Sony PSP

PSP 3000

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.

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™ (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

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

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)

Book Readers

See also E-book_software#Sony_PSP for eBook Readers.

Browser

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.