PSP getting a hard drive?

hard drive in a portable??

better make sure it can withstand all the jolts and vibrations of everyday use.

Sony seems to be coming out with all kinds of announcments lately...

psp with HDD ? wew, they can fit ultra small portable hdd like ipod use, but, it will make PSP batt die fast.

hmm maybe the batt will only last for less than 1hrs lol

Originally posted by jutsu:

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psp with HDD ? wew, they can fit ultra small portable hdd like ipod use, but, it will make PSP batt die fast.

hmm maybe the batt will only last for less than 1hrs lol

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if your going to add all that crap into the psp why not just make a new psp

I doubt it. I wouldn't worry about the strength issue (Ipod anyone?). If you've ever taken apart a psp you know that theres no room for a hdd. If they removed the ms-duo slot you might have room for one of those ultra small hdd's, but they are fairly new so the manufacturing costs would be much higher. The PSP would need more than a hdd to justify a higher cost again.

Originally posted by Zippy84:

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I doubt it. I wouldn't worry about the strength issue (Ipod anyone?). If you've ever taken apart a psp you know that theres no room for a hdd. If they removed the ms-duo slot you might have room for one of those ultra small hdd's, but they are fairly new so the manufacturing costs would be much higher. The PSP would need more than a hdd to justify a higher cost again.

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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...and tell people they are saving money on a practically dead hand held...

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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...and tell people they are saving money on a practically dead hand held...

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What? Dead? Not by a long shot. Theres still homebrew =)

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If they did put a HDD in there, why couldn't they put one of those things in it that charges it based on movemoent like in some watches?

On an unrelated note, how come Hard Disk and Floppy Disk end in "K", but Compact Disc ends in "C"?

@ZIppyDSM-
But a laptop is huge. What you need is one of those ultra mobile PCs.

@Unfocused-
Thats kinda interesting. They could implement something that will chare the battery for movement back and forth on both the X and Y axis-es(anyone know what the plural is?). It could also contribute to the power output from the battery when the console is in use. As for the C and K in disc and disk, who knows. Maybe so "compact disc" can start and end in C.

If they built in Flash Memory it would be better. Smaller and lighter on the battery as well, can get it alot smaller as well.
Still seems a bit of a waste of time though.

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On an unrelated note, how come Hard Disk and Floppy Disk end in "K", but Compact Disc ends in "C"?

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Originally posted by WierdName:

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@ZIppyDSM-
But a laptop is huge. What you need is one of those ultra mobile PCs.

@Unfocused-
Thats kinda interesting. They could implement something that will chare the battery for movement back and forth on both the X and Y axis-es(anyone know what the plural is?). It could also contribute to the power output from the battery when the console is in use. As for the C and K in disc and disk, who knows. Maybe so "compact disc" can start and end in C.

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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sorry I would rather have the 15-17inch screen :P

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Hmmmmm, make it a 21 widescreen HD and sure, I'll go with you on that. Unless, if you put in 2GB DDR, 3Ghz, good video card, and a nice little 500GB internal HDD, then I would even go for a 13".

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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sorry I would rather have the 15-17inch screen :P

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Hmmmmm, make it a 21 widescreen HD and sure, I'll go with you on that. Unless, if you put in 2GB DDR, 3Ghz, good video card, and a nice little 500GB internal HDD, then I would even go for a 13".

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it probably be DDR 3 by the time they get the vid chipsets to be worth while for "multitasking" but :P

anyway I am not found of ultra small portables.

Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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anyway I am not found of ultra small portables.

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psp is for playing.

I saw a hard drive for the psp at gamestop. It was wierd and plugged into the memory stick slot. $100 for 8Gb, I passed on it. I've never seen them again or even seen them advertised.

Originally posted by bzkilla:

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psp is for playing.

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I don't think the HD on a psp is a bad idea. They could do it few ways either keep having you nickel and dime yourself to death with the MS DUO memory cards that are extremely delicate which they are creating the 32GB one as well as the Toshiba 32 - 16 gb cards that would fit the psp which also will cost as much as a PS3 from what i seen just for that memory or give you a hard drive addon but if they do that then yeah i agree the battery would be drained everything your not plugged in. A ultra small drive would be nice but how durable will it be to drops of the game, left out in the heat as i seen a few people do in their cars, whether it can handle flashes like the MS DUO memory because you know people are going to do it and that will be a complete waste if your drive dies from and flash whether its a Sony flash or your own for homebrew. Again it does seem like Sony is trying to pull out all the stops as of late but if they do this hopefully its correct and not some lame throw together to get better sales and yes the price is always a factor on how it does.

