Could this blurry image be the first evidence
of a near-finished PSP mod chip? That's the word. Apparently, Team DST is on the verge of a 100-chip rollout—to be sold
exclusively on eBay (starting at $22.99). The mod chip will not require
soldering, but some of the wires on the motherboard will need to be replaced. Theoretically, the chip will allow users
to bypass region encoded UMD decryption, and more importantly, allow homebrew access regardless of which firmware
version is currently installed.
[Thanks, brakken]

