The GPS Insider

Earlier this month, Sony America exec John Koller hinted at a forthcoming GPS attachment for the PSP in the States. Today, Sony’s unveiling its Go!Explore GPS package in Europe, which was developed in collaboration with Tele Atlas and NavNGo. While the price doesn’t appear to have been specified, the package will include both the GPS add-on for the PSP and a Universal Media Disc (UMD) loaded with your chosen maps. According to Sony, the system will be equally capable as a pedestrian or in-car GPS, with 3D maps, 11 unique audio languages, and plenty of POIs. Go!Explore will allow users to update their POIs on the Playstation network or via WiFi.  Look for it to launch “in the New Year,” with seven different geographic versions set to be available: UK/Ireland, Iberia, France, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, Scandinavia.

[via Engadget]

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The upcoming PlayStation Portable due out this September is actually called the “PSP 2000.” That was just one of the many surprises shared last week by John Koller, head of marketing for Sony’s American PlayStation division during a half-hour interview about the state of the PSP with MTV News.

Koller addressed other added functions people might have expected, including a TV tuner like the one announced for PSP in Japan (”not possible in North America” because of over-the-air signal costs); a GPS attachment (peripheral is done and software is currently being “tweaked for North America” for release in the next 10-12 months); and a camera like the one released in Japan and Europe (”there may be some changes to the spec sheet” before it’s released in the U.S.).

It seems obvious that GPS is now a required feature on any high-end, connected device. Apple will have no choice but to add GPS for v2 of the iPhone.

[story from MTV News]

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