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 1.1 Model 2000 1.2 Model 3000 1.3 Model PSPGO 2 Book Readers 2.1 Bookr 2.2 Manga (comic) Reader 2.3 PSP Ebook Creator 2.3.1 features: 2.3.2 eBook Creator 3 For more information

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[edit] Specifications

[edit] 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™ (micro SD card possibly could be used with special adaptor)
• 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

[edit] Model 3000

Like the 2000 except:

• • UMD: Not available for use
  • Micro Memory Stick: MPEG-4 SP, AAC
  • 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 (easily removeable)
• 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] Model PSPGO

Like the PSP 3000 except:

• Slide out keys to decrease the size of he unit (43% smaller)
• 3.8" 16 x 9 screen with the same resolution. TFT transparent type.
• Size: 128 mm (W) x 69 mm (H) x 16.5 mm (D)
• Weight: 158g
• Flash Disk: 16 GB
• Wi-Fi (802.11b) and Bluetooth
• Video Codec
  • MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC)
  • H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
  • MP4 Format: MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC)
  • MP4: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile – CABAC only – (AAC LC) / Baseline Profile (AAC LC)
  • AVI
  • Motion JPEG (Linear PCM or µ-Lau)

[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
• Blog on Comics from the US playstation site. This indicates the new firmware will support comic book reading.

[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.

[edit] eBook Creator

A more generalized version that also includes being able to set the resolution so that the results will work on other devices.

Download of PSP Ebook Creator from CNET.

See also: Parablax, home of PSP eBook Creator and eBook Creator

[edit] For more information

• Reading books on your PSP
• Sony Playstation systems - Playstation Go and Playstation 3000
• MobileRead discussion
• Homebrew PlayStation Portable - More about reading programs and other Homebrew products.