An object of desire from Sony

Some traveled to Japan, where the gadgets were released in December. Others paid resellers as much as twice the $250 retail price to get one early, before they arrive in stores in North America in fewer than two weeks, and Europe shortly after this.
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The object of desire is the PlayStation Portable, a Sony hand-held video gaming device aimed at redefining entertainment on the go, and not just for young gamers.
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For Sony, which has faltered in recent years in some electronics categories ionce dominated, it is a big bet. The company often refers to the PlayStation Portable, the descendant of the PlayStation, born 10 years ago, as the first integrated portable entertainment system.
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Besides playing a new class of interactive three-dimensional games on its screen, the PlayStation Portable can play full-length movies, music videos, home movies and digital snapshots with startling clarity. With the tap of a couple of well-placed buttons, the device is a high-fidelity digital music player complete with ear buds.
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“It is just the sexiest device I’ve seen since the iPod,” said Sean Spector, a vice president and founder of GameFly, an online video-game rental service, referring to its “beautiful industrial design.” He added, “What the iPod did for music, this could do for electronic games.”

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/13/business/psp14.html

I’ll be tying mine to my wrist then…