After some initial hold , Sony has releasedits 2.0 firmware updatefor exploiter of its PlayStation Portable ( PSP ) in North America . The software is downloadable through the connection Update feature on the PSP , and expect 16 M of spare space on the PSP ’s Memory Stick Pro Duo to download . It ’s also available for download from Sony ’s vane web site , for transferee using a Mac or PC and manual installation .
The PSP 2.0 microcode was in the first place expected to be release on Friday , August 12th , but Sony herald a time lag , revising the date to sometime during the week of the 15th . That date came and went without any release and PSP users were left to wonder where the update was . Sony has ultimately made expert on their hope .
The new firmware update has been hotly anticipate by North American users of the PSP ever since its first introduction to Nipponese users in late July . It introduces the ability to browse Web pages using the PSP ’s built in Wi - Fi wireless networking support . Also added is support for H.264 ( AVC ) video playback , though Sony has thus far limited that living to clip that are usable from its own P - TV Web site ; support for TIFF , GIF , PNG and BMP look-alike files ; unexampled music format support including WAV and unprotected AAC file , the ability to use digital photograph and other artwork as “ wallpaper ” and support for WPA - PSK wireless protection and more .
Perhaps most polemically , in the 2.0 microcode update Sony has also improved the PSP ’s establish - in security features to further thwart the exertion of “ homebrew ” programmers and emulation computer programmer . Since its introduction in Japan in December , 2004 , the PSP has proven to be a popular platform for partisan programmers who want to run their own software on the platform . Sony does not sanction this activity and has actively seek to foil it by making changes to the PSP ’s security department technology with each microcode update that ’s been released .
The master use of the PSP is to recreate video game and pic sold on Sony ’s proprietary Universal Media Disc ( UMD ) format . But a build - in USB 2.0 interface enables the PSP to act on a Mac or PC — its Memory Stick Pro Duo card is recognized as a mass storage equipment , and it recognize digital media like medicine , photo and movies . Several Mac usefulness have been created to offer PSP file transferral management capacity , including iPSP , PSPWare and PocketMac for PSP ; what ’s more , be program program like Elgato ’s EyeTV software , Kinoma ’s video conversion program Producer and Roxio ’s extroverted Toast 7 Titanium software have been update to offer PSP video exportation capableness .
