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PSP3D report the availability of PSP Firmware 2.6 for , of course, the Playstation Portable

Here are the new improvements as shown on the PSP:
-(RSS Channel) has been added as a feature under (Network).
-(Simplified Chinese(gb18030)) and (Traditional Chinese (big 5)) have been added as options to (Encoding) under (View) in the (Internet browser) menu bar.
-Characters may be indistinct in some cases when these encoding options are selected.
-(Volume ajustment) has been aded as a feature to (Location free player).
-You can now download video data that supports copyright protection using the (internet browser).
-WMA had been added as a codec that can be played under (Music)(This applies to music saved on the memory stick).

Note that you must adjust a system setting to enable playback of WMA format music data, a connection to the internet is required to adjust the setting.

Reports of streaming music through RSS feeds are coming in. More exploitation capabilities?

Streaming video has also now been reported.

Read source article: PSP Firmware 2.6 is OUT! - Home

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