Sony PSP, NGP to get Music Unlimited

Sony plans to expand its Music Unlimited streaming service to more of its gaming hardware, the company reportedly told Eurogamer in an interview published yesterday.

Speaking to the gaming publication, Shawn Layden, executive vice president and CEO of Sony Network Entertainment, said that Music Unlimited would be made available on the PlayStation Portable "in a matter of weeks." He then turned his attention to Sony's upcoming gaming device, codenamed the Next Generation

Portable (NGP), which the company plans to release at the end of 2011.
"We will make it happen," Layden said to Eurogamer in reference to bringing Music Unlimited to the NGP.

He went on to tell the publication that he believes his company's services need to be available on that device.
Music Unlimited, which came to the U.S. earlier this year, allows users to stream millions of songs on a slew of the company's devices, including its Bravia TVs, Blu-ray players, and the PlayStation 3. The company's $3.99 per month basic plan includes access to the service on those devices, as well as the ability to sync existing music playlists with the user's computer. It also provides full access to the service's personalization offering.

Music Unlimited's premium option, priced at $9.99 per month, comes with all the features available in its basic plan, plus the ability to access so-called "premium channels." Most importantly, it allows for unlimited playback of the available tracks.

Sony's long-term plans with Music Unlimited have been speculated about for quite some time, due mainly to the company's own comments about its future.

Speaking earlier this year with Australia's The Age, Michael Ephraim, head of Sony Computer Entertainment in Australia, said that Music Unlimited might eventually cause his company to think twice about its partnership with Apple and iTunes.

"If we do [get mass take-up] then does Sony Music need to provide content to iTunes?'' Ephraim asked during his interview with The Age. ''Currently we do. We have to provide it to iTunes as that's the format right now."

But over the next several years, Sony doesn't seem so convinced of the importance of Apple's iTunes.
"Publishers are being held to ransom by Apple and they are looking for other delivery systems, and we are waiting to see what the next three to five years will hold," Ephraim said.

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Sony: every NGP game will be available to download, some might not even make it to physical release

We're filling the time between now and the NGP's holiday season release the best way we know how: by hunting down yet more information about it. Andrew House, the man in charge of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has delivered the latest tidbit in an interview with MCV, where he states unequivocally that every game on the next PlayStation Portable will be available to buy as a download.

Notably, he also expresses Sony's desire to have simultaneous distribution in both digital and physical channels, but that sounds a lot less concrete than his promise that every game will be downloadable. Digital-only games also figure prominently in Andrew's vision of the NGP's future, as he expects them to diversify choice for consumers alongside the big time titles like Uncharted.
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Sony Radically Reorganizes Company, Promotes PlayStation Business Head Hirai

Big news from Sony: big S announced a radical internal reorganization of the entire company today, essentially “dividing” Sony into two different groups as early as April 1. At the same time, Kazuo Hirai, the head of Sony’s PlayStation segment, will be promoted and is said to have good chances to succeed Howard Stringer, the company’s current CEO.

Sony plans to combine its consumer electronics and and video game businesses, its two biggest segments, into a single new division, the “Consumer Products & Services Group”. That group will be led by Hirai who can then call himself executive deputy president as well as representative corporate executive officer.

The second new division, the “Professional & Device Solutions Group” will oversee Sony’s digital components and business-facing products. It will be led by executive deputy president Hiroshi Yoshioka (who is currently in charge of the consumer electronics segment).

What happens to Stringer? In the official press release, Sony says:

Sir Howard Stringer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Sony Corporation, has extended his commitment to lead the Company through the next stage in its transformation.

But Japanese media are now speculating that the realignment has paved the way for Hirai to become Sony’s next CEO soon.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal however, Stringer himself said today that even though Hirai is the “leading candidate” for the job, the race isn’t over yet.

Geohot Vs Sony: “making Sony mad” 3 minutes Video

AOTS (Attack of the Show) today hosts exclusively (live) Geohot to talked about the lawsuit which Sony recently filed against him for jailbreaking the PS3.
He made it very clear that his jailbreak (geohot.com) doesn’t enable piracy. All what he does is to allow anyone to run unsigned homebrew apps for the first time on their systems such as PlayStation 3.
The Important Question and Answer was:

Q: “what exactly the issue is, what are you being sued for here?”. 
A: “making Sony mad”. 

Check out the whole (five-minute) interview in the video embedded below. It’s worth a watch!

Geohot Responds to Sony's Legal Motion

Most of you already knew that the popular iPhone & PlayStation hacker George Hotz has been sued in addition to fail0verflow team by Sony over the latest PS3 jailbreak. Today, more and more legal docs, regarding the case, have surfaced on the net. Geohot has filled some documents as a response to Sony's recent accusations. These documents give us a first look on his defense.

Based on these recent docs, it seems like Sony will have a formidable foe in Geohot and his lawyer. Other unreleased documents, filled by Sony's lawyers cites such websites as PSX-Scene, PS3News, Slashdot, Twitter, and more, as evidence against Geohot.

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Sony Playstation Phone (Zeus Z1) First Hands-On [VIDEOS]

A while back, there has been rumors going around about a new phone from Sony called the Playstation phone. This phone should allow you to make calls, text, and much more! Most importantly, it would let you play games on it with Android as its operating system (as a PSP!). Below are videos of leaked Sony Playstation Phones.

This might mean that Sony is attempting to make this possible. Will this product sell more than Steve's Job's device? The device as shown in the video runs Android 2.3 Gingerboard with a dedicated PlayStation app which of course confirms that it's official from Sony itself.

