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Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony?PlayStation?Portable (ExtremeTech)

We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level.

Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including:

  • Speeding up Web surfing.
  • Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.
  • Using your PSP like an iPod.
  • Transfering DVDs to your PSP.
  • Getting more power.
  • Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.
  • Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.
  • Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.
  • Running Linux? and Windows?.

Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.  more

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5/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Sep-03-2009
Good and interesting book

This book is really interesting and full of informations to extend the usage of this fantastic device.I liked the continuos reference to Internet sites and links in order to keep the contents always up-to-date.

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1/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-16-2009
Useless with current edition of PSP

This book is useless. Sony's 3000 series PSP cannot be hacked to do what author writes about.This book was good in its day...now it's just something to put in the fireplace as obsolete / worthless.

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3/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Jan-05-2008
One caveat

At the time of the writing of this review, there is no hack to downgrade PSP firmware V2.81 or higher. Downgrading your PSP's firmware is essential for many (but not all) of the hacks provided in the book; e.g. running homebrew software...

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4/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-29-2007
tech book

This is a good book, but it is not from folks who are not techies

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5/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Sep-03-2009
Good and interesting book

This book is really interesting and full of informations to extend the usage of this fantastic device.I liked the continuos reference to Internet sites and links in order to keep the contents always up-to-date.

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3/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Jan-05-2008
One caveat

At the time of the writing of this review, there is no hack to downgrade PSP firmware V2.81 or higher. Downgrading your PSP's firmware is essential for many (but not all) of the hacks provided in the book; e.g. running homebrew software...

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1/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-16-2009
Useless with current edition of PSP

This book is useless. Sony's 3000 series PSP cannot be hacked to do what author writes about.This book was good in its day...now it's just something to put in the fireplace as obsolete / worthless.

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