Sure, it's just what you've been clamoring for: an ultra slick, portable version of the most popular console gaming system in the world. But Sony's new PlayStation Portable (PSP) isn't just a handheld gaming device. Beyond its killer graphics and spectacular widescreen LCD for unparalleled game play, it also sports wireless connectivity and a variety of multimedia features, including video, music, and digital photography. Your wildly versatile, endlessly powerful PSP practically begs you to hack and repurpose it to your liking.
To save you the trouble and show you how to make the PSP do more than you ever imagined--and more than Sony ever intended--PSP Hacks is one succinct volume of 50 of the coolest, most useful, up-to-the-minute hacks for this amazing device. You'll learn how to open your PSP's hardware and what to safely plug into it. You'll explore and put to good use every hidden feature of the device. You'll be able to move all sorts of multimedia onto your PSP and find ways to extend its wireless capabilities. And you'll find out how to get the very best experience out of online game play.
With PSP Hacks, you can accomplish a whole lot more than good gaming on the PSP. You'll quickly learn to surf the Web with a PSP, chat in IRC, and use the PSP to read web comics, ebooks, and RSS feeds. Other expert tips and tools allow you to sync an address book to your PSP, watch UMD movies, fool iTunes into thinking the PSP is an iPod Shuffle, and much more.
The innovative hacks, tweaks, and how-tos in this essential guide make it easy to customize your PSP, take full advantage of features, capabilities, and functionality far beyond what's listed in the PSP user manual, and make your PSP perform countless tricks that only an all-in-one portable entertainment unit as remarkable and revolutionary as this one could.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Credits
Preface
Chapter 1. The Basics
1. Quit a Game Quickly
2. Manage Your Saved Games
3. Exchange Files with Any Computer
4. Change the Background Color on Your PSP
5. Get Your Wireless Network On
6. Troubleshoot Your PSP
7. Keep Your PSP Clean
8. Take Your PSP Apart
9. Reassemble Your PSP
10. Repurpose a Dead PSP
11. Downgrade Your Firmware
Chapter 2. PSP Gear
12. Make Your Own PSP Case
13. Repurpose Everyday Objects as UMD Cases
14. Make an Articulating PSP Stand
15. Make a Battery Pack for Your PSP
16. Amplify Your PSP
17. Add an External Wireless Antenna
18. PSP Hands Free
19. Turn Your PSP into a Radio Station
20. Make a USB-Powered Charger
Chapter 3. Multimedia
21. Watch UMD Movies
22. Get Video on Your PSP
23. Get Music on Your PSP
24. Convert Text to Audio for Your PSP
25. Automate Mac OS X File Transfers
26. Store Digital Photos on Your PSP
27. Use Your PSP as an E-Book Reader
28. Read Web Comics on Your PSP
29. Create Your Own PSP E-Books
30. Create a Portal for Your Memory Stick Files
31. Portable PSP Speakers
32. Listen to Podcasts on Your PSP
33. Read RSS Feeds on Your PSP
34. View Maps
35. Turn Your PSP into a PDA
Chapter 4. Games
36. Play Multiplayer on the PSP with Only One UMD Disk
37. Play Games over the Internet
38. Throw a PSP WiFi LAN Party
39. Create an Infrared Peripheral Interface
40. Run Homebrewed Software
Chapter 5. Networking and the Web
41. Find Yourself a PSP Web Browser
42. Create Your Own PSP Web Portal
43. Use Your PSP to Control Your Home
44. Control iTunes from Your PSP
45. Generate Dial Tones
46. Add a JavaScript Keyboard to Your PSP Web Portal
47. Develop for the PSP
Chapter 6. Eye Candy
48. Hack the PSP's Background Images
49. Hack the Color of the PSP Activity LEDs
50. Hack the Color of the PSP's Hold Indicator
Index
