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More than two million PSPs have gone on sale
DIY software and hardware experts have been quick to embrace Sony's PlayStation Portable console.

A glut of "homebrew" features for the device have already been released, many of which were not part of Sony's official plans for the machine.

The PSP is a handheld console, which has wireless capabilities, and can play music as well as video games.

Tools for web browsing and online chat are among the first to appear since the console launched in the US and Japan.

The developments are not sanctioned by Sony but the firm has not commented on the homebrew tools.

"I was on IRC, and someone mentioned how cool it would be to use their PSP on wi-fi at Starbucks to talk to people over IRC. I said, 'I can do that', so I began working on it immediately," said Robert Balousek, creator of PSPIRC in an e-mail interview with news agency Reuters.

 

[Duke Juan the Beast]

Emulators what? A couple of weeks away?

 

[border]

This article doesn't sound right at all. Since when have people been able to run their homebrew programs on the PSP?

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I think they're talking about web apps designed with PSP in mind.

 

[jenov4]

I guess an emulator would be possible right now if it was done in Java and loaded through Wipeout's browser. I swear I saw some Java NES emulators out there.

I wonder how fast it would run.

 

[Gattsu25]

This article doesn't sound right at all. Since when have people been able to run their homebrew programs on the PSP?

since wipeout...and yeah...these aren't really 'homebrew proggys'

 

[Srider]

We're gonna start seeing DIY shows pimp'in rides with built in PSP's!!!

What an original idea!!

 

[jgkspsx]

According to the FAQs, Wipeout browser doesn't support Java. I wonder if an official browser would.

 

[fugimax]

Again, there is no homebrew code being run ON the PSP. There's a web-browser built into Wipeout and by redirecting it's request for a domain name, you can essentially load up any webpage. Things like IRC and AIM for PSP are possible, but all the code is run server side. The PSP is only rendering a webpage.

 

[akascream]

Well, potentially, you could run software right off the memory stick right? Under the games section, there is a memory stick option.