Here's the two videos:

Anyway, I think that we'll see this Playstation phone very soon. More updates as they come, stay tuned ! [via Engadget]

New Photos and More Details of the PlayStation Phone

Most of you would have heard about the PlaySation Phone. The model in question does indeed seem to be codenamed "Zeus" and have been tested and confirmed running Android 2.2 as in the screenshots below. However, Android 3.0 Gingerbread will be the operating system of the device when Sony introduces the it at early 2011.

The devices appear to have 8GB microSD card slotted, and at least 512MB of internal storage. The device is going to be 17mm thickness. Engadget got more and more pictures of the upcoming Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone.

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We know it's hard to believe something like that but you have to do so because it's real. In the last few months there were lots of rumors about Sony's phone and its OS and specs. But now we have all the data we needed about this phone. This was basically expected to be released in the end of 2010 or early 2011. Guys over Engadget could get some images and specs for the new PlayStation phone. We have collected some specs of the PS phone, hit the jump for the specs and images.

• OS: Android 3.0 Gingerbread
• Processor: 1Ghz SnapDragon
• Camera: 5 Megapixel Camera
• RAM: 512 MB
• ROM: 1 GB
• Screen Size: 3.7-inch to 4.1-inch
• App Store: Custom Market Place
• Micro SD: Yes
• Playstation Controller: Standard PS Controller
• Built: Sony Erricson

As you noticed in the specs above, this phone might be a big hit 'coz this phone has everything you may need. This new OS by Google know as Android 3.0 Gingerbread also might have some new capabilities that will boost the performance of PS Phone. We have to wait until the release of this phone. All what can imagine now, it will be a real revolution! Stay tuned as we will inform you as soon as we get more news about this device.

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PS Jailbreak USB ModChip Cloned Already Cheaper? Buy Original for "Support" & "Warranty"

We already reported you about PS Jailbreak ModChip that enables you to hack / mod Play Station 3 by creating backup of the original games on the internal or external drive connected to the PS3. PS Jailbreak was priced "$169" but this new "x3Jaibreak" is a clone of PS Jailbreak and it costs less "$20-$30" than the original one.

If that's true, and the code of original PS Jailbreak USB goes public, then there's a high possibility that anyone can create their own custom ModChips for free. The original creators of PS Jailbreak warns people from buying that cloned USB Modchips floating around in the next days,

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How to: Jailbreak PlayStation 3 (PS3) With PS Jailbreak

Few days ago, we have reported you that PS3 is finally hacked successfully using Mod Chip, also we have announced where you can buy the Jailbreak package, today I will show you the full guide of how to jailbreak or modify you PlayStation 3 (PlayStation 3 Mod Chip guide) to create a backups of the original discs .
Requirements:
- PlayStation 3 (PS3) running Firmware 3.41 or above
- Download Backup Manager from here, then copy this file of an external USB drive formatted to FAT32. (You can format this USB by connecting it with your PC, then right click on it, then choose "Format" from the drop menu).
- PlayStation 3 (PS3) PS Jailbreak mod chip package, you can buy it from ChipSpain or OzModChip.

How to jailbreak PlayStation 3 (PS3):
Step 1: Switch off the console before connecting the USB PS Jailbreak. Follow the procedure depending on the console you own,

PlayStation 3 FAT: Simply turn off the console from the rear switch.
PlayStation 3 SLIM: It is essential to disconnect the power cord from the back of the console.

Step 2: Now connect the USB PS Jailbreak to any of the USB connectors on Playstation 3, make sure that you don’t have any other devices connected to PS3, as we jailbreak it.
Step 3: Press the ‘Power’ button on the console and then press the ‘Eject’ button. Notice how the two LED’s on PS Jailbreak USB turn on while the console is loadinggg

- If the green light is lit, that means Playstation 3 Jailbreak is working properly.

- If the red light is lit, that means Playstation 3 hasn’t loaded the Jailbreak correctly. This happens when you don’t properly press the ‘Power’ sequence and then ‘Eject’ button.

If you end up with the red light, repeat the process, making sure you have cut down power for Playstation 3 Fat, and have disconnected the power cord from the back of Playstation 3 Slim.
Step 4: Once the PS Jailbreak has loaded correctly, connect the USB external storage device with Back Up Manager console, that you downloaded before from the website..
Step 5: Go to game menu and move to option ‘Install Package Files’, and select Back Up Manager,‘Manager.PKG’ .

Step 6:Once the Back Up Manager is installed, select the Back Up Manager and press X button to run it.

Step 7: After you have opened the Back Up Manager, put in a DVD of the game and select whether to make a back up on the internal HDD, or the external USB storage device. If you want to make a back up on the external HDD, press "O".

Step 8:To load a previously created back up, insert a game DVD in console then select the desired back up from the Back Up Manager and press X to install the game. You can also delete your previously created back up by pressing /\.

Note: The reason behind inserting a DVD in the console is to emulate the loading process.
Step 9: After installing the game, you are automatically redirected to the main menu where you can see the game installed and ready to be played. .How to jailbreak playstation 3, how to jailbreak ps3, how to hack playstation 3, how to hack ps3

Warning: Once the jailbreak is installed on the console, it can’t be uninstalled or removed.
Notes:

• It may take up to 90 minutes to back up a game using PS Jailbreak, it took the tester in our case ‘PanaPozi’ about 90 minutes to back up God of War III.
• The online mode works perfect right now but you never know when PSN patches this exploit.
• It is impossible to install the updated to the games if they are installed on PS Jailbreak, but if you have DVD, the updates work as usual.
• It is impossible to jump the videos of the games that are installed on PS Jailbreak.
• Although the Back Up Manager is installed in the console, it is necessary to have PS Jailbreak properly connected and enabled to run the Back Up Manager.

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