Mobile Media & the PSP Since I've been in HK I've picked up a PSP and so of course I've been trying out all the different uses for it. I have to say - as a game device the PSP is fine, but as a mobile media device it is excellent.

By far the best part of the experience is the video playback - there is a format for the PSP that offers such clear and compact video that any video production company that isn't considering releasing their content formatted for the PSP needs to get serious. But the combination of all three creates a lot of possibilities for true multimedia in a portable form.



KillYourFM is a music magazine that combines print, audio and video to offer a very good multimedia experience. The portability means you can carry it anywhere of course and you don't have to worry about network connectivity (unlike the web). So first of all you read an interview with a band, then you listen to one of their songs, then you watch one of their videos. What's nice is that the publishers have been careful to make sure that the download is formatted to neatly fit into the PSP's file structure so there's no tedious mucking about with moving files around.



The only issue I have though is that there needs to be some way that while I read the interview I can choose to listen to the audio track at the same time. And if I want to I can quickly switch to the video without losing my place in the magazine. I guess I want it to be more weblike - hyperlinked and non-lineal. For this to happen I think Sony is going to have to investigate a kind-of internal media-server with an open protocol like HTML/HTTP that allows content producers and developers to create multimedia packages that work seamlessly.  ¶ 4:54 PM