As the photo clearly states, this is only for the original PSP 1000s, but it’s still a pretty cool idea. The idea of a handheld is to be able to bring it with you wherever you go, but once you start factoring in bringing multiple games (and, in the case of the PSP, extra memory sticks) it all falls apart – for me, at least. Now assuming you can sacrifice the UMD slot in your PSP, then UMEMD is the perfect solution: it lets you carry around four extra memory sticks with a UMD-shaped holder.

The pricing has been announced on this Team Xecuter-developer accessory, but a post on their official forums states that they’ll be shipping in two weeks.

I’d definitely pick one up if they were designed for the PSP 2000, so hopefully something like that is in the works.

via PSP Fanboy

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Next Tuesday, Japanese PSP owners will be waking up to firmware 3.80 which adds some much welcomed features for Sony’s handheld. Using a new Japan-only peripheral, the PSP will be capable of digital video recording (DVR) which will allow you to record television shows directly onto your memory stick.

Additionally, Internet radio support is being added, although just how this works remains unclear. This will most likely be a feature we see make its way out of Japan, whereas DVR support would require specific peripherals which can’t be found outside of Japan.

These are certainly some nice features, it’s just too bad that you’ll likely only get to take advantage of the main one if you live in Japan.

via PSP Fanboy

You might recall the post I made a week or so ago telling you about the new PSP firmware update that unlocked the processor’s full 333mhz of power. Now, it looks like there was even more in that update than we originally thought.

Apparently, the update also contained an ISO loader. That’s huge news, because it would allow users to play games that are stored on a Memory Stick. The loader is a file named np9660.prx, and was found in last month’s v3.50 and v3.51 updates.

With the loader, the PSP would play games without a UMD. However, there is no word from Sony as to whether or not this means they will begin offering games for download from the PSP store.

This is a really cool idea that could give the PSP a big boost that it needs in the sales department. Allowing users to download games to Memory Stick, then boot them up and play them whenever is exactly the sort of innovation that the PSP needs to set it apart from the portable crowd.