Okay, i have heard from recent guides that lots of people have been giving the PSP great reviews but before you buy one I strongly reccomend reading this guide and seeing the competition.

PSP (Play Station Portable):

• This console is a highly commersial product. Developers have created several games which can be bought on the high street.
• The PSP offers a variety of home brew content. You can download average quality emulators for consoles before the psx and two very slow (low quality) N64 emulators have been developed.
• It has wi-fi so can surf the internet, play games online and connect with the ps3 (so sony says).
• It has an infared port, so can transfer photos.
• It has a 480x272 screen (130560 pixels) and has 16.77 million colours.
• It has two processors which run at 222MHz but can be overclocked to 333MHz.
• It has 32 mega-bytes of ram.
• It uses a rechargable lithium-ion battery.
• It has a maximum of 6 hours game play.
• It has region locking so games cannot be played from other parts of the world.
• It allows video and mp3 playback.
• It uses flash memory sticks (which look like cards).
• No touch screen.
• No microphone (although can be purchaced as a headset).
• No TV out socket.
• Is already out.
• Price: £180 (Approx)

Nintendo DS (Dual Screen):

• This console is a highly commersial product. Developers have created several games which can be bought on the high street.
• Little or no homebrew content.
• It has wi-fi so play games online.
• No infared port.
• It has two 256x192 screens (98304 pixels)
• It has two processors, 67MHz and 33MHz
• It has 4 Mega-Bytes of ram.
• It uses a rechargable lithium-ion battery.
• It has a maximum of 10 hours game play.
• It is region free, so games can be played from other parts of the world.
• No multimedia support (although a Play-Yan adaptor can be purchaced.
• Game saves are stored to an SD memory card.
• It features touch screen capabilities.
• It has a built in microphone (which can be used for voip)
• No TV out socket.
• Is already out.
• Price: £90 (approx)

Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) Lite:

The Lite is just another version of the DS. It is 21% lighter, 42% smaller and has a maximum of 19 hours game play. It has a more scratch resistant screen. It is already out in some parts of the world.

Price: £125 (approx)

XGP (Xtreme Game Player):

• Is an underdog console but aims to hit the commersial market.
• Is highly likely to offer some high quality emulators and a PSX emulator is in the making and there is a possiblity of an N64 emulator being created. Games can be downloaded which are created by others.
• It has wi-fi so can surf the internet and play games online.
• No infared port.
• It has a 480x272 screen (130560 pixels) and has 1.6 million colours.
• It has one 200MHz processor (very likely that it can be overclocked) and also a 3D graphics card - probably running at 200MHz too.
• It has 64 mega-bytes of ram.
• It uses a rechargable lithium-ion battery.
• Gameplay time unknown.
• It is region free, so games can be played from other parts of the world.
• It allows video and mp3 playback.
• It uses SD cards.
• No touch screen.
• No microphone.
• Has a TV out socket.
• September 11, 2006
• Price: £160 (approx)

XGP (Xtreme Game Player) mini:

The Mini is another version of the XGP. It has 32 mega-bytes of RAM, no TV out socket and no wireless. It has a 320x240 screen (76800 pixels).

Price: £80 (approx)

GP2X

• Is an underdog console - intended for mostly homebrew content.
• There are many high quality emulators for the GP2X and is a possiblity of an N64 and PSX emulator being created. Includes software to create your own games and games can be downloaded which are created by others.
• No Wi-fi.
• No infared port.
• It has a 320x240 screen (76800 pixels) and has 170 thousand colours.
• It has two 200MHz processors which often run at 240MHz anyway and can be overclocked to at least 319MHz.
• It has 64 mega-bytes of ram.
• It uses a rechargable AA batteries.
• Gameplay time unknown.
• It is region free, so games can be played from other parts of the world.
• It allows video and mp3 playback.
• It uses SD cards.
• No touch screen.
• No microphone.
• Has a TV out socket.
• Already out.
• Price: £110 (approx)

Iriver G10

• This console is a highly commersial product. Developers have created several games which can be bought on the high street.
• Home brew content unknown.
• It has wi-fi so play games online and stream music ... maybe more.
• Infared port unknown.
• It has a 800x480 (384000 pixels) and 260 thousand colours.
• Processor(s) unknown.
• Ram unknown.
• Batteries unknown.
• Game play time unknown.
• Regions unknown.
• Allows video and mp3 playback.
• Internal storage; either 4 or 8 giga-bytes.
• Touch screen unknown.
• Microphone unknown.
• Tv out socket unknown.
• Out towards the end of the year.
• Price: Unknown

Note that some of the information is sceptical.