PSP- converged piece of technology

PlayStation Portable- converged portable techonology
PSP (PlayStation Portable)


Units sold
Worldwide: 24.70 million units

The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Functions:
Game console
Music Player- store and play
Film Player- can buy or download films to watch
Photo- storage and view
Internet- allows users to stream live television broadcasts or other video content to their PSP, within their WiFi network, or remotely via the internet.
Wi-Fi- allows two ore more players with PlayStation portables to create a local, ad-hoc network for multiplayer gameplay, and also allows the a PSP user to connect to the internet via an internet-connected Wi-Fi router.
RSS features allow the user to download video web feeds or listen to podcasts from websites
Camera Attachment- Chotto Shot Camera and GPS attachment, the Quick Shot is a camera add-on which supports video and photo taking.

Features:
Ad-hoc networks allows for up to 16 PlayStation Portables within range to communicate directly to each other (typically for multi player gaming). One acts as the host for a game which is available to other PlayStation Portable units within that system’s range.
Game sharing
Firmware- direct download to the PSP over Wi-Fi, download to a PC

Colours
PlayStation Portable is currently available in 6 colors: black, ceramic white, pink, metallic blue, silver, and champagne. This therefore will make this portable appeal more as they can pick a colour to suit them.

Technology it is replacing
Old style portable game console e.g. Game Boy
Music players
Cameras
Portable DVD players

Theory
Convergence- merging of different technologies
Portability- small enough to be carried around
Miniaturisation
Convenience- lots of different technologies merged together which can be carried around for your convenience

Vertical intergration- users of Playstation and PS2 may feel loyal to the brand to buy this portable device