PSP or PlayStation Portable

The term PSP is the abbreviated version of what is popularly known world wide as the PlayStation Portable and it is the current innovation of the PlayStation series to hit the markets. It is a handheld gaming console and also the first in the world to have used the format of the optical disc or the Universal Media Disk or UMD. Released in the United States in 2005 by Sony Computer Entertainment, a recent version called PlayStation Slim and Lite was launched in July 2007. the basic constituents of this PlayStation Portable console are the 166 MHz graphics clip, 32 MiB main RAM and 4 MiB embedded DRAM and the Allegrex which is the premium multiprocessor used in its functioning. The XrossMediaBar is responsible for providing access to the internet and allowing the users to enjoy video and audio outputs too. The PlayStation Portable is currently priced at around US$169.99 in the United States of America. All PSPs have specific model numbers which were designated according to the regions for which they were produced and for the United States the number is PSP 1001.

In 2006, certain add-ons to the PSP were announced and this includes a PSP GPS attachment and a PSP camera. The PSP also performs the function of a web browser and is seen to support the technological tools of other browsers like the CSS. It also aids the functioning of JavaScript and HTTP cookies. The PSP also allows the user to enjoy movie viewing with the help of the Universal Media Disk and it supports various audio and video formats like the PNG, JPEG, ATRAC, Bitmap, MP3, WMA, AVC, MPEG 4 etc. wireless networking is also allowed by the PlayStation Portable gaming console with the help of the Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b which enables multiplayer game playing.

The few complains regarding the PlayStation Portable has been that it uses the Universal Media Disk which has often been rebuked for its slow speeds during transmission of data.

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