-Conclusions

So there you have it. All in all, I'm satisfied with the first run of PSPs. Apart from a few minor software flaws easily solved by a firmware update or two, the PSP is a solid piece of hardware, entirely worth the estimated $250 USD cost. Between the multimedia functionality, networking support, and expandability, the PSP provides a value-per-dollar mix suitable for basically anyone interested in gadgets. And that's not even mentioning the PS2 quality games.

Let's just take a quick look at some of the costs, if the components were purchased in different places:

-WiFi finder: $25
-Portable image display with 4.3" color LCD, Memory Stick Duo support: $100 (not that such a device exists)
-Portable MP3/ATRAC3 player with 4.3" color LCD, Memory Stick Duo o­nly: $100 (not that such a device exists either)
-Portable MPEG-4 player with 4.3" color LCD, Memory Stick Duo and UMD-Video: $200 (not that such a device exists, too)

minus the ~$75 cost of a 512MB Memory Stick Duo required for doing all of the above besides WiFi

That's about $350 USD worth of hardware, jammed into this small package. o­nce again, I didn't even include any reference to gaming in there -- these features are based solely o­n the "extra" features the PSP provides. As far as I'm concerned, the PSP is a steal at such a low price point.

By the way, here's that zip file I was talking about. Enjoy.