Google search coming to Sony's PSP

Sony will soon add a Google Internet search feature as part of a software update for the PlayStation Portable.

Sony PSP

(Credit: Sony)

On the PSP blog Monday, Sony said the new upgrade, v4.00, "replicates the Google Internet search experience.

PSP users will need to be connected to the Web via Wi-Fi. The move represents Sony's continued efforts to expand the Internet features of the handheld. Of course, what users really want is an easy way to download movies off the Web.

Nonetheless, the company continues to force users to buy the much rejected Universal Media Discs (UMD), the mini DVDs that Sony built especially for the PSP, or hack the device with video converters.

Sony said the upgrade will also give users the ability to change speeds on playback of video stored on Memory Stick PRO Duo. This allows the viewer to scan quickly through a movie or slow it down.

[JCPayne]

Why didn't Sony combine the PSP and the Sony Mylo into a single device????

The PSP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable_Slim_and_Lite

The Mylo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylo_(Sony)

[d--keller]

What a dumb update. I can already google from my psp. How about letting me group my MP3 by genre?

[b16acivic]

Yeah they really have to redo the music player. I have 5G worth of music & scrolling through it is a pain.

[benjaminstraight]

Cool stuff.