>tech that was dead on release
>tfw just bought one
Funny how phone games are still terrible.
>>53846061
why? I fell for the meme on release. the buttons broke within a month. sony released like 2 updates for it and stopped once they realised not even the minecraft kids wanted it. I am not even sure how to root the thing.
>>53846048
>>53846148
I wanted a PSP and this thing was half the price
>>53846168
the thing may replace a game boy (honestly the best thing with an emulator) but the game market is fairly shit. phone didn't sell all that well and not many people deved for it
>>53846205
I'm well aware of the phone's history, I got it for emulators, not like I'm actually going to be picking up shit from whatever store it uses
Anything produced by Applel
>>53846234
ok well you didn't fuck up then. I was able to use it for 2 things
>music
>emulators
anything outside of that is honestly just stupid
>>53846048
really wish they'd do an updated version, the "analogue" touchpads were shit, so probably need to copy the 3DS' circle pads, but other than that, it was pretty good, a snapdragon 820 with 3gb of ram and it would sell shitloads.
Sony deliberately launched it underpowered to not steal the thunder from the flagship xperia they launched at the same time.
*cough* *cough*
>>53846391
anything that doesn't require the "analogue" stick is not terrible but it just seem slow compared the iPod touch I had at the same time. I don;t understand why you would gimp it to the level they did, the only problem with gaming on a phone is the controls are horrible, the phone would solve that "gamers" would lap that shit up.
>>53846482
>I don;t understand why you would gimp it to the level they did
I'd imagine it was to not cannibalize PSP sales
>>53846048
~*too beautiful for this world*~
>>53848716
Palm Pre, is that you?!
>>53848716
It was slightly ahead of its time with the features of the OS. The hardware was lacking though.
>it's gonna revolutionize transportation guyz
>>53846160
Fuck you the Priv is great
![2840665-onlive[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tWiF8cp.jpg "2840665-onlive[1].jpg")
>>53850040
didn't it revolutionize/mechanize mall cops? They are the killer machines now
>>53846148
>not sure how to root it
It's the easiest thing to do. I just use it now as a GBA/N64 emulator, 4 years strong.
>>53850317
How? Every method I've found says that you can't do it if it's fully updated
>>53846439
The fuck are you on about? Its regarded as the second best revision of the psp, the 2000 being better but the go improved everything else.
>>53850256
I have about 10 of those.
>>53850824
How is the 3000 not better than the 2000?
>>53848716
I went to bestbuy to get one and they where sold out. The majority returned the worker told me because people thought they where cheap ipads and hated them. They never hit the shelf as open box items.
Fucking morons should be forced to do some research before they're allowed to buy eletronics
>>53850976
How is the phat not the best?it had an ir blaster
>>53850904
What happens when you try to use one now? Would be cool if somone jailbroke it to run steam/nvidia remote play
>>53846048
>>53851260
Making a comeback desu senpai psvr
>>53850749
Kek my father bought one of those a while back... What a piece of shit.
![Nokia_N-Gage[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/bZZcPPm.png "Nokia_N-Gage[1].png")
>>53846048
literally everything Sony makes, really
![microsoft-kin-one-1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tqrK8uC.jpg "microsoft-kin-one-1[1].jpg")
Microsoft Kin
>>53850564
everything is on XDA
>>53846148
Wtf is that?
Provide model please.
>>53851181
Half as much RAM and shittier screen
>>53851335
>implying that's not the first place I went
>"Hoverboards"
>>53851370
Same phone as OP, Xperia Play
>>53850226
I didn't know BB could still afford shills. They should invest more money in engineers to design something better than yet another lagdroid phone.
>>53851274
>What a piece of shit
Hey man at least your dad stuck around. Mine left when I was three.
>>53851279
Retard alert
![vita_persona[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RlcowVl.jpg "vita_persona[1].jpg")
>>53846048
>>53848428
>2011
>PSP sales
>>53853269
>implying the PSP wasn't a thing in 2011
>>53853285
>implying Sony wasn't trying to push the Vita in 2011
>>53853293
>implying the Vita was a thing in 2011
Regardless the point is that they have handhelds they didn't want to cut into the sales of.
