For some reason, the GIF isn't working. If you never see a PSP or an iPod, please consult your local physician.
All bias aside, we have to admit that both the iPod touch and the PSP feature impressive technical specs and features, especially when it comes to gaming, emulation, music, video, internet, streaming capabilities, etc. Thing is, my iPod is broken, and I'm not even going to deal with that fucking Apple warranty again (do not take this into consideration) to fix it, so I'm in the market for a new music player.
However, a year ago, my PSP was stolen from me via a white guy on my bus (in before 'LOL IRONY LOL') so I'm currently without a PSP, and my copies of Lumines, GTA, and Loco Roco just sit there, haunting me. I kind of want to buy another PSP, but chances are I would have to find a PSP that could still support emulation (hopefully without having to perform that damned Pandora's battery trick... I'm a total prick when it comes to hardware modding. I'm just too lazy and prudent to even consider it) and PSP ISOs. Blah, blah blah, yeah, I'm openly admitting to piracy, I'm a horrible fucking person, etc. I'm relatively interested in the music capabilities as well, even though I'm sure it would cost a shitload to find an 8GB (and even then, I'd have to cut about 6GB from my collection, considering ROMs, homebrew, emulation, etc.)
Taking all of the previous paragraph into consideration, I could just save the difference and buy an iPod touch, even. It'd be really easy to jailbreak, and though it couldn't support as much emulation as the PSP could, it'd be a hell of a lot better suited for video and music, and the homebrew for the iPod would probably be interesting. I was reading Lifehacker earlier today, and an interesting article came up that made me consider the iPod even more, and made me question the expandability of the iPod touch's homebrew scene.
I'm definitely leaning towards the PSP, but I wanted the community's surprisingly unbiased opinion before taking to plunge. Between the PSP's ever expanding game library & emulation and the iPod touch's hard drive and
impressive homebrew capabilities, I'm stuck between a iRock and a rock that can play games and shit.
So, what's it going to be?
(graphic by the lovable Cobra, OB/GYN, Son of Dr. Boa.)
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Either way though, gaming on the iPod will never compare at all, just based on the lack of interface (except for something like Monkey Ball I guess). And great emulation aside, there's a lot of pretty nice PSP games around lately...
Basically its about which you're gonna do more of. gaming or music? but the PSP does those many things pretty well for a device thats meant for gaming, and games at all on the iPod Touch are kind of impractical. unless they're games designed specifically for it.
Bottom line: get the PSP. save up for an iPod later
Also, the touch is just so. damn. small. Which is awesome until you manage to forget you left it in your pocket and run it through the wash. Yes I did that. No I'm not still pissed at myself about it a month and a half later.
I'm actually seriously considering a PSP myself when I decide I can't live without a portable device any longer.
nough said
then make or get a Pandora battery
If you want the touch, I would consider waiting until the 3g bigger iphones come out, and forget the touch. If my touch had a phone and twice as much HDD space in it Id be so much happier.
PS
And fuck getting a Touch, just get an iPhone or wait until the unveil of the 3G iPhone. Then I'll sell you my current iPhone for a good price.
or look into pandora.
You can usually (not) pick up a pandora's battery for cheap if you are too lazy to make one yourself (though it's easy, people just get concerned because they don't believe in themselves, not that i would know)
so let's say you're at 200$, now you can usually buy a 4GB card for like 40$ (the price of a game) if you pick up 2 of those, and keep in mind that you'll need a spare 32mb card for the CFW modification, you're easily at roughly 300$, and you'll have all your music, 8 gigs, any game that you want, movies, etc. etc.
for the same price as the crappy model of an iPod touch.
I did the same thoughts as you last year, and I'm very happy with my PSP.
further more, holds my music like an ipod touch, furthermore it rubs my feet when im tired. I go with le psp.
also ps1 games and ps3 connectivity...
on top of that I hate apple.
For music the iPod wins out because that is the primary design of course. but the PSP is pretty good as a player and the only downside to the PSP is that the internet browsing is pretty horrible an rapes the battery big time.
Cheap 8GB card
i've already had to replace one, i don't think they're used to the constant read and write that not emulating not PSP ISOs do to the cards.