| Sony to launch iTunes video rival for PlayStation Portable |
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| by Adam Turner | |
| Tuesday, 19 December 2006 | |
  
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Sony has sold more than 20 million PSPs worldwide, but the device's lack of a built-in hard disk is a major barrier to challenging Apple's grip on the handheld video market. While Sony claims a 4GB MemoryStick holds up to 10 feature films, the Apple iPod video has 30GB or 80GB internal drive and Microsoft's Zune player a 30GB drive. Even so, the PSP's 4.3 inch widescreen display is better suited to watching video than the 2.5 and 3 inch, 4:3 ratio displays found on a iPod and Zune respectively. The PSP's display also offers more colours and a higher resolution. Despite its superior display, the PSP's video ambitions have to date been let down by Sony's insistence on developing yet another video disc format in the Universal Media Disc. The fact movies purchased on UMD can not be played back on other devices has limited UMD sales.{moscomment} |
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