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Sony Updates PSP Firmware to Version 3.0

Sony has reportedly released version 3.0 firmware for the Sony PSP in Japan, and although details are sketchy so far, its claim to fame is its tight integration with Sony's impossible-to-get PlayStation 3 console. Using its WiFi capabilities, the new firmware lets you access images and music on a PS3, and lets you use the PSP as a remote play device for the PS3. The firmware is also able to accommodate a forthcoming add-on camera, and lets you toggle a function that causes a game to automatically load when you insert a UMD.

Take a look at the image here and more pics after the jump, and you'll see that this is apparently a Japanese version of the firmware upgrade.

Update: The 3.0 update is available via the Network Update feature on the PSP now.

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UMD Autostart toggle

Camera option

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Remote play

So, if you don't have a PS3, this is pretty much a yawn of a firmware release, hardly worthy of a point upgrade. Whatever happened to that web radio integration we were hearing about the beginning of this year? – Charlie White

Sony PSP 3.0 released offers tight PS3 integration [Newlaunches]

9:06 AM on Tue Nov 21 2006
By Charlie White
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KsprayDad at 09:54 AM on 11/21/06
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Im a fan of tight integration...
MartyTem at 10:15 AM on 11/21/06
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I was able to install this update using the network update feature on my U.S. PSP.
samuelk at 10:16 AM on 11/21/06
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PSPFanboy (http://www.pspfanboy.com) has a link to the US version (which is available through the network update feature of the PSP).
WE_DELIVER at 10:41 AM on 11/21/06
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Im still at 1.5....anyone wana buy a PSP :-) ?
Justapspfan at 10:56 AM on 11/21/06
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The 3.0 update is available via the Network Update feature on the PSP now.
WhatThe... at 11:38 AM on 11/21/06
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WE-DELIVER: I'm so tempted to get a second one, at 1.5 to see what all the homebrew fuss is about...
stinkweed at 11:38 AM on 11/21/06
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I may be missing something, but isn't wireless only available on the 60GB version?

What integration is there for the 20GB peeps? Well done again, Sony.
RedZeppelin at 11:57 AM on 11/21/06
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Hmmm. I might just hold off and see which comes first: 2.8 being cracked so I can run homebrew (Why oh why did I update?), or Sony getting the PS1 downloads working without requiring the PS3.
KsprayDad at 12:11 PM on 11/21/06
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Stinkweed...

If you want JUST a game machine with BR and don't own a PSP or want wireless you buy a 20GB. If not you buy a 60GB. Hopefully anybody laying down $500+ bones would look into this and shouldn't be 'shocked' by things such as this.
Worf at 12:48 PM on 11/21/06
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Heh. Time to wait for the latest devhook ROM files now (devhook lets you run the latest firmware without actually updating it, so you can play later games on your 1.5 machine without updating, and do all the stuff the later firmware does).
sahas at 07:59 PM on 11/21/06
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This update's best features are the ability to disbale UMD auto loading and the media player's visulizations. other than that the rss channel has a timer to check for new stories in feeds. i was hoping for some thing more.

here is my review and a video of hte firmware 3.00 in action!
http://skattertech.com/2006/11/psp-firmware-300-released/<...