Redesigned PSP coming in September 2007!

According to IGN, Kaz Hirai has announced a new re-designed PSP available in September -

11:49: Hirai pulls up video of Spider-Man 2 on his PSP, presses a button, and the video suddenly appears on giant screen behind him. Part of the “display” function. Says that you can do the same thing with games, photos, and whatever else is on your PSP. New PSP will also allow you access PS3 and PC hard drives from anywhere in the world thanks to new connectivity options.

Wow, I'm not really excited about the 19% slimmer and 33% lighter part, currently its slim and light enough for a portable game console. Longer battery life? Maybe a little excited but I'll usually be recharging the psp long before the battery dies on me. Furthermore, the psp has the ability to save instantly the state it was in before the battery dies out anyway, so once you get power you can continue from where you left off. No big deal.

Expanded video capabilities, hmm.. lets hope this time it can play avi and videos without the need to transcode, that will save a lot of time and makes it more practical to have it around as a portable video player.

I guess I wont be getting a redesigned model even when its out. No longer have the time to play games. Though it'll sure be interesting to see the new features. I wonder if the homebrew psp scene will be able to come up with new homebrew apps and modifications to further enhance the coolness of the new redesigned psp.