PSP Slim & Light
My sisters boyfriend recently purchased a PSP Slim & Lite for himself, and I had a chance of playing with the little gadget. I must say, I am a little disappointed with the device, not with how it works, but with how it looks. Yes it is very light and a little bit smaller, however the build quality of it seems a little lacking. First thing that you will notice is the case of the little hand held. It's not as super smooth as it's big brother, it actually looks very plastic and the surface looks uneven. It basically looks like a cheap knock-off of the PSP.
The slot into which you insert your memory stick now pulls up and out and has two long white-ish rubber pieces connecting it, it doesn't look very good. The UMD now doesn't have the nice spring action where you use the slide button to open it, you now need to open it by pushing it open with your finger. The battery though is easier to insert and remove unlike with the Fat PSP where you had to struggle a bit. The buttons seem to be a bit more responsive and the square button is no longer raised, but is now aligned the same as all the other buttons. The analogue stick has a bit more grip as well, and the shoulder buttons aren't as tight.
As for functionality, everything remains the same, it still does everything that it's big brother does, and then it has it's video out which could be confused for the extra part of the headphone jack where the PSP headphones used to plug into, giving you control of the PSP's music controls via the remote of the PSP headphones.
It is rather disappointing looks wise, as I did place it next to my PSP, and my PSP won the good looks contest. I must confess as well, that I love the nice and heavy feel of the Big brother PSP, it feels like I have a kick-ass piece of hardware in my hands, rather than a fun little toy. Now if only there was a way to make my PSP do the video out without any serious soldering or effort
Just my 5cents, use it don't use it
