Sony's PSP Gets a New Look (PC World)

Developer backs up PSP-4000 chatter News // PSP /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More
eurogamer.net 3/2/2009 — The next iteration of Sony's PSP handheld will feature a sliding screen, will no longer carry a UMD drive and will allow shoulder button-only games to be played when the screen is in its 'closed' position. That's according to a development source ...

Dave Perry *insists* that PSP2 won’t have UMD drive
crunchgear.com 3/4/2009 — Earthworm Jim and MDK creator Dave Perry claimed the other day that the PSP2—yes, it’s in development—will not have a UMD drive. That’s good news, seeing as though UMD is terribly slow; eliminating it from any future ...

Sony: David Perry Throws Down, Swears Next PSP Won't Have UMD
kotaku.com 3/3/2009 — Look, on the one hand, we don't want to be encouraging this kind of behaviour. But on the other...watching David Perry engage in a bit of tit-for-tat with Sony is too good to pass up. Last week, Perry - the man behind Aladdin, Earthworm Jim, MDK ...

MTV Multiplayer » Sony Wants To Enable Legal PSP Downloading Of Classics From Non-Sony Platforms
multiplayerblog.mtv.com 3/4/2009 — Sony has been talking to publishers about bringing classics from beyond the Sony console family to the PSP’s download service. *** The PSP may not just be (legally) a system for PlayStation games anymore. Sony is in discussions with game publishers ...

Is Sony finally positioning the PSP to succeed? More PS1 games on PSN, non-PlayStation games on the PSN, free ponies, etc
crunchgear.com 3/4/2009 — Can you imagine a world where the Sony PSP is actually relevant? Should Sony follow through with any of the actions that have been rumored in the past few days, it may be able to rescue its little system from obscurity. Today’s evidence: ...

Sony UMD is dying: David Perry — PR News:

Sony's PSP Gets a New Look — Today @ PC World

PSP2 rumor surfaces once more, sounds awfully familiar — Engadget

PSP-2 no tendrá UMD (¿o si?) — Gizmología

Rumor echoes claims of Sony PSP slider, no UMD — Electronista | The Macintosh News Network