Sony signs T-Mobile hotspot deal
Sony has cut the price of the PlayStation Portable by $30 to $170 in the US, and has also added free Wi-Fi hotspot coverage in a deal with T-Mobile th
Published: 16 April, 2007
Sony has cut the price of the PlayStation Portable by $30 to $170 in the US, and has also added free Wi-Fi hotspot coverage in a deal with T-Mobile there, echoing a similar move two years ago by rival Nintendo.
The T-Mobile deal is valid for six months at 7,000 hotspots around the US. Nintendo successfully offered free Wi-Fi for a promotional period when it introduced the DS back in 2005 and has created a chain of games-oriented, branded hotspots in various countries.
Sony also announced a new firmware upgrade for the T-Mobile promotion allowing PSP users to play games online, surf the web, and download podcasts directly from these hotspots.
Sony says that last year it shipped 25m PSPs worldwide and software shipments grew to 90m units for 2006.
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