PSP Go! to be announced at E3

Well, contrary to what some may believe, the new PSP is most likely not going to be named PSP 2, or PSP-4000 or any other numerical advancement. Instead it will be called PSP Go! and will feature a sliding screen. Rumors indicate a possibility of touch screen (though personally, I doubt it). Sony will also have 8 or 16GB of internal memory (from what I hear, flash memory). It also seems like they may be using a new type of Memory Stick (assuming additional memory will be allowed in addition to the internal memory). One of the main differences is the dropping of the UMD drive. Instead, Sony plans to offer game downloads at launch. There will still be only one analog stick.

Sources:

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/psp-go-revealed-e3-2009-says-report/
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/01/rumor-psp-go-to-use-memory-stick-hg-micro-or-something-like-it/
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/28/touchscreen-slider-psp-go-confirmed-for-this-fall/
http://www.joystiq.com/tag/psp2
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/04/29/is-the-psp-go-the-new-umd-less-psp/

I sure hope the final PSP Go! doesn't look as awful as the mockups. It's too early to tell about hackability, unfortunately.

OMFG its not that i hate the idea of a new "sleek" psp but i hope it dosent make the new slim obsolete becase i highly doubt i can afford a new psp. maby if its not touch everything will be fine

Well, the 2000's and 3000's were supposed to make the 1000's obsolete, but it sort of worked backwards in the hacking scene. 1000's were the ideal hacking tool since they had 1.5 kernel and iR port, 2000's were then next since they still had a lot of the other capabilities, and the 3000's are just unwanted since they can't be hacked. There's no way to tell what's going to happen with the Go!. It's removing the UMD door, so although some people may find that good, I think others will find they prefer hard copies of their games.

yeha but i have two things to say,

1 i doubt i will be hackable because the all ready made the 3000 unhackable(so far)

2and does anyone know about the "touch screen" feature; is it just a rumor

From what it looks like, if they do in fact do it, they will likely use the Mylo touch screen.

1Up wrote:

As a bit of actual speculation, we wouldn't be surprised to see Sony borrow many design features from their Mylo 2 handheld Internet device, which is seemingly dead in the water. This could provide an 800x480 pixel touch screen for the system, as well as a camera on the system's backside.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173959