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Aug 01 2005
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one of the things I love most about the PSP is the pause/hibernation right smack dab in the middle of the game with the power slide. You don't have to power it down like a pc/laptop. One of the things I hate most about the PSP is the clunky interface. You'd think Sony would have given a little more thought into how to navigate through all of the cool functions that this little baby offers.
I have run into some excruciatingly long load times (Ape escape, Wipeout pure). And when the PSP is whirling the UMD around, the mechanical spinning wears down the battery faster. The sound could be louder (I like music obnoxiously loud) and what's up with the jack for the headphone? Anyway, I just plug my earbuds into the controller's hole, and put the Sony earphones into a drawer to collect dust, with the power brick and the clunky external battery pack. I find that I can make it through two 12-hour shifts at work with sporadic game play/mp3 play without a recharge, though I have an extra battery in my backpack for those long and boring days. Many have complained about the wrist strap, I tied the end of mine in a knot and stuck a cloth through the end of the loop for wiping. I use it curled around my left hand's fingers as a game stabilizer (that I really need when I'm tilting back and forth while I'm playing wipeout, or while bumping around in the ambulance.
Why buy UMD movies?
I got mine in California when they first came out in the US, and noticed about 7 dead pixels across the top. Unnoticeable during gameplay, or while i'm showing off my pics.
I don't have any problems with portability (I toss it into my little backpack of stuff for work) or physical performance of the machine (besides the load times), but some of my games' UMD cases are broken-the clear part is separated from the white plastic. I'm not sure where my USB cord came from, but it works with both the PSP and my Razr. And while I have no qualms about throwing my GBsp around like a frisbee, I'm a little more conscientious of where I toss my backpack when the PSP is in it.
I love using the thumb analog stick and the ease of downloading MP3's and pics onto the PRO Duo memory stick. And though I haven't used it yet, I think that having this thing as an eBook reader and web browser is super. I do sometimes long for a stylus and touch screen, but that's what the DS is for.
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