camlew2 says:

PSP firmware v3.0 pictures have begun circulating the Internet. The authenticity of the images are in question but here are the features we may see:

Sony Mail
SonyPaint
Sony Organiser (notice the use of an “s” and not a “z” in “Organiser”)
AlarmClock
Writepad
Console Security
Music Store connectivity
PS3 connectivity
The PSP seems to be evolving into a PSP-orginizer hybrid.

17 Mar 2006 - 14:38 Melbourne, Victoria

camlew2 says:

here it is

17 Mar 2006 - 14:50 Melbourne, Victoria

LiLnuG says:

hey wats the ps3 connectivity for........will it be for connecting it to ur ps3 nd playin games with ur psp insted of ur ps3 control???

17 Mar 2006 - 16:12 Melbourne, Victoria

se7en says:

no, it will be for streming video and accessing the hard drive, but we dont really know anything yet

17 Mar 2006 - 16:56 adel

Schrekdog says:

These pics and videos are fakes.

17 Mar 2006 - 17:48 Melbourne

Prince says:

Those could be screenshots of the American firmware. As you might already know they receive the firmware before us. They seem to be legitimate pics.

17 Mar 2006 - 18:06 NSW

Shadowblade says:

Oh and PSP will be supported as a controller for the PS3

17 Mar 2006 - 18:19 3.10 OE-A', (+.[___]·:·) PLAY B3YOND!

Prince says:

Thats pretty cool ShadowBlade. That means i have two controllers already.

17 Mar 2006 - 18:22 NSW

DJaye says:

How the hell are you going to use PSP Paint? Good god. Having reeth pulled would be more fun than trying to edit a pic with ur PSP. FAKE

Write Pad??? It aint a touch screen N' Stylus. FAKE

Alarm Clock??? It is physically IMPOSSIBLE for the PSP to 'Awaken' when switched off, and on standby. FAKE

Organiser with an 's' and not a 'z'. (you guessed it) FAKE

(Not directed at Clamlew2, your cool) You can all say 'I told you so', but this is just some horseshit released to suck in all the PSP geeks fantasysing on whats gonna been in each firmware update, really, who cares?

17 Mar 2006 - 19:03 Sailing The Great Barrier Reef.

Prince says:

What your reason behind why they are fake other than assumption? I agree some do sound bs but we can say they are fake until we have some solid info. (Djaye i'm not flaming you lol, i just slightly disagree)

17 Mar 2006 - 19:09 NSW

DJaye says:

Prince. . . . . the fact that there is no way to use a Paint Shop program on the PSP, and word pad? It is not a DS with a touch screen.

Prince, I will make a bet with you, if everything that is seen in these pics get released with V3.0 I will give you a $20 credit at my eBay store, if it doesnt get released, you HAVE TO by something for approx $20 at my store.

Thats how confident I am.

*edit* I would do a straight $20 buck bet with you, but I would only be stealing ur money, at least this way, WHEN you lose, at least you will end up with something, and not down and down out by $20 bucks

17 Mar 2006 - 19:14 Sailing The Great Barrier Reef.

Schrekdog says:

Hey Prince try googling and you'll get all sorts of reasons why. Eg: Crappy icons (for a start), missing core icons (ie: music), weird placement of 'Console Security' incorrect MAC address in pics and most damning the fact that Sony have already told us what they are releasing.

Check out stuff like the following:
http://www.psp-vault.com/Article516.psp


Rumor: 3.00 Firmware
Rumor Source(s): PSP3D, yourpsp.com
Rumor Status: FALSE

Rumors of what would be in firmware version 3.00 of the PSP quickly spread to a wide variety of tech and PSP websites. PSP3D originally posted some rather cryptic pictures of what was supposedly firmware version 3.00, which we here at PSP-Vault determined to be at least somewhat probable. Shortly after this, a user named katjana posted even more pictures on the yourpsp.com forums of what was supposedly coming: 'Sony Mail,' 'Sony Organiser,' 'Console Security,' and so on.

Even if we were to ignore the followup thread posted by katjana, we would still be able to determine this rumor is false. Sony has laid out their plans for the upcoming three firmware versions of the PSP; none of these contain any kind of organizer-type features.

17 Mar 2006 - 19:18 Melbourne

DJaye says:

BINGO. . . thanks Schrekdog!

Cool Avatar by the way!

*edit* If you ever decide to join a gang, come and see me.

17 Mar 2006 - 19:20 Sailing The Great Barrier Reef.

Prince says:

I dont have an ebay account so i cant take that bet (do you have to be 18 to have one? I'm unfamiliar with ebay). Anyway I dont fully agree with the info. Perhaps the wordpad thing will be used more to view documents rather than create then. There is speculation on a small keyboard for the psp aswell. The paint thing could work with the analogue stick the psp has already, but it would be a bit crap to create/edit images.

*edit*

Schrekdog, I just read your post. I suppose my input above is useless now lol. Thx for that info.

17 Mar 2006 - 19:22 NSW

Jo3L says:

Prince, even if this was american firmware you'd think that they would've had people talking about it in other forums, which they dont.

Many People have giving thier reasons and the majority of the public realise someones pulling there legs. The menu looked way to cluttered anyway.

17 Mar 2006 - 19:30 NSW

DJaye says:

Your cool, Prince. I guess we will all wait and see, but those features just don't add up in my books.

With Ebay, your 'Supposed' to be 18, but as long as you arent selling, you can be any age to buy stuff. (I'm still up for the bet if you are )

17 Mar 2006 - 19:30 Sailing The Great Barrier Reef.

Schrekdog says:

I do remember viewing a video of someone using this 'new firmware' and on the forum someone admitted to faking it. Will try and dig up the forum. Can't find it damn it.

Anyways the keyboard looked good but if its the logitec one that was rumoured in development. It unfortunatley got canned early this year. Perhaps someone else will make one....

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/no-psp-keyboard-157066.php
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/logic-psp-keyboard-gets-canned-158051.php

17 Mar 2006 - 19:35 Melbourne

Prince says:

After that info Schrekdog posted, i dont think so lol. You'll never hear the end of it from me if it's true though lol.

17 Mar 2006 - 19:36 NSW

LiLnuG says:

Shadowblade said:Oh and PSP will be supported as a controller for the PS3

18 Mar 2006 - 15:47 Melbourne, Victoria

pspfool says:

note:
I have paint running on my psp yet it is shit and full of bugs you can find things called portals which have them in so paint could be true!
Pics are fake i say. here is about portals
Portals
The link doesnt go properly i dont know why but it goes to home page
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/print?board.id=pspxmessage.id=783707xformat=one
*that is what ya need*

19 Mar 2006 - 09:21 Queensland

matty says:

so whens this comming out anyone know

19 Mar 2006 - 11:47 In Mattys little world

bensedwards says:

does anyone know how to get the latest psp update coz im still running on 2.00 coz ive been away for quite some time.

25 Mar 2006 - 09:04 Melbourne, Victoria

Huey says:

download it from yourpsp.com.au and pop it into your memory stick then update; either that or if you have wireless connection, choose 'network update'

25 Mar 2006 - 11:11 Melbourne, Victoria

LiLnuG says:  

hoo knos wen its cummin out??

25 Mar 2006 - 13:19 Melbourne, Victoria

Aznduud3 says:

its a long time to update....
i would say the reason they update is to get rid of those homebrew that are constantly being made.
the last version 2.6(or was it 2.61) hasnt had good progress with homebrews so until then, you'll probably have to wait for another few months.
im assuming till like october or november (which is probably when the camera and gps comes out)

25 Mar 2006 - 14:39 Sydney