I think it would be a pretty bad idea if it was an actual HDD. if it was a flash drive, that would be good though. Flash drives are getting bigger by the day. A 10 gig flash HD would be a nice addition and not very big.

i think he phrased it wrong. i think in this, flash memory and hard drive represent external and internal. not what you are assuming. notice also a quote about how cheap flash memory is. i don't think the would do a hard drive disk, but a flash hard drive.

I think USb Technolgy getting better and if able to store up to 10gb would be a good solution. The PSP is too small for older adults with poor vision. Kids are not your only customers. I even hate the fact that cell phone are becoming smaller. I wish the PSP came with an optional larger screen.

Technically it will be more convenient when the slimmer version as they call it because of the tv out capabilities. That should be good enough for home be on the road is another story.

Now if it could get some good games to use the hard drive on.

Well consider it this way, If they put in a hard drive, and you have common sense/basic knowledge of electronics, you can make a bit of money of hd repairs when they die.

Originally posted by brad1150:

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Well consider it this way, If they put in a hard drive, and you have common sense/basic knowledge of electronics, you can make a bit of money of hd repairs when they die.

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I thought there were already hard drives available for the PSP.

http://www.darkplanets.co.uk/datel-4gb-harddrive.asp

Granted these things are bulky, but the technology has already been developed.

Originally posted by Gil29483:

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I wish the PSP came with an optional larger screen.

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Originally posted by Allegro1:

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A small, low resolution PS2.

...oops

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What you might want to do is to gut a portable DVD player and mount a PSP slim into it (or make a dock for it ala iPOD). Then you can have a larger screen, plenty of room for a notebook drive, and even more space for additional battery capacity all in the space smaller than a notebook computer.

I said PSP slim because they will allegedly put a video out connection to the new model.

guess what people..im not a noob at psp but idk wtf u guys are talking about.not being off-topic or anything.im just hoping you smart psp people will tell me about this hdd or something.thanks people :D

it's not confirmed, so i'm not even gonna put too much thinking into it. However, whether or not i'll buy it, that depends on cost and product designs. Extra space is always good, why? Well for one thing, with remote play, the PSP can access contents from the PS3 and if you want to download stuffs from the PS3, more space is needed.

As to Computer Disk ending with "k" and Compact Disc ending with "c" i think i can explain that. When computer storage disks first introduced, they were square looking (the internal layer is disc shaped though) and were used for data storage. When CDs were introduced to the general market, they were meant for music and were circular shape (i.e. they were not storage media at the time, so they can't really be called "disks").

PSP HDD would be good if you are able to backup images of games for loading via a boot disk (or disc), similar to the setup with HD Loader/Advance on PS2.

This would be a good investment for Sony and a hard drive is the way to go.

Originally posted by Gnawnivek:

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it's not confirmed, so i'm not even gonna put too much thinking into it. However, whether or not i'll buy it, that depends on cost and product designs. Extra space is always good, why? Well for one thing, with remote play, the PSP can access contents from the PS3 and if you want to download stuffs from the PS3, more space is needed.

As to Computer Disk ending with "k" and Compact Disc ending with "c" i think i can explain that. When computer storage disks first introduced, they were square looking (the internal layer is disc shaped though) and were used for data storage. When CDs were introduced to the general market, they were meant for music and were circular shape (i.e. they were not storage media at the time, so they can't really be called "disks").

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Rather than thinking about a hard drive, why doesn't Sony wake up and give up on the stupid MemoryStick format? You can get an 8GB MemoryStick for 100 Euros? Well, I can only find 8GB MemorySticks for US$180, but I can get an 8GB SD card for US$70. Sony, Fuji, Olympus, etc., need to realize that MemoryStick, XD, and all the other formats are put in the dust for performance, price, etc., by SD. Even ancient CF is better than anything other than SD. Frankly, I won't buy a device that doesn't offer SD or CF slots, period. And no, I don't think I'm missing out on much.

By all means, put a hard drive in the PSP -- more proprietary storage no-doubt made by Sony. It will probably be different than any other mini-hard drive on the market today, because that's just the way Sony operates. Morons.