PSP keyboard and cellphone attachments on USPTO

[wraggster]

Source Engadget

So if you recall, way back at E3 2004 when Sony was showing off the PlayStation Portable for the first time in the US, they were also generating some buzz with translucent keyboard and cellphone attachments. Of course, those never materialized -- but they have in fact finally shown up online, albeit at the USPTO. In two filings dated November 10, 2004 (and made public in late February 2006 and only three days ago, respectively), a gaggle of Sony designers submitted applications for both "ornamental design[s]" for a keyboard and phone add-on for the PSP -- and trust us, the patent filings couldn't have been much less verbose. So will we ever see these things get manufactured and released? Eh, even though Sony's launched some unexpected PSP accessories recently, we'd assume the phone attachment won't ever take off. However, Izumi Kawanishi has made it no secret that he wants email on the PSP, and a keyboard would be quite a nicety if that's in the cards.

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[DraconumPB]

I want a psp made out of dotted lines...

...I mean, awesome, a keyboard!!

[pepegomez]

i always wondered what those holes are for ^^

[Ziro]

I want the phone feature!
To me, that would make the PSP complete...

[PSPh4ck3rCMD]

sweet love to have the phone adapter but looks to big hopefully if they do release it it will be 1/4 the size the pic shows

[Sterist]

looks nice, but the qstn is.... why the top of the psp? why couldnt it come down the back of the psp and go under?

[LazerTag]

looks nice, but the qstn is.... why the top of the psp? why couldnt it come down the back of the psp and go under?

Blocks the UMD drive maybe?

I'm surprised the USB port itself was put on top of the PSP to begin with myself.

[IndianCheese]

What should I do with my RAZR then? Haha...

[Raekwik11]

Sweet I need to have that when it comes out.

[Sterist]

Blocks the UMD drive maybe?

I'm surprised the USB port itself was put on top of the PSP to begin with myself.

they could just as easily leave an open area for the usb and make it snap on/off, like the other hardware that attach to the psp, so the umd can be accessed