Homebrew coders Sleepper, M@x and the rest of the PSPKVM dev team has released a new update for PSPKVM, a port of SUN's phoneME Feature to enable MIDP/JavaME applications to run on the PSP. The latest update has added new features and more bug fixes for the excellent homebrew app.

Download: PSPKVM v0.5.3 (oe-allinone)
Download: PSPKVM v0.5.3 (150-allinone)

The PSPKVM team -- composed of Sleepper, M@x and Anweifeng -- has released a new update for their Java mobile games emulator for PSP. The new version of PSPKVM has added new features and some bug fixes.

Download: PSPKVM v0.5.2 (150-allinone)
Download: PSPKVM v0.5.2 (150-upgrade)
Download: PSPKVM v0.5.2 (oe-allinone)
Download: PSPKVM v0.5.2 (oe-upgrade)

From what I can gather, this homebrew release from percyflette is a hangman-type game wherein you have to guess the word in order to win. According to the release update, this one's got 240 words in it thus far. Oh, and by the way, they're all in French.


Download: PSPendu

New information about the upcoming firmwares for the PS3 and PSP have surfaced. Well, when Eric Lempel revealed the list of features for PS3 FW 2.50 and PSP FW 5.00 yesterday, he did say it wasn't the entire changelog.

UPDATE: PS3 Firmware 2.50 is now available for downloading, folks. The changelog is shown once you start the download. Nice.

The development team behind Gnextop has added more firepower to the already impressive-looking customizable PSP portal's arsenal. The portal's instant messenger feature is now operational along with a few more new features. More in the full article.

Download: Gnextop v0.4 beta
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

 Mobile and PC Java PSP gaming enthusiasts will no doubt enjoy the latest release of PSPKVM (previous release here). Now with some improvements on the Virtual Keyboard such as added Chinese Input Method and new short-cut keys, Java gaming on your PSP is now better than before. The full changelog awaits in the full article.

Download: PSPKVM v0.4.0

Homebrew coder M@x has ported the program phoneME to the PlayStation Portable and dubbed it as pspME. While the program is just on version 0.1, it is already capable of doing a lot of things.

Among these is the implementation of several input methods as well as the ability to install applications from local JAR file. See the full features after the jump!

Download: pspME v0.1

PSP Homebrew developer Deerwings has posted his first app down at our forums: the PSP Browser JavaScript Keyboard. The app was written with Danzeff's Keyboard in mind, only Deerwing's app was designed specifically to be able to input text in a web browser.

Currently you can't access the keyboard while browsing through a page because the author wasn't able to replace the original OSK with the app yet. Deerwings describes his app this way:

This is a Javascript PSP keyboard that works for your web browser. [...] This javascript keyboard is basically an html page that you load with your browser, and then set as your homepage or load as a favorite as you like, in order to open up webpages more quickly and less frustratingly.

Here's the developer's notes:

• Built-In Google Search button - Allows you to enter plain text into the field and automatically submit to Google. Get your results even faster!
• Built-In Google Proxy - Allows you to use Google's Small Device proxy. Breaks up pages to fit on cellphones and other small devices. Getting out of memory errors? This may help!
• Full QWERTY Keyboard - Includes commonly used symbols as well as letters and numbers, and a keypad for direct IP address entry.
• To install this, all you have to do is unzip it to your root MSO:/ , (Or wherever you like) and then open your browser and navigate to file:/kb.html (Or wherever you put it).

Users are encouraged to read the help file included in the bundle. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the app, follow the link to our forums below.

Download: PSP Browser Javascript Keyboard
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

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That sure was fast. Heads up from Deerwings who has released v1.1 of PSP Browser Javascript Keyboard. Here are the additions to the app:

• [It] now it has the ability to open pages in the current tab the keyboard is in, or work with the other two tabs without closing the keyboard tab as well
• You can switch between tabs with Square + LTrig

Download: PSP Browser Javascript Keyboard v1.1
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

After playing the game, I immediately looked for other works that qwerty might have done in the past, and found this Super Mini Stick Guy Mod for Super Mini Mario V3. From that point on I realized that he indeed has a fascination for stick figures. In his previous mod, his inspiration were the doodles he made on his notebook of stick figures beating up teachers and going on adventures and stuff. I had to wonder what inspired him to make this game.

I readily assumed that this would have the same objective and gameplay as Dance Dance Revolution, I guessed that much from the title. Dance to the tune, follow some arrows and you're all set. Although, I wasn't at all impressed with the not-so-great intro screen, I thought, Hey don't judge a game by its intro screen. As directed I pressed X to start.

I was transported to a very bright apple green screen, looking down at a stick figure inside of what looks like a box, black dots, another box on the right and in between those two boxes the familiar PSP buttons.

After seeing the buttons in between the two boxes for some reason PaRappa the Rapper came to mind. And then I found myself wishing for the graphics to eventually graduate from a stick figure that has a brown background, that only goes unnoticed when he's inside that box, to something that off PaRappa the Rapper.

So I pressed on the required buttons, hoping for the stick figure on stage to make a reaction. But it was in vain. Eventhough, he previously mentioned that the actions go by fast on his post, I wasn't expecting it to be that fast. Sometimes I chance upon raise a hand that looks more like a spasm than a dance move. I don't actually get how the scoring system works, or if it has one. But I would like to see a solid scoring system.

And then, there's the "Crowd Surf" option. Which at first, had me go, What crowd? and then an epiphany, Ohhh... those black dots.Silly me. Hooger, from the forum, commented on that "he doesn't do anything when u press the buttons... he just stands there..." Actually, he does. Get a load of this crowd surfing documentation.

So far, there isn't really much to say about this game. I'm not saying it doesn't have potential, but, there isn't anything much you can do at the moment. You can press those buttons all you want, but since he moves too fast, you can't see it. Crowd surfing can only be done once. So if you missed it, you'd have to restart the game. I'm encouraging qwerty to add better graphics and more functions to the game in future releases. I know you can do it.

Download: [PSP Dance v0.1]