Internet Applications.

[rand11]

My wishlist in no particular order:

- longer life battery
- support for homebrew
- clamshell design or swivel screen with protection
- better ergonomics
- full 333mhz speed
- built in hdd
- support for 802.11g
- tv tuner

they should have two models. a budget conscious model, and a fully kitted model coz with all the features we want youre looking at $300-400.

[megaman0]

Reduce the loading times and start making original games

[Hidavi]

Well, what I really would like would be better graphics engine set. One with 2x AA. Thats really all that I could want as an improvement in PSP graphics, 2x AA.

[jwilds73]

Ok this is pie in the sky for the current PSP and probably current technology in some aspects but,

XM Sattelite Radio and TV support

Built in TV output

Blue Tooth support

and it's a Cellphone

oh and why the hell not a Tazer also

[Hidavi]

$ony will never allow "homebrew" to be run on their machines. PERIOD. The only thing they MIGHT do, is add some of the functions that homebrew adds to their firmware updates. For example.. PSPersonalize allowed you to change your background.. $ony released new firmware allowing you to do this. PSPRadio allows you to listen to radio over the internet.. the new RSS feature is similar to this, opening up a full range of audio podcasts from the internet.

What $ony needs to do is realize a lot of us just want simple things like calculators.. notepads.. address books.. things that the PSP firmware should have come with in the first place! Little games like solitaire and minesweeper to entertain us for five or ten minutes.. rather than waiting five or ten minutes to load a UMD game and get a mission started! Functionality to make the PSP more versatile as a Digital Assistant (PDA), Gaming Console, Movie Player, MP3 player, etc.

I think $ony only needs to keep IMPROVING their software! but rather than take AWAY the functionality that homebrew adds, they should take the extra few hours to verify and add the source coding that someone has ALREADY put together. I think this would be the only enticing reason for a homebrew user to update their system with the newest firmware.

Honestly, I've tried the ISO's.. and I agree that I usually only play the UMDs which I buy! Because of this I'm running 2.0 firmware which allows me to use the simple homebrew that I mentioned earlier.

The 4GB is the biggest crippler of the PSP. Why does it seem like the PSP was DESIGNED obsolete!? There's no reason for this!

The hardware is a bit shakey too. I always feel like I'm going to put the PSP in sleep mode while playing a game because of the loose on/off switch and horrible location choice! Same with my wireless switch, shakey and I feel like I'm gonna disconnect myself during a socom match if my hand slips! The UMD Eject button is also loose and I know there are a lot of you out there who bought a $ony Portable UMD Launcher (PUL).

Bare with me, I know this is a long post already!

I've had to OPEN UP MY PSP! It's only 6 months old, and out of fear of sending it to $ony and getting it back with 2.6 firmware, I decided to open it up! I had to fix my ANALOG STICK, which I know a lot of you have problems with.
IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE OVERSIZED ANALOG NUBS FROM NAKI OR DRAGONPLUS, DO NOT TWIST THE ANALOG STICK!!!
When I first put on the analog stick, I noticed it would twist about 10 degrees (imagine on a clock it would twist from 11:55-12:00). After playing SOCOM for awhile the twist developed to about 20 degrees WHICH DESTROYED MY ANALOG NUB AND LOCKED IT UP!! Basically I had to open it up and reset the guides underneath. It works ok, but it still twists about 25 degrees now and the nub is worn on the UNDERNEATH (you can't see it unless you disassemble the PSP and the analog unit!)

There are a billion other reasons that make the PSP absolutely horrid - battery life, load times, screen and game lag, game choices, screen glare and composition (i.e. easy fingerprints/scratches/etc), speaker volume, button arrangement, sticky and nonresponsive buttons, shakey battery door cover, no video out, stupid memory stick duo rubber cover annoying piece of crap I want to break you off thingy.. etc. etc..

But through all this all I have to say, is I ABSOLUTELY CHERISH my PSP... YEP! I even went so far as buying my brother one for Christmas!!

Sorry for the length of this post, but I hope I've covered just about everything there is that should be improved.

yes, I think the only thing thats really wrong about the PSP is the firmware. They should've had a Palm OS-like firmware with calculator and notepad and all those frills.

Um, maybe you wrestle with your PSP, but my PSP is 9-10 months old and the only thing wrong with it is that the square button has gotten a little sticky.

Did you say that the PSP was designed absolete? Absolete to the PS2, heeeelz jea, but absolete among its peers of 32-bit and 64-bit handhelds? No way man. If anything, the PSP is in some ways even more advanced than its home console counterparts.

[Hidavi]

Oh, and I would LOVE to be able to pay for wireless broadband internet for my PSP. I'd be wiling to pay $10 a month. Like, I can already do that, but thats only when I get a signal, which isn't as often as always.

[sgamemu22]

Sometimes I dont want to automatically load the UMD. There should be a configuration for that. An internal harddrive would be great.

[titch.ryan]

I would love all small homebrews to work on version 2.60 and defenitely a built in hard drive. Also Tv out and the ability to send music to other psps!