Sony PSP GPS navigation system software unveiled
Published on September 25th, 2006 in gps navigation, software, sony
About a month ago we announced the arrival of the GPS add-on hardware for Sony PSP. And if you read the article you’d know that there was no known software for GPS navigation. As it turns out a company called “Edia” will be the first to make use of this add-on GPS hardware on the PSP. The car-navigation software will have maps of Japan and will even have POI capabilities.
There’s a good chance it won’t make it to North America so soon but the Japanese will be able to get this as soon as December this year. The GPS hardware alone will cost about $50.
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I can’t wait – GPS is the only reason I didn’t toss our my PSP after watching Office Space for the n’th time.
seriously…i have been waiting for the gps add-on FOR EV ER!! and it always kinda sounds like its not going to happen here in america though….looks like im moving to japan!
E3 Sony showed off the GPS and never said anything about NOT releasing it in the usa.
now its japan only.
&%()*# go figure all of sony is based/made of japanese people anyway and we all know how much they love the xbox
Can’t wait to bling bling, my car interieur with my PSP!
Hope they put in a mp3 player so you can listen to your tunes when your navigating chikenhead style.
I Really think there is alot of money to be made with this GPS Navigation add-on for the PSP. Bring it to the states and you’ll make a killing!!
-Jester
Jebac ten jebany GPS, do dupy se go podlacze i bede kurwa widzial wszystkie burdele w okolicy w mojej glowie. koncze bo kurwa srac mi sie chce, bo bylem tak jebany przez murzyna ze gowno lata mi po dupie jak ping pong po stole. MOJA CIPKA JEST WILGOTNA !!!!
I really think that it will be the mother of all GPS, speacilly now I will have a good reason to buy a PSP for my self not only for my kids… Let more people know and youll see the resoults.. more marketing is require. EA LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
I NEED TO FIND MY PSP!!!!!!!!!!
I must say this is STUPID ….WHY SONY HAVE US IN THE DARK ABOUT THE GPS…. AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ADS ON TV ABOUT THE GPS… INSTAED THE HAVE ADS ON THE STUPID ‘FIND ME VIDEO THING’…. I MEANT WHAT ARE THEY WAITTING FOR TO ANNOUNCE THE DUE DATE ON THE GSP!!
WHAT ARE THEY WORRY ABOUT? IF PEOPLE WILL BUY IT SURE THEY WILL IF NOT WELL THEY WILL NOT … SIMPLE IF THEY WILL HACK IT SURE THEY WILL IF NOT WELL THEY WILL NOT…. IT IS SOO PAINFUL NOT KNOWING WHEN IT GONNA BE OUT… I REALLY WANT TO BUY IT … CAN’T EVEN PRE-ORDER… well gtg my grandmother is calling me :{
Bleh, honeslty, i would shell out 70$ for a GPS thing for my psp…
However, it pisses me off that I cant get one that works in the USA, and isnt japanese (I cant read japanese =O )
Sony Why do u hate us so much please realse the gps soon can i preorder gps will be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo aswom hurrry ……………………………….WE NEED IT IN THE USA
Hey can anybody give me the english instructions for how to install the GPS on your PSP?
will this work in the uk if i buy 1 from japan
Tell me how to get the gps and the camera from Japan please. I already take Japanese
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JOSH THEY HAVE IT ON EBAY I THINK I MIGHT BUY IT TONIGHT
I have the GPS downloaded the software and can’t figure out how to get the GPS to work. It is a real pain in the ass to get the software to work right. If some computer software got a dummy’s guide to install software to the PSP from a labtop send me an email. I do mean dummy’s guide.
Hey i got the GPS hardware and its pretty much the sickest thing, you have to go through alot though to get it to work, i bought mine about a few weeks ago from hong kong and you pretty much need a PSP with 1.50 firmware and update it to 3.52 m33 custom firmware and install mapthis on the psp using the memory stick its actually pretty easy just go on youtube and search for it… i had to buy another psp since u cant downgrade anything above 3.50 but it was so worth it
WELL YOU CAN DOWNGRADE TO 1.50 USING SOME HACKS IN THIS WEBSITE, ALSO THERE ARE TIPS TO GET THE GPS THING WORKING.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK…
http://www.psp-hacks.com
Anyone have a good link for the GPS Software?
here is my link for the GPS Harware
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-89uw-71-bh-49-en-84-j-70-1mij.html
Here is what you need.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=60230
After buying GPS-290 on play-asia.com and installing this software, I downloaded the maps for my region.
Now I enjoy every day usage of using it! It’s an awesome piece of software and hardware!
[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHere is what you need. http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=60230. After buying GPS-290 on play-asia.com and installing this software, I downloaded the maps for my region. Now I enjoy every day usage of using it! … [...]
ya i have a gps thing on my psp and it is awesome i got the new psp and firmware 3.90 and it downloads us maps automaticly i can even use my psp as a phone now!
Benrarick –
Do u need to install any 3rd party software (homebrew firmware) for the GPS to work?
Is your PSP brand new?
I have a first generation PSP (bought in 2005) and the new PSP 290 GPS receiver with firmware 3.90, I can’t seem to get it working.
I research online enough to know things about homebrew, mapthis 5.2 etc. But I m hoping to use official sony firmware (3.9 is the latest) to get GPS working.
If you can answer my questions, that will help me determine if I need to buy a new PSP unit or not.
Thx.
Nice to have a try when the price of the hardware goes down a bit.
hello i want gps for psp but i don’t have any criedit card do you have any shope in iran
I pretty much have the same question as Roy.
I have one PSP slim with a 3.90 firmware and will it be possible to work the GPS with the official firmware rather than a homebrew. I have the PSP 290 GPS receiver already.
Thanx
no. mapthis is a homebrew application. needs custom firmware. I run mapthis with a phat 3.90 m33-2. Perfectly.
hey guys i got it all working check out for tools u gna need
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Map_This%21
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Global_Map_Download_Tool
hope this help cheers
LOL CHECK ebay u can buy it u just gotta change language dumbasses langauge easy to change in options haha WTF do you think ebays for
works on phat psp 3.90mm-3 but not mm-2. i had to go to mm-3 as mm-2 did not work with gps290unit. using iso of go!explore leaked on to rapishare site works really well.
so when does this kickass shit come out on the market. where does it say that one? huh?? huh??
Just bought a PSP-3001. It has version 5.02 on it. Any hope of making GPS working on this thing, or does it have to have an older version?
I live in bangkok and there is a shopping cmplex called MBK you can downgrade you PSP there and buy the GPS i bought my PSP and GPS ther and they deed all the software installing and stuff an works fine whole package came for 200$
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Global_Map_Download_Tool