The peripheral train just
keeps on chugging. PSP411 has a review of the Power Bank 3 battery pack, a neato add-on that extends your PSPs battery
life (according to another review by IGN) by a whopping
eight hours. Wow, that’s a lot of repeats of that Stealth movie…if you like films that smell like
garbage.
The Power Bank 3 piggybacks onto your PSP and adds about a half-inch of
thickness, which isn’t a big deal but nonetheless makes the console a little harder to take on trips with you
(imagine stuffing that thing in your back pocket). The pack can be set to use either the PSPs default power supply or
the peripheral’s 4400 mAh battery. It retails for about $60.
This looks
to be one of the sweetest peripherals to show up for the PSP in a while. I wasn’t that partial to Datel’s
4GB HDD, mostly because of its strange shape and sluggish access times, but it was better than not getting one at all.
Here’s a question for you: What PSP peripheral do you use the most?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-27-2006 @ 3:55PM
ethan said...
I definately want the keyboard and the camera the most, but they probably have to come out first.
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1-27-2006 @ 7:54PM
gob said...
The only thing about perpherals like this is that changing the UMD becomes a nightmare. That's why I like the Datel solution, because the hard drive/extended battery leave the umd slot accessible.
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1-27-2006 @ 10:07PM
bluetrane said...
*tumble weed*
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1-28-2006 @ 1:41PM
James said...
60 dollars!!!!
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1-30-2006 @ 2:35AM
daniel-kun said...
Okay, this is fairly off-topic. But do you remember the PocketStation? It's been sold only in Japan and I've read about it in a magazine, being a german resident I was very jealous. With certain games, you could transfer a mini-game to the pocket station and continue your journey or whatever the main game was about on the PocketStation. For Final Fantasy VII for example, you could raise and train Chocobos. Or so it was said.
I've just thought about this and had my PSP in hands -- why can't they accomplish something now with the PS2 which has been already done with the PS1 and the "PocketStation"? They could just put mini-games on the PS2 DVDs, that would at least buy me more PS2 games. And for the immensely over-prized classic collection, they should port every game completely, IMHO :)
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1-30-2006 @ 12:39PM
Joseph Remy said...
This one looks really nice, but theres that whole opening the UMD issue. I use an external battery with a coiled cable, and a wrist strap. It actually isn't all that much of a hassle to use. Just slip the battery wrist strap on one wrist, then play as normal. Plus I can still use my PGP. Still it'd be nice if Theres was a good solution like one that attached like that to the PGP.
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1-31-2006 @ 10:10PM
mck said...
I really would want the Datel drive if it was a bit slimmer, and larger capacity. :o
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2-01-2006 @ 11:52AM
Twinkie said...
@mck
That would be nice, sadly the PSP can only comprehend up to 4gigs of memory, so the datel pack is as good as it's going to get.
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2-01-2006 @ 6:06PM
sk07 said...
Wow. Its sixty dollars and adds a lot of weight to ur already heavy psp, and it still doesnt have the battery life of a DS.
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