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No, That’s Not A PSPgo, It’s An Imitation

By Spencer . October 8, 2009 . 11:50am

The PSPgo has been on shelves for about a week and there’s already a clone.

The device on the left is a Slide Panel Retro and it doesn’t play PSP games. It, according to the product page, has an emulator for 16 bit games, a camera, FM radio, and MP3 player. Whoever made this went to great lengths to copy Sony. Even the beveled back is the same, minus the PSP logo.

I hope Sony’s lawyers abide by the adage “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

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QBasic
Well…at least it isn't the POPstation…
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOmEOjK5UHY
http://www.youtube.com/user/xxHiryuuxx Hiryuu
PXP-2000…
…
Yea, they're really trying.
http://www.youtube.com/matman125 matty
My favorite is the PolyStation.
I think Spencer covered one of the games in it – the one with Pikachu in Super Mario Bros.
http://midre.blogspot.com cbjones
to be fair, there were tons of sliding portable media players on eBay before Sony announced the PSPGo. Sony's aesthetic design for this thing wasn't exactly ground breaking. Maybe this is just a coincidence…Obviously it isn't, but still.
I feel bad for all the kids who nag their parents for video games, only to instead get a knock off system.
*Ponders.*
I take it back. It must be funny when they get their hopes up, only to realize they've been duped by frugal relatives. Hehe…
QBasic
Hey, I'll take a Polystation 3 over grandma's wool boxers any day…
QBasic
Did he? Seriously? When?
http://www.youtube.com/matman125 matty
Bah! I can't post links here (the system must think it's spam), but search for “pika pirate” on this site.
I remember playing it on my nephew's Polystation that he got for Christmas.
It actually has some pretty decent games if you ever try it.
http://www.youtube.com/matman125 matty
Haha! My sister is like that to her kids! Instead of giving them all the cool stuff she gives them “Justice Friends” figures, Pokemon toys that aren't really Pokemon, t-shirts with a purple Bugs Bunny, and of course the Polystation.
It's going to be pretty interesting seeing them as adults.
cowcow
PSPno
http://www.facebook.com/Starstew Ed Stastny
It'll never happen, but I hope the clone-makers get sued to oblivion. That is, unless their clone plays UMDs.
QBasic
Just remove the “h” from “http”. That seems to do the trick.
CleruTesh
Couldn't disagree more. When it comes to patents, I really think it is ridiculous when companies sue each other over aesthetic similarities. However, an unlicensed player for a proprietary copy-protected format would be stepping over the line IMHO. Although I do take issue with the “emulator for 16 bit games”, which I doubt has any legitimate use.
Aoshi00
How much does this fake go for?
No matter how much I like new gadgets, I still can't bring myself to buy this (got pretty close though if I hadn't missed Dell's 15% off deal, bringing the Go to $212 plus tax), when I consider the inability to play the dozens of UMD games I own and my unwillingness to buy full games digitally. And for a mp3 player or paper weight, the price is still steep… Will wait till they let us play our UMD library or a special edition PSPGo, I'm a sucker for that, and right now the two colors are both bad anyway, fingerprint black or sparkly white.
I heard the Go even uses a new type of memory stick right? Does that mean you can't even transfer the save files from the PSP to Go? The cons of these machine are just too many…
Aoshi00
So that's the trick.. I was wondering why some of my posts got “moderated” and never showed up because of a link, and it was some cool stuff I wanted to share from youtube :(…
http://www.siliconera.com Spencer
Ahh sorry about the links. Those are going through spam filters :(. I'm going to try to readjust the site so everyone can put one link in a post without it getting tossed in the moderation graveyard.
http://www.siliconera.com Spencer
Like $80 something at that one site. There are probably other retailers selling this under different names.
Aoshi00
And I thought Spence was the cruel “moderator”, lol..
QBasic
Lol. I thought so too…
Oh well, no rush dude. :3 I think we can make do with the link trick for now.
QBasic
Well…at least it isn't the POPstation…
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOmEOjK5UHY
http://www.youtube.com/user/xxHiryuuxx Hiryuu
PXP-2000…
…
Yea, they're really trying.
http://twitter.com/matty_125 matty
My favorite is the PolyStation.
I think Spencer covered one of the games in it – the one with Pikachu in Super Mario Bros.
http://midre.blogspot.com cbjones
to be fair, there were tons of sliding portable media players on eBay before Sony announced the PSPGo. Sony's aesthetic design for this thing wasn't exactly ground breaking. Maybe this is just a coincidence…Obviously it isn't, but still.
I feel bad for all the kids who nag their parents for video games, only to instead get a knock off system.
*Ponders.*
I take it back. It must be funny when they get their hopes up, only to realize they've been duped by frugal relatives. Hehe…
QBasic
Hey, I'll take a Polystation 3 over grandma's wool boxers any day…
QBasic
Did he? Seriously? When?
http://twitter.com/matty_125 matty
Bah! I can't post links here (the system must think it's spam), but search for “pika pirate” on this site.
I remember playing it on my nephew's Polystation that he got for Christmas.
It actually has some pretty decent games if you ever try it.
http://twitter.com/matty_125 matty
Haha! My sister is like that to her kids! Instead of giving them all the cool stuff she gives them “Justice Friends” figures, Pokemon toys that aren't really Pokemon, t-shirts with a purple Bugs Bunny, and of course the Polystation.
It's going to be pretty interesting seeing them as adults.
cowcow
PSPno
http://www.facebook.com/Starstew Ed Stastny
It'll never happen, but I hope the clone-makers get sued to oblivion. That is, unless their clone plays UMDs.
QBasic
Just remove the “h” from “http”. That seems to do the trick.
CleruTesh
Couldn't disagree more. When it comes to patents, I really think it is ridiculous when companies sue each other over aesthetic similarities. However, an unlicensed player for a proprietary copy-protected format would be stepping over the line IMHO. Although I do take issue with the “emulator for 16 bit games”, which I doubt has any legitimate use.
Aoshi00
How much does this fake go for?
No matter how much I like new gadgets, I still can't bring myself to buy this (got pretty close though if I hadn't missed Dell's 15% off deal, bringing the Go to $212 plus tax), when I consider the inability to play the dozens of UMD games I own and my unwillingness to buy full games digitally. And for a mp3 player or paper weight, the price is still steep… Will wait till they let us play our UMD library or a special edition PSPGo, I'm a sucker for that, and right now the two colors are both bad anyway, fingerprint black or sparkly white.
I heard the Go even uses a new type of memory stick right? Does that mean you can't even transfer the save files from the PSP to Go? The cons of this machine are just too many…
Aoshi00
So that's the trick.. I was wondering why some of my posts got “moderated” and never showed up because of a link, and it was some cool stuff I wanted to share from youtube :(…
http://www.siliconera.com Spencer
Ahh sorry about the links. Those are going through spam filters :(. I'm going to try to readjust the site so everyone can put one link in a post without it getting tossed in the moderation graveyard.
http://www.siliconera.com Spencer
Like $80 something at that one site. There are probably other retailers selling this under different names.
Aoshi00
And I thought Spence was the cruel “moderator”, lol..
QBasic
Lol. I thought so too…
Oh well, no rush dude. :3 I think we can make do with the link trick for now.

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