Sony PSP Battery Meltdown Hurt 12-Year-Old

� A 12-year-old boy suffered second-degree burns when a Sony PlayStation Portable exploded in his pants pocket. A teacher saved Harold Clay from worse injuries by getting the portable game console out of his pocket where it burned a hole. The victim’s father says thePSP was turned off but the battery meltdown happened anyway. Harold was [...]

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PSP Slim Sells 1 Million in Japan

The new slim version of the Sony PlayStation Portable has sold over one million units in Japan. It only took PSP Slim two months to reach the milestone. No rasons were cited as to why PSP remains so popular after three years in the market. The slimmer version, besides, having a little of the old [...]

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Storex Ownzic IV20 PMP Has a Name You’ll Never Remember

Nothing much here. Storex has a new oddly-shaped PMP that reminds us of HandHeld’s ZVUE 250, although it’s not nearly as cute. It plays MPEG 4, AVI, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPEG and uses a 2.5mm headphone jack instead of a 3.5mm one. It measures 90 x 38 x 12 mm weighing at for [...]

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PSP Gets Video Downloading Service, VoIP

Sony, in collaboration with the UK’s Sky, will be bringing a Go! branded video download service to the PSP in early 2008. The available programs will include a mix of Sky content, such as sports, entertainment, movies, music and animation. PSP owners will also be able to purchase pay-per-view programming, and downloads can be transferred [...]

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Sony PSP to Land in Britain Before Japan

Just when your congratulating the Japanese in your mind for getting first dibs of the new PSP Slim, Sony went out of their way and announced (?) PSP Slim for the UK ahead of Japan. It’s a rumor for now but even British retailers for the PSP are abuzz with their good luck. �We haven�t [...]

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ZVUE 260 Comes Today!

Me and my big mouth. A couple of days ago, I let out my exasperation with regard to ZVUE’s new 260 PMP that was scheduled to come out this quarter, and now here it is. HandHeld Entertainment, the makers of ZVUE PMPs, has just announced the availability of the iPodish ZVUE 260, successor of [...]

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PMP Makers HandHeld Entertainment Adds UnOriginal.co.uk to Portfolio

HandHeld Entertainment, Inc., the makers of portable media players like the ZVUE 250 above and owners of various content sites (Putfile.com, YourDailyMedia.com, FunMansion.com™, Dorks.com™, ZVUE.com™) has added another user-generated humor website to its business. UnOriginal.co.uk is a unique site wherein the submitted content are made up of clips of originals edited for humorous effect. Jeff Oscodar, [...]

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Handheld Entertainment Adds Dorks.com to Network

The makers of the ZVUE player, Handheld Entertainment, has announced the acquisition of Dorks.com last week, a move which is aimed to increase the company’s revenue-generating potential. Handheld Entertainment Web Properties, which already owns Putfile.com™, YourDailyMedia.com™, FunMansion.com™ [...]

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