Spotted@GDC: the PSP GPS receiver

by Andrew Yoon { Feb 25th 2008 at 11:45AM }

We know GPS is coming to PSP some time this year (in fact, we predicted it). So, when we see the peripheral being touted at GDC at Sony's booth on the show floor, our interest gets piqued. Considering the booth was underground, the device apparently had trouble figuring out a precise location. Oh well.

Let's hope for more news on an official release soon.

[Via Engadget]

Tags: gdc08fanboy, gps, psp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

naxe @ Feb 25th 2008 12:40PM

Freggin sweet.

a gps reciever that doesnt work.

Let me take a guess. it will only work with the psp-200/lite/slim; right?

how about a better battery. with all the new stuff poping up for the psp the only thing that suffers is the battery's life

Nate @ Feb 25th 2008 12:53PM

Did you actually read what they said? The booth was UNDERGROUND. Of course it didn't work.

I can't wait for this thing...

And yeah, it'll probably only work with the Slim, since it has twice the RAM, and that's fairly important for these devices.

dnlkk94 @ Feb 25th 2008 11:17PM

Hey, but Nate. Look at the picture. You see the speakers near the bottom? That GPS is running on the PSP-1000 (The older one, not the slim). On the Slim, the speakers are at the top. Not the bottom.

Yes, I know I'm observant, I can't help it. :D

So we know that GPS was running on the PSP-1000. I don't know if the final product will be for the PSP-1000 as well though.

SparkyJ23 @ Feb 25th 2008 1:01PM

Considering the Go!explore software works fine on the phat i'm sure the gps will work fine too.

How about just getting the damn stuff in the shops

insane257 @ Feb 25th 2008 1:07PM

guys do you even know about the GPS on the PSP? I have a CFW PSP, 3.52 m33-4 & i use MapThis! software in the UK. I have a GPS unit i bought from China and it works fine on my Phat PSP. I'm sure this one would work on the phat PSP, and if not, it doesn't really matter. And c'mon, battery life isn't that bad on the PSP anyway, sure, it could be better, but you can charge it in the car as you're playing & charge it at home, whats the problem?

gumby @ Feb 25th 2008 1:08PM

i'm sick of waiting on these things, i'm starting to think sony just doesnt want my money.

naxe @ Feb 25th 2008 1:09PM

LOL. i was being sarcastic. i have been waiting for this since they launched it in japan. hell; since i saw metal gear potable ops had a gps function. i love the psp but cant help feel like this is a little gimmicky.other then travel and the ocasional (where the F#$% am I?) i dont see too many people using this.

i guess there was no use in supporting the psp at launch. i was one of the dumb ones that paid 250 for mine. back when noone knew what the hell to do with it.

i like how these companies think we are made out of money..APPLE mostly. a new ipod every six months. when you just bought one a week ago.

i think its time to upgrade. D: