PSP owners who enjoy using PSP portals will be happy to know that Ultimate Portal v6.0 has now been released. This PSP homebrew was created by biscottealacrevette and sports some pretty nifty functions users may appreciate.

Want to know more about the application? Head on over to the full article for the full details.

Download: Ultimate Portal v6.0

Sony PlayStation Portable homebrew developer Tjcrazy dropped by earlier to share to the world his new E-Buddy Live Portal. Like its previous version, E-Buddy Live Portal v2.0 lets you have fun with browsing and applications, but this new one has some nice improvements.

Tjcrazy's E-Buddy Live Portal allows users to view the new PSP eBuddy site in a Windows Live Messenger Portal. It's pretty basic and is equipped with apps and games carried over from the QJ Portal.

Here are just some of the improvements that Tjcrazy made for E-Buddy Live Portal:

• Much quicker loading times
• Games fixed
• Apps Fixed
  
• QJ News reader added
  
• Drop Down Menu
  
• Added Mobile Version and PSP version
• Added top menu

Tjcrazy also reminds everyone to watch out later this week for a newer version of E0Buddy Live Portal. We'll bring that one to you as soon as possible. Don't forget to go through the readme for installation notes and other important information. Enjoy!

Download: E-Buddy Live Portal v2.0
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

Homebrew developers Cleanser23, Angelo, Lunix, Hells Plumber, Wakaru, and Joseph have teamed up to create a new piKey build with permission from Fanjita. The new program aims to address bugs in version 0.3 of the program, and to "finally" make it compatible with 3.71 M33.

The new program, called "Unofficial piKey 0.4" is still currently in the works and the team is looking for ideas and assistance in terms of programming. In their words, they need help with "simple tasks that only require a good knowledge of C and to be set up in a dev environment." Here are their notes:

We've done the following so far:

• Fixed the 'x' button issue, not 'x' shows as the correct one, not the multiplication one.
• Added new, improved and cleaner keymaps (added Targus and Palm) and have created our own custom Targus CTRLMap.txt
• Found and created a small portal for the release. (Existing PSP Windows Portal and a created EBuddy one)
• Made the installer better and cleaner.
• Added 100% working Targus, Palm and Hama maps! (Hama driver I believe is still a bit funny Undecided)
• Made a Targus expansion pack with a working Keymap and user friendly CTRLMap.

What we are working on:

• Add key repeats for the Targus keyboard so you can hold down a key and it'll autotype instead of tapping it many times. (almost done.. pointless agreeing to sign up for this job)
• Add a function so you don't have to press the 'select' key to have to correct character input. This will make the release perfect.
• Add a function so a message is displayed when CAPS/Num/Scroll is on. (almost done.. pointless agreeing to sign up for this job)
• Finally... make it compatible with 3.71 M33

Head over to the forum thread to know the full details of the program in development. And just in case you do want to share you coding talents to the UPK Team, then by all means...

Visit: QJ.net PSP Development Forum Thread

QJ.NET reader Someone_PR sent us an email regarding the new build of eBuddy Mobile especially designed for PlayStation Portable users. For those who are unaware of this service, eBuddy is actually a web and mobile messenger capable of supporting instant messaging services such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and MySpace among others.

According to the company, the decision to come up with the PSP-friendly version was because of the steady rise of chatters who access the service through the Sony handheld. The current release is still in beta build but even so, a handful of features have already been incorporated to it.

Speaking of which, the new version of eBuddy Mobile comes with full emoticon support as well as a wide array of language compatibility: English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Magyar, Italiano, Arabic, Nederlands, Portugues and Pt. Brasileiro. It was said that more languages will be added in future versions.

If you want to know more, you can refer to the Source link below for more information. But if you are familiar with the drill, go ahead and point your PSP browser to m.ebuddy.com to access the service. No download will be required and it is free to use.