Sony launches YouTube competitor, compatible with PSP

by Andrew Yoon { Apr 26th 2007 at 8:30PM }

One of our readers informed us of a new service from Sony called eyeVio, which will launch tomorrow in Japan. This informative diagram from the site shows a world where cameras, camcorders, phones and other devices can communicate with each other. Next to the defunct boomerang PS3 controller, one may see a PSP. Could YouTube-styled streaming video come to the PSP? Not quite.

Just like Sony's other video streaming service, Grouper, eyeVio will allow users to download PSP (and iPod) compatible video files. More interesting, however, seems to be the mobile version of eyeVio (m.eyevio.com), which will allow users to also upload files from their mobile devices.

The service will be limited to the Japanese market, so the majority of PSP Fanboy readers will not be able to use the site.

[Thanks, Joel!]

Tags: eyevio, sony, youtube

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kingofwale @ Apr 26th 2007 8:38PM

I will assume this will tie to HOME somehow? the ability to download videos from that as well.

interesting idea, if it survives long enough, it will catch on.

Dustin @ Apr 26th 2007 8:50PM

I can't get on the PSP part. Must not be up yet. Hopefully its cool. The uh, whats it called... Sony Connect for the PSP. Thats not to bad.

M1557 @ Apr 26th 2007 10:41PM

Does anyone know what the hand held under the psp is meant to represent? or the one next to that?

kingofwale @ Apr 26th 2007 10:47PM

@3

I think it's the Sony's websurfing mobile thingy, It's used for chatting and surfing the net. but it doesn't make phone calls... weird

*note, I'm not for sure it's that thing*

kitman @ Apr 26th 2007 11:08PM

the one below psp is the mylo and the one next to the mylo is the new walkman video

NukeAssault @ Apr 26th 2007 11:41PM

Looks like a sony mylo.

merc25 @ Apr 26th 2007 11:49PM

@3&4:
It is the Mylo

vR @ Apr 26th 2007 11:58PM

I owned a Mylo for about 10 minutes. I've never ebayed something so fast in my life.

Dob @ Apr 27th 2007 4:18AM

So having a Japanese PSP may finally pay off!?! Excellent.

daniel-kun @ Apr 27th 2007 2:24AM

How can they POSSIBLY think that they can compete to something like Google (youtube has been bought by google)?! If they couldn't even compete on the video-on-demand market, which is still not dominated by anyone and they had a fair chance to win there.