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A Sony Play Station Portable (PSP) can be used as an eBook Reader. It has a 480 x 272 pixel 4.3" screen and can display text and graphics directly using some add on readers or the built in browser. Battery life is 3 to 6 hours. An Extended Life Battery Kit is available for 2000 and 3000 units that includes a 2200 mAh battery which increases use to approximately 8 - 11 hours for games.

Contents 1 Specifications 2 Book Readers 2.1 Bookr 2.2 Manga (comic) Reader 2.3 PSP Ebook Creator 2.3.1 features: 2.4 For more information

[edit] Specifications

Model 2000

• Size & Weight
  • Approximately 6.7 in (W) x 2.9 in (H) x .9 in (D)
  • Approximately 189g / 6.7oz (including battery)
• Input & Output
  • IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi)
  • USB 2.0 (mini-B)
  • Memory Stick Duo™
• Video Codec
  • UMD: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile
  • Memory Stick: MPEG-4 SP, AAC
• Music Codec
  • UMD: linear PCM,ATRAC3 Plus™
  • Memory Stick: ATRAC3plus™, MP3 (MPEG 1/2) Layer3)
• Display
  • 4.3 inch, 16:9 Wide screen TFT LCD
  • 480 x 272 pixel, 16.77 million colors
  • Maximum luminance 180/130/80cd/m2 *
  • Maximum luminance 200/180/130/80cd/m2 **
• Access Control
  • Region, Parental Control
• Disc Drive
  • UMD Drive (read only)
• Profile
  • PSP® Game
  • UMD Audio
  • UMD Video
• CPU
  • PSP® CPU (System clock frequency 1 - 333MHz)
• Power & Battery
  • DC IN 5V connector
  • Lithium-ion Battery
• Audio
  • Built-in stereo speakers
  • Headset connector
• Memory
  • 64MB main memory
  • 4MB embedded DRAM
• Wireless
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • Infrastructure mode
  • Ad hoc mode (connection up to 16 consoles)
• Security
  • Encryption 128bit AES (Copyright protection technology) MagicGate™
• Key / Switches
  • Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
  • Analog Stick
  • Enter keys (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
  • Left, Right shoulder buttons x 1
  • START button, SELECT button, HOME button x 1
  • POWER/HOLD switch x 1
  • Display button, Sound button
  • Volume +/- buttons x 1
  • Wireless LAN switch (ON/OFF) x 1
  • OPEN latch (UMD) x 1

[edit] Book Readers

A copy of the Mozilla Firefox browser is included in recent firmware updates. This permits viewing books in HTML or TXT.

[edit] Bookr

This is a free download from Sourceforge or from here. It supports PDF files directly.

There have been some mods to this program.

• Usability improvements
• DJVU support and goto function
• Bookr-MOD adds larger image support, unicode support and bug fixes.

[edit] Manga (comic) Reader

• A PSP comic book reader available from QJ.net.

• Manga2PSP another reader

[edit] PSP Ebook Creator

The Psp Ebook Creator converts any text file (.txt) into a customizable formatted ebook (in JPG images) that can be read on a psp. This application runs on a Windows PC.

[edit] features:

• landscape/ portrait page formats,
• background images,
• smart formatting (efficiently fits text to psp screen dimensions),
• user defined fonts,
• ink color and page color,
• navigation bar (including page numbers and custom title,
• JPG compression settings,
• psp display window and 1:1 page previewing.
• chapter splitting.

Download of PSP Ebook Creator from CNET.

[edit] For more information

• Reading books on your PSP