>>53851260
>tfw I use the ps eye camera with my pc
It's got a great mic, the camera itself is better than most 720p laptop webcams too.
>ouya.jpg
The Surface RT. What an abortion of a computer.
>>53853307
I used to too, picked a few up at a rummage sale for $5
>>53846048
How does it run PSP games? This thing is only $60 on Amazon, might pick one up as a dedicated emu handheld.
>>53853003
I'm sorry to hear that Tyrone.
>>53853321
At least they went with proper Intel chips for the Surface 3
>>53853362
>$60
Look for the Verzion model, I got mine for $30 and that seems to be a pretty normal price. At $60 you might as well get a PSP
>>53853396
>$30
Shit that's a no brainier at that price. I'm not expecting much, but how's the battery life on yours?
>>53850226
>>53852310
It's fairly common for good engineers to leave Canada.
>>53853464
It lasts a few hours of emulating but gets terrible standby battery life, I thought I had a bad battery so I picked up a new one, turns out the phone is just really shitty. Maybe it's better with a custom ROM, I'm still running stock
>>53851500
Just unlock the fucking bootloader, no need to root it via exploit if the warranty is dead for years already.
>>53853549
Thank you. Sorry I'm not a wiz with Android, I haven't used it in years
>>53853362
Forget it, that hardware won't get you any decent PSP emulation. GBA is prolly best you can do decently.
>>53853560
You mean PS1
>>53853501
>>53853560
Oh well, guess I can use that $30 for weed instead. It's a shame Sony finally got their act together with the Vita. I would have loved to use it as a PC gamepad, it had a lot of potential.
>>53853631
Don't listen to him >>53853560 you'll be able to play PS1 games on it for sure
>>53853558
Ah, aiite then, imma try and be a bit more helpful...
First look up the process to unlock your bootloader. It involves entring your IMEI into Sony's website if I recall correctly and having them send you an unlock code.
Then get flashtool from XDA forums, you might need an older version of it because the phone is pretty old - you should find a link somewhere on its section.
Next you might wanna consider upgrading it to say KitKat, if not Lollipop (Lollipop and up is tricky because you definitely need a class 10 SD card to move a part of system partition onto it because of size limitations). If you just want it for game emulation just grab an AOSP rom - no bloat is a good thing on a phone that old. If you want extra features go for Cyanogenmod. For both of those either freexperia or legacyxperia projects should provide you with the files needed.
When you have the zip file with the rom you'll need to extract the kernel from it. It's usually named boot.img and in the root of the zip file.
Then open flashtool and connect the phone to PC in fastboot mode (turn it off, hold up or down volume button or menu - says in the manual on thread, connect it to PC). Flash boot.img first, then the entire ROM zip, then google apps (find link to them in ROM thread, i'm sure they'll provide one).
That should be it. Last 2 paragraphs are usually explained in thread too. Now you have no excuses - good luck.
>>53853573
Eeeeeeehhhhhhh, PS1 is already only okay-ish... Last time I tried on my Xperia Arc anyway..
>>53853670
Thanks
>>53853679
I was emulating PS1 games more than contently with my tablet with a 700MHz Cortex A8 and 256MB RAM, there is no reason this thing can't perform at least as well.
>>53846160
damn I wanted one, I miss tye physical keyboard so much. Why does it suck?
>>53853746
Android. Get a Classic
>>53846048
I have one of these. Tried to make it an emulation machine but all the ROMs of Cyanogenmod that I use don't seem to support held-input (i.e. when you hold down one of the gamepad buttons it doesn't register it as being held, but rather pressed and released). Makes it impossible to play anything other than shit like Fire Emblem.
>>53853149
Agreed, i see no reason to really get one. Imma do what i did with psp3000 and get a 2nd hand one for cheap near the end of its life
>>53853149
Bought the 3G model not even a month after release and it was worth every penny
>>53851754
I actually see them all the time. I'd like to try "riding" one.
>$300 Chromecast
>>53853851
every time i see someone riding one, its an asian or a nig and they are afraid to go up a wheelchair ramp on the curb. Saw one chink run straight into a wall because they were taking selfies while moving for some retarded reason.
