PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions [Paperback]

Dave Prochnow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0071469087 | ISBN-13: 978-0071469081 | Edition: 1

The popular Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) is the most advanced handheld video game system on the market today -- capable of doing much more than most owners realize. This book is required reading for those of you who want to "tinker under the hood" and discover the full capabilities and hidden features and functions of PSP. You will be able to easily convert and customize your gaming device into a versatile digital companion that allows you to:

• View movies and pictures
• Listen to music
• Browse the web
• Increase memory
• Customize your favorite games
• Upgrade PSP hardware and software
• Integrate the iPod into the PSP world
• Use any memory stick with the PSP
• Listen to MP3s and watch movie videos from the PSP

The companion website will contain sample PSPcasts and movies as well as the entire book in special PSP-compatible format so that it can be viewed from the device.

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From the Back Cover

PUMP UP THE WOW! OF YOUR PSP(tm)

Packed with the mother lode of geek tweaks, tricks, and upgrades, award-winning how-to writer Dave Prochow's PSP(tm) Hacks, Mods, and Expansions gives you everything you need to morph your Sony PlayStation(r) Portable into the hottest handheld on the planet. This one-of-a-kind sourcebook makes modifying PSP(tm) pie-easy. You can't find more PSP fun, finesse, and future-features anywhere! To make the whole trip more gratifying, Dave smoothes the way for those who merely aspire to geekdom. Within this book’s covers, you'll find complete, goof-proof, illustrated, insider's guidance:

• Transform a cool toy into a digital device extraordinaire!
• Exploit a veritable terabyte of tips on ramping up to a lean, mean, do-almost-anything machine
• Crack 'n hack with a full Gray's on PSP's anatomy
• Conjure with cookbook-style directions to brew up just the electronic magic you want
• Turn on Web browsing
• Compete live and remote with Beijing's (or Boise's) best gamers
• Download hot audio and movie functions with clips from the companion Web site
• Polish up PSP's hardware for greater durability, memory, and stylin'
• Grab the coolest games with the author's expert ratings
• Clone PSP hacks for other digital devices you may own
• Learn about the hottest PSP Web sites, forums, and other resources
• Speak PSP with a full command file and expert glossary
• Download the entire book onto your PSP
• Go where no gamer has gone before!

TAKE PSP(tm) TO THE OUTER LIMITS OF COOL -- AND USEFUL!

About the Author

Dave Prochnow is an award-winning professional writer, editor, and contributor to numerous technical publications, including MacAddict, Link-Up, and digitalFOTO. He is the author of 25 nonfiction books for Addison-Wesley, F&W Publications, McGraw-Hill, and TAB Books, including the bestselling The Official Robosapien Hacker's Guide and Experiments with EPROMs. In 2001, Dave won the Maggie Award for writing the best how-to article in a consumer magazine. To learn more about Dave's books and additional electronics projects, visit his Web site: www.pco2go.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition (December 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071469087
• ISBN-13: 978-0071469081
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,559,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointed, March 22, 2006

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SwampRocker "Steve" (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions (Paperback)

i bought 3 books online thru amazon. the book PSP hacks, mods, and expansions , has to be the worst book ive ever looked forward to reading. the author omited countless things promised and advertised on the cover that were no where to be found in the pages. it says u can download a copy of the book to view on your psp, i never found a single reference throughout the entire book, cept on the back cover saying u can download the entire book onto your psp!
i'd say that dave prochnow is the biggest goof online n in no way should anyone in the psp community buy this book, you aint missing anything. alot of the info can be read in the manual u get with your psp. just useless thru and thru.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sadly Disappointed/Book Sucks, April 13, 2006

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Jonathan Sexton "d1g1t4l-su1c1d3" (TN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions (Paperback)

This book is absolutely disappoiting. I mean I bought it and wish I hadn't. It only scratches the surface of what can be done with the PSP. Even though I bought this book used I am still disappointed. It is not at all what I expected.

It is basically a "How To" for connecting things to the PSP. It takes up 50% of the book with pics showing how to do useless things with the other products rather than the PSP. Case in point, connecting the Apple iPod to the PSP. Why would you do that? Oh ya, because the PSP can already play MP3's and you just wanted to do it because you could. Dumb.

I wish I would have never bought this book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dave Prochnow's ADD Ramblings, May 11, 2007

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AlabamaDan - See all my reviews

This review is from: PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions (Paperback)

I am amazed that a giant book publisher, McGraw Hill, would even allow this book to go to print. I have to agree with the other customer reviews. This book was a huge disappointment! Dave Prochnow's book is erratic, confusing, and deficient of practical application. His writing was hard to follow and at times made me wonder why I paid $24.95 to read the ramblings of a person with ADD. In fairness his suggestions on PSP websites and selection of accessories were decent. However, the book lacked goof-proof, insider's guidance!