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"...I don't see a problem as you'll still be getting what you paid for (a PSP). If you want to "hack" and run "homebrew" why not buy something designed for doing so (not a PSP)"

If you spent $200 on a paper clip, knowing it was just an ordinary paperclip, you’d be getting what you paid for. A lot of people want more value for their money. People who use computing devices often expect to be able to run arbitrary software on them. They might justifiably feel they’re getting less than full value for their purchase if this were artificially restricted.

"The PSP is not designed and marketed for doing this..."

Americans like to talk about freedom, but so often they use it only in the patriot sense, and they forget the literal sense. When you buy a PSP, you have freedom to do with it as you please. It doesn't matter how Sony designed it or marketed it.

You are free to use your PSP as a doorstop; a paperweight; as a projectile to destroy your fine china; as a mirror; as a flashlight; and even to install arbitrary software that you are legally licensed to use. Restricting the use of your PSP to the activities it was marketed for is certainly your prerogative, but don't go telling others they should give up their freedoms just because you voluntarily gave up yours.

I'm feeling a little unloved. Both Japan and Europe are getting some pretty cool add-ons and us N.Americans are kinda being left out in the cold.

J1: Camera
J2: GPS
J3: TV Tuner
J4: Talkman Language Translator

EU1: Downloadable Content
EU2: GPS
EU3: VOIP

NA1: Memory Sticks
NA2: USB Cables
NA3: "Free" Wi-Fi that we have to pay for after 6 months and that we could have signed up for without Sony's help.

Am I missing something? Besides the EU and Japan products that is.

HalcyonGT

"I'm certain it doesn't take a cell processor to do some folding to contribute to the cause."

The Cell is far better at Folding than almost anything else out there.

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats

From the stats page:

PS3 = 485 TFLOPS from ~27K CPUs
Windows = 164 TFLOPS from ~173K CPUs

That's about 3 times better speed for about 1/6 the number of CPUs, or about 18 times better speed overall, not taking into account the number of hours running per day.

Sure, the PSP could fold, but it would be a tiny blip of help compared to the Cell Processor on the PS3. You really would do better using Remote Play to turn on a PS3 remotely.

On your other issue, I don't think Sony is trying to leave you out in the cold. They like PSP owners and have given us a few features that even PS3 owners don't get, like picking a background color, more visualizations for the music player, and getting RSS feeds.