>tfw screen died and no repair shop has the parts because it's too old
>tfw psp face buttons died too
>>53854073
A PSP or the Xperia Play? Buy parts on Ebay, check repair videos och Youtube, it's easier than you think.
>>53854289
The screen on the Xperia play won't turn on anymore. It's actually the second time it happens, the last time was soon after I got it and I could get it repaired quickly. Looking around apparently it's a common problem with this phone, so I'm wary of putting down more money on it.
As for the psp I was thinking of just selling it for parts and getting a Go or a 3000, i need my portable retro gaming fix
>>53848539
It really sucks because the tablet controller has potential for novel game mechanics, especially local coop where you want to hide information from the person you're playing with, and builders. But it's a huge flop, selling less than basically every previous Nintendo console
>>53853307
yeah they're good for regular webcam usage. Pretty useless for games
I don't know how UMPCs ever managed to live the short life they had. I've never seen one in person.
>>53854474
Well I use it as a mic, and the occasional skype (even though I despise skype, some friends feel the need to see my face when talking (they might be gay))
>>53854441
ill sell u mi vita with some games for 150, shipped to us
>>53854502
dude the worst of netbooks and feature/smartphones in one device lmao
>>53851297
>price of a smartphone
>have to have a huge and expensive data plan to go with it
>aimed at the piss poor teen market
>custom weird OS
JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP
>>53853670
It has 512mb ram, 4.2.2 is pretty much the soft limit for it, and 2010/2011 devices in general. Newer stuffs doesn't have enough of an improvement to warrant the performance loss.
>>53853026
shill alert
>>53851297
this was fated to not only fail, but to also be forgotten
>>53850317
yer I am going to do that now I just hadn't looked around for any way to route it
>>53851370
sony xperia play with a minecraft skin, the phones claim to fame was playing minecraft. the issue was at the time of release mobile minecraft was terrible and when minecraft got playable the game was to powerful for this phone
>>53853362
the game designed for it run ok but will cost out the ass. gba emulation is honestly one of the best things but it is awkward as fuck to hold. my parents payed $400 at release when they got mine (was like 13 or 14).
>>53853396
>>53853464
for $30, fuck even if it is shit that is a great price for a gba emulator
>>53853149
remote play is nice
>>53854502
Just bought a Vaio UX for shits and giggles, installed mint, decent web browser for sitting on the couch, not as good as my iPad
>>53855457
Jesus christ that thing looks like an abortion
>>53855457
I wish my laptop had a phone dock. Not some weird phone adapter shit like that, just a a dock that I can slip my phone into for android dev and convenience
>>53855876
How come laptops with NFC never caught on?
>>53855457
>>53855849
>>53855876
>>53856165
Didn't Samsung patent a similar design recently? If it really is dual OS that could be cool.
Padfone dumb but slightly related
>>53850256
it was 4 years too early.
Now we have steam tv box, nvidia shield TV, playstation tv, etc.
All do the same thing.
That thing would've been perfect if you could stream from your own pc to it + run misc android games/apps on it + netflix/youtube.
>>53856165
Because you could use ethernet crossover, microusb, FireWire, usb3, bluetooth, wifi or a lan connection to transfer data instead.
Im surprised they haven't tried to implement that gimmick yet however
>>53854820
it was just
>ahead of its time
>>53850261
They made "hoverboards" out of the same tech, that light on fire. That's an accomplishment.
>>53856612
>all do the same thing
No they don't. All of the devices require hardware to stream from, the whole point of Onlive was that it didn't.
>>53848256
The occulus rift
![p1020131[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/BgWEbhJ.jpg "p1020131[1].jpg")
>>53854502
Back in 2007 I was working for some pooinloo and I had to write a business plan on a company that will sell UMPCs. I did some research and found out they were sorry underpowered hunks of shit and that using a desktop UI on a mobile platform was a recipe for disaster. I handed the business plan in to the pooinloo and he was pissed, but he knew the writing was on the wall (iphone had just been released)
As for the topic, here's the openpandora. It was supposed to be this god of retrogaming but it got delayed so many times it was obsolete when it came out and Android phones ended up being cheaper and faster anyways. And people paid $400 for this sucker.
I don't care about consoles very much anymore, but this one strikes out.
