From: Mike '/m' 


So far I've seen two reviews in the media.  One at each end of the spectrum.

Summary at this point appears to be: ho-hum in the US, not too bad elsewhere.

 /m


On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:58:11 -0600, "Randy"  wrote:

>Typical Sony: get a good chunk right and then screwup the back-end horribly.
>
>"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>news:4245c2dc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> What can I say,  I'm a sucker for gadgets. Unfortunately the $250 base
>> unit only came with a 32 meg memorystiick which is only useful for saving
>> games. The 512 meg stick duo  was an optional purchase. If Sony ever
>> released an external UMD disk writer they could own the market for
>> handheld video playback but it looks like they are refusing to do that and
>> their UMD movie format with the prices they have announced ( $20 - 30$)
>> won't be successful.
>>
>> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:4245b832$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:42457240$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>> I  purchased a Sony PSP Thursday morning.
>>>
>>> For the price ($250?) you should get at least 4g of storage. 1/2 gig is
>>> fairly useless for watching video.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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