This just makes me sad...

[IM0001]

http://www.pspxstudio.com/index.html

How in the heck do they have that thing doing EVERYTHING we want out Axim to do but on it it actually works and fast? I can vouch for the Emulators, their flawless, Has anyone seen the browser and if its any good? Windows 95? Quake? WTF!

It just disapoints me that that device has been out for a shorter time and with (am i right? ) lesser hardware and yet it can do everything. I just dont get it.

Now Ill keep my axim for video and school, get a PSP for all the fun stuff, and a DS for Mario Kart DS.

Or not. No $ right now. lol

[bluevolume]

http://www.pspxstudio.com/index.html

How in the heck do they have that thing doing EVERYTHING we want out Axim to do but on it it actually works and fast? I can vouch for the Emulators, their flawless, Has anyone seen the browser and if its any good? Windows 95? Quake? WTF!

It just disapoints me that that device has been out for a shorter time and with (am i right? ) lesser hardware and yet it can do everything. I just dont get it.

Now Ill keep my axim for video and school, get a PSP for all the fun stuff, and a DS for Mario Kart DS.

Or not. No $ right now. lol

Hold on, I think your cart's gone WAY beyond your horse! Most of these emulators are just for the "look what I can do" factor. What worth is it to anyone to run a sloooooow version of Windows 95 on a PSP? Both WM2003 and WM5 are much better than Windows 95 for functionality and stability, and are custom suited to a PDA. Where are you without little things like on-screen keyboards and handwriting recognition?

I'm sure this PSP software is cool, but it isn't as simple and useful as it sounds. Lets find someone who has a PSP and this software and get some real data.

imagine when a couple weeks later sony release a new firmware that screws this software up..does that make u feel better?

[IM0001]

from the looks of it the firmware upgrades have made the thing better not worse. And yes Windows 95 Woohoo... bah but it still works while ours pretty much cannot. And the look what I can do factor my ass. I saw it in action at school with a friend and it blew the X50v away. i just with se could get some devs to really pollish it down fine.

[stevenator65]

My bro-in-law has a psp. He spends so much money on it w/extra batteries, games and movies that it's outrageous. We have the choice of freeware, shareware and tons of great apps. I'll take my x50v over his money pit anyday. But I will take his new Bose Quiet Comfort 2 headphones ($300)!

[IM0001]

yes for sure that PSP is expensive but so is memory for our pda's (though the sony memory sticks are a complete ripoff.

[Flip_Lx]

i'll just say this. psp is made for gameing thats where it will beat a pda however show me a psp that can:
change the channel on my tv or others
have 12gigs of storage(at one time) for movies games and music
use bluetooth to send files(or wifi im not sure on that on)
has a full keyboard
can be used for work presntations(ie word/excel onto projectors or such)
be used with gps software

just look at it this way how many psp owners bought it to play games? most the ones ive talked to are so impressed they can get on the internet and watch movies, welcome to the world of pdas from a few years ago....you'll notice they want their gaming device to be more and more of a pda

[bluevolume]

And yes Windows 95 Woohoo... bah but it still works while ours pretty much cannot. And the look what I can do factor my ass. I saw it in action at school with a friend and it blew the X50v away. i just with se could get some devs to really pollish it down fine.

You are right -- if I was still in high school (or judging from your grammar skills, grade school) I would be much more impressed with someone pulling a PSP out of their backpack than an x50v.

[[sYn]]

i'll just say this. psp is made for gameing thats where it will beat a pda however show me a psp that can:
change the channel on my tv or others
have 12gigs of storage(at one time) for movies games and music
use bluetooth to send files(or wifi im not sure on that on)
has a full keyboard
can be used for work presntations(ie word/excel onto projectors or such)
be used with gps software

just look at it this way how many psp owners bought it to play games? most the ones ive talked to are so impressed they can get on the internet and watch movies, welcome to the world of pdas from a few years ago....you'll notice they want their gaming device to be more and more of a pda

As much as I hate to back up the PSP, it has some wonderful developers.

IR Remote - http://www.ahman.co.nr/ IR Commander
GPS - http://boardsus.playstation.com/play...age.id=1773647 - GPS to come in later firmware..
File Transfer (WIFI/IR) - http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?...7&page=1&pp=20
12Gb? Ok not quite 12, but it can do upto 4Gb and a PSP hard drive has been release (costing around £120).
Keyboard - a working on screen keyboard has been released for inclusion in homebrew applications, this however does not compare with the keyboard found on a PDA.

Ok, so now we have that out the way we should probably meantion that most of the applications created on the PSP can only be used if you have the original 1.0 (japan) or 1.5 (american) firmware. There have been programs/exploits released which allow you to run SOME homebrew on later firmware versions, but for the full experience you need the early firmwares. This also means you lose out on sony's official PSP applications, like the web browser, but thats no great loss.

The PSP is a machine built for gaming, it has since been turned into a homebrew application machine with some very amazing results. However, it will never beat a PDA for useability in the area's it was never meant to venture into, reguardless of its steps forward.

We should also meantion that the applications avalible on the PSP (in the most) are freeware, BUT not really legal.

http://www.gbax.com/indexgp2x.html - is also worth a meantion as an open source hand held console which has dual ARM based chips :)

[BluePrince]

Oh... if only my X50v was as big as the PSP and had the same type of OS the PSP has (the one that sacrifies flexibility for a few impressive functions e.g. graphics, graphics and graphics...).

Comparing an X50v to a PSP is like comparing a top of the line Desktop to an Xbox 360.

P.S. I noticed they used Windows 95 instead of XP... hmm