The Playstation Portable from Sony, Inc. will be dropping in price soon. And it makes me want to go out and get one again. Apparently the core pack which includes the PSP, a battery, and an adapter will drop from $199 to $169 (source: GamesIndustry.biz).
Ironically the day before I was talking to a customer at the Sony Style store, and he was showing me some crazy advancements in the homebrew stuff on the PSP.
Some things he showed me were:
I didn't know at the time that PSP hackery had come this far. I got the PSP a week after it was out, and the hacking hadn't developed this far. Some things to note now are that the PSP boxes do not tell you what firmware version is on the PSP you are buying, hence why you'll see tons of firmware v.1.5 all over Ebay and such. Most even have a lot of hacks/games already loaded on there for you, right out of the box. I believe the guy said that you can't downgrade v.3.03 or higher just yet. So if you buy a new PSP out of the box, you are throwing the dice on whether it will be hackable or not.
I checked out the PSPs on display at the Sony Style store and they were versions 2.82, and 3.03 respectively. One hackable, the other, I think not yet.
If anyone out there knows where to find more information on these particular hacks, please leave a comment.