Would a Play Station Portable (PSP) work as a PDA?

[jessearl]

I was flipping through this month's Popular Science and they rated the PSP as one of the best gadgets of the year. I was searching recently for a smartphone and couldn't find anything that I thought I would like.

But I'm wondering if a PDA/portable entertainment device would work.

So, what do you think?

 

[2nyRiggz]

PSP is wonderfull...dont know about PDA functions but its good foe games, movies and music and internet...


Bless

 

[clayj]

The PSP certainly has the graphics and CPU power required to work as a PDA. All it really needs is a keyboard or a touch-screen to allow text input.

 

[dotdotdot]

The PSP would not work as a PDA as all it can do is play games, videos, music, display pictures, and browse the web. You cant store notes, schedule things, add contacts, anything like a PDA.

 

[mkrishnan]

Check this website out:

http://pspwebbrowser.com/

I think the basic answer will be that the function as a PDA will be about as limited as the function of my shiny VGA Axim as a game player is. 🙁

 

[steelphantom]

There is a homebrew program out that attempts to fulfill the basic address book and calendar capabilities of a PDA, but I just tried it out and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Also, if you end up getting a PSP with a firmware greater than 2.0, you can't run homebrew programs on it anyway. An iPod would be a better bet for a PDA replacement, IMO at least.