Report: PSP2 features OLED screen, will offer 3G data

@Shalabi
Yay! another meaningless comment!

@Shalabi - This won't have a monthly or yearly contract. The reason you even get on a contract with a mobile phone provider is because you purchase a new phone through them at a huge discount with new service.

If you already have a device that works on their network then you just go on a month to month plan with the option of being able to cancel at anytime, or if your current device is capable of being a hotspot for other devices then you can pay the extra $20 or so for the feature on your current mobile plan and then connect to it that way. Which would be a whole lot cheaper than getting a regular monthly data only plan because for that it's going to be $59.99 for 5 GB a month if it's with Verizon Wireless which has the best network especially for data.

Oh and unfortunately even using your mobile device as a hotspot would have a data rate limit as well, which I believe might be smaller than the normal 5 GB's on a data only plan. I'm thinking it's 2 GB's, but I could be wrong and it still could have the same 5 GB limit? I never fully looked into it because once I saw it was going to cost an additional $20 feature on top of the voice and data plan I pay for now, I looked the other way. Plus it's not like I really have anything else that would have used it. My PSP 3000 but that would be rarely and just to maybe browse the web on it or getting updates. So it definitely wouldn't be worth an extra $20 to have that feature on my Droid X as it would never be used except rare occasions and even those would be rare lol.

@Shalabi

I wouldn't say that right away. It does, however, give a feel of an iPad with buttons (and that's not an insult).

@Shalabi I agree with you, I would totally suspect you have to pay to use the 3G service... you do on the 3G iPad, for the MiFi, etc etc. The Kindle doesn't charge you for monthly service, but instead buries the price into the book (or whatever) you're downloading. I can't imagine them giving you 3G service for free though to play games.

Now, WiFi would be (could be) free, but we don't know if WiFi is supported...

@xxZOMBIExx Everything you said is why 3G isn't a great idea. If they can offer free 3G for PSP2 owners, then it becomes a much more simple and appealing feature. I'm not going to foot the monthly bill for 3G access.

@Shalabi
Really. I want a next gem PSP but not if it costs monthly, thanks.

@Shalabi Not necessarily, the Kindle has free 3G.

@Crunktastic

Hopefully they allow the PSN titles to be played on this device & not just the minis.

@Prboi
PSN games on the go is the ONLY way I'll even bother with it.

@Hi iTs SlayeR
I won't be able to afford pants If I buy both lol :(

@Hi iTs SlayeR
Now, THAT'S Deja Vu

@AlvinRod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT4B-NJUcZE

@The Cole Train And full backwards compatibility. Oh, wait...

@Mystic
OLED is beautiful... except when they fail, If you thought dead pixels on the PSP where bad, dying OLEDs.... well just hope they dont.

@Mystic
You can fit an iPad in your pocket? What kind of strange, twisted magic is this!?

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff

It's between me, and God as to how I fit an iPad in my pocket.

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff maybe he has bag of holding in jean's pocket form.

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff

Uh, it's called an iTouch.

@Muscle Rider
Or will you?

@Muscle Rider

Speak for yourself lol

Nothing beats pwning noobs in the public toilets......wait, that sounds wrong :/

@VeeDeeVee
If there's any Backwards compatability at all it'll only be with the downloadable titles since they're not supporting UMD on this device.

@PN04
Really? Have you got any links to prove this? This is the kind of thing I need to be sure on... people complained about UMD but it was good, cheap way of cramming a lot of data on the go (before flash prices dropped).

@VeeDeeVee It won't have a UMD drive. It is a PSPgo 2, not a PSP2.

@Ellimem it's a PSP2. No UMD doesn't mean no physical media. It will have physical media. but I'm sure ur comment was trolling unless ur reallly stupid

@robmv
From a security stand point, WPA is more than enough protection for a WiFi network.

@PiiSPii There are already vulnerabilities for WPA-TKIP, so that is the reason Android 2.2 only supports WPA2, and the PSP is only WPA so there is no way to use them together

@robmv What about Mac Address filtering. My EVO has an option to only allow pre-established users to connect to the hot spot. No keys required.

@Entegy
Course I want them, because (as an HTC Desire and iPhone owner) mobile phone games are still shit. There are some gems out there but nothing along the lines of real Mario, Metal Gear Solid, Zelda, Pokemon or Monster Hunter games. There are plenty of cheap clones and lots of little, fun timewaster games though.

@Entegy I feel the same. There are unique and hardcore smartphone games. I don't NEED to play a certain franchise on a portable, I just want fun games. I'll always be a console gamer but portable is changing fast.

@RickGhastly

Im with you. Touchscreens yes. no control schemes beyond that? Gross!

@RickGhastly - it has buttons and analog stick(s) (hopefully it is 2 sticks this time) as well as a D-pad. SO I wouldn't be worried about it having a touchscreen. If it does have one, its probably only for movies, music, and maybe for internet browsing when you have the controls closed/hidden behind/under the screen if it is a slider.

@RickGhastly

yep. you need real buttons for anything more than flash-style games.

@Nba2kelite old PSP does skype. I need to see twin analogs bbefore I consider this thing. It will also feel as if it is rivaling the xperia play.

@Grand Kerfuffle no it'll be $700 U.S. dollars