I don't care if it had it's share of hits, splaton, miiwhatever the fuck kids are playing nowadays, I do consider it a bigger than the vita dead on arrival kind of thing.
Totally waste of money.
>>53856829
I know the wii u is a fairly shit console but I still have one for smash because I am one of thoose faggots
>>53850226
The Priv as sold by RIM is great.
The Priv as sold by carriers (T-Mobile, I'm looking at you) isn't. Some of the pre-installed app's break MDM (Airwatch, Intune)
>>53852310
> Someone has a different opinion
> SHILL!!!
Fucking retard...
>>53851278
pretty sure you could kill a cat with that
>>53851297
>>53855053
The Kin isn't forgotten. It's still considered a special level of hell for those of us that worked on it.
Despite the excessive drinking to try and forget all the management bullshit.
But it serves as a lesson as to what happens when engineers aren't allowed to design or have any real input in the process, but instead are left simply to follow instructions from accounting and marketing...
Fuck Microsoft.
(I'm a Microsoft employee and I approve this message)
>>53856845
But it's exactly because of games like this, this console still holds, I don't judge you. I think this is very smart for nintendo, because it doesn't matter how bad the console is, people will buy it for smash, kart, zelda.
But I do like the 3DS. And the vita.
The difference from the Wii U and the Vita is that I think the wii u is really shitty while the Vita is legitimately a good piece of hardware, and correct if I'm wrong, Japan is keeping the Vita alive, isn't it?
>>53846148
I bought it when it was released, rooted, worked perfectly until one day it fell and a month later its touchscreen died. It was my favourite android phone, comfy as fuck, perfect in the hand and i was really bummed out by its death. Rip in peace.
>>53853149
Superior
>>53850749
I used a few of these, hacked up, to test my barcode fraud at home before going out and buying $200 routers for $28.74
>>53846439
This.
Overpriced sony downloads in 2009 = disaster.
>>53856734
Shield does both. You can stream games from your own PC or Nvidia grid.
>>53855457
Now that is straight up lewd
>>53856879
Can you tell us what went wrong with Tay?
>>53857622
>implying it didn't go exactly as planned
>>53856165
my partner's sony vaio has it, it can't even send images or anything, just whatever text is in your phone's clipboard. really weird stuff
>>53855457
I got one for my raspberry pi.
>>53856650
You don't even use NFC to transfer data when you're using NFC, you use it to initiate a Bluetooth (or I think some implementations Wi-Fi) transfer
I've got an NFC tag in my laptop, when I tap my phone to it it creates a Bluetooth PAN
>>53851278
It was still fukn sick though. The graphics on that thing were better than any of it's contemporaries.
>>53850824
>Can't play any game on the market.
>second best
>>53850261
We got heaps of those things to rent around my town in all popular public places.
>>53853851
It's hard at first but it's actually hella fun once you get your legs. It's the sick shit for swagfags
>>53855849
It ran Ubuntu though, it was actually kinda cool. You could even plug the supported phones into a normal monitor and use bluetooth peripherals.
>>53856829
>That simulated screen
It's pretty cool to play multiplayer FPS with your bros to prevent screen cheating. Someone always gets fucked over though, the screen is so low res.
>>53846048
I still have one, I use it for emulators only... but I do use a PSP too.
>>53850824
Bahahaahha 3001 is the best, like officialy, best screen and guts.
>>53856794
I have one, give me one Android phone whats better for retrogaming then this? Except a PSP and Nvidia Shield, this is an altarnative. There are only 3 ways to retrogame, those are it.
>>53856892
I have one too, it was in my back pocket when I fell on ice and its a pancake now, works but can't see screen...
>>53855876
The lap dock wasn't a actual laptop, it was a battery, keyboard, and cdmi screen that plugged into your phone. Your phone then loaded a little copy of ubuntu on top of android.
Back on 2011/2012 phones it ran like shit, which basically killed it.
>>53846439
cough cough still use mine to this day and umds are terrible technology cough cough.
>>53848428
No, it was because they launched the Xperia Arc at the same time, which was to be the flagship.
You OP
>>53851754
I actually ride mine to work every day.
>>53859153
the fuck, fuck off retard
honestly why do you need to be an attention seeking fuckwit
