Those who like to keep in touch with their friends may want to check out BigBondFan and BlazeByte.net's new portal, Gnextop. With Gnextop, you can manage files, surf the Internet, and chat with your friends. Certainly not a bad alternative to those who want to get Go! Messenger but don't live anywhere near Europe. More details await in the full article!


Download: Gnextop v0.3 Beta
Visit: QJ.Net PSP Development Forums

Want the functionality of an iPhone or iPod but don't want to pony up the cash? Well, your PSP can do whatever these other gadgets can do with ChrisTek and Epixx's iPSP v1.10. ChrisTek called our attention (thanks for the email!) to this program and we're glad that he did, because it is one of the most robust portals we've seen to date.

The iPSP is a portal designed to look and run like an Apple iPhone, and it contains several applications and games for your use. They've fixed some of the previous problems such as the out-of-memory issue that plagued the earlier release. Here's a short list of what you can expect from this program.

• Digg: The Digg application is an easy-route to get to the social-news website, Digg. It's a great site, and I recommend going to it on your PC as well, by going to http://digg.com.
• Photos: The Photos application displays up to ten photos that you choose, at 5-second intervals.
• Calculator: The Calculator application is just that. A calculator.
• Lock: The Lock application is more for eye candy. It's basically a manually-activated screensaver, and is great if you want to show off your sexy PSP's screen. Just try it. You'll think it looks cool too.
• Weather: The Weather application provides easy access to your local weather. It requires a wireless internet connection. Simply input your zip code and, thanks to Weather Underground, your local weather is displayed.
• iPod: The iPod application allows you to listen to music via PSPTunes. iPSP includes PSPTunes installation files if you don’t already have it installed.
• Browser: The EXPEDITION browser is your link to the web, while using iPSP. It has multiple tabs, and all the things you would expect a browser to have. The icon that looks like a book is for your own links, which are read from the PSP’s favorites menu.
• Games: The Games application is very simple, and is your access-way to the Flash games that come with iPSP. Simply choose a game to play it.
• About: The About application gives you legal and creation info about iPSP, as well as your current iPSP version.
• Messengers: The Messengers application is your gateway to the mobile messengers provided by eBuddy. They are: AIM, MSN, and Yahoo!
• Mail: The Mail application is your gateway to the most popular mobile mail providers. The providers are:Yahoo Mail, GMAIL, AOL Mail, and Windows Live mail.
• Vipr: The Vipr application is your gateway to the Vipr Online Media Service. At the time of iPSP's release, Vipr is still in production, so check back frequently for more updates on it's status.

If you plan on downloading it, there's an easy install file in an executable format and a zipped version for manual installation. As with all other homebrew, read the extensive manual that is provided with the program (in both PDF and txt format) to avoid any possible problems with your PSP. Kudos to Chris Tek and Epixx for this awesome program.

Download: iPSP v1.10 executable
Download: iPSP v1.10 zipped
Visit: QJ Development Forums

"Get the most advanced, most realistic PSP portal NOW!!!"

That's the so-called tag line for pspWxp. Got you interested, eh? As you might have guessed, the pspWxp is a PSP portal, which is roughly based on winpsportal, a free Windows XP portal for the PSP. Basically, it's a set of web pages that enable you to run Windows XP on your PSP, which runs on firmwares above 2.00. And nope, it's not a homebrew app, either.

Now, TombstoneTim just released version 3.5 of this portal, and here's the changelog to let you know the new features and bug fixes in this particular version:

New features:

• Added "User Additions" tab to the Start menu.
• Added "User Additions" to the My PSP application.
• Updated this Readme file with new info.
• Added new Installer by BigBondFan to the ZIP download.

New apps

• Day Organizer by Ocean19
• PSPDF Viewer by Ocean19

Bug fixes

• Fixed the "Home" button link on the Internet Browser.
• Three apps links fixed - Clock, PSPhone, Phone No. Converter.
• PSPTunes fixed so top player frame appears when first started up.
• Fixed the My PSP File browser/loader app.
• Fixed MY PSP Script error that occurred upon opening.
• Fixed the Applications list in My PSP...all apps links work from here now.
• Images redone to be compatible with IE viewing:
• Desktop-Calculator   
• Internet Browser - Home, Back, Forward   
• Start Button and Start Button mouse over image
• Added TombstoneTim's working version of pspWxp Text Editor.
• Fixed minor Syntax errors on all HTML pages in the portal.
• Added the standard gray pspWxp background color to a few games and apps in the portal.
• Made the appslist, gameslist, and new userlist from My PSP clickable links...can navigate with PSP D-Pad now.

Can't wait to try it out? Click on the download link below. Just make sure to check out the readme, as it has loads of details that you might want to take note of.

Thanks, ocean_19 for the tip!

Download: [pspWxp v3.5]

If you're not familiar with iTunes, we don't know where you've been but welcome back. Anyway, PSPtunes v2.0 is a music player developed by Bigbondfan and it works and looks like iTunes. This flash application plays songs in your web browser.

Below is the installation plus usage procedure for PSPTunes. The full instructions on how to use this application is included in the download file and we suggest that you read it first (why do you think they call it read me file?) before you install PSPtunes v2.0 on your console. Your PSP must have have Firmware 2.7 or later and the Flash must be enabled.

Installing PSPtunes:

1. Extract the files to somewhere on your hard drive
2. Plug your PSP into your computer using the USB cable
3. Browse to your PSP drive (usually E) and copy the psptunes folder to it. The index.html in the folder should be at E:psptunesindex.html.
4. Unplug your PSP and go to the web browser
5. Type the following address: file:/psptunes/index.html and press enter
6. PSPTunes should load with your songs in!

How to use PSPTunes:

1. Hover your cursor over a song and press X to play it
2. The next and previous buttons allow you to change the track
3. The pause button pauses the song, and play resumes it
4. The volume slider at the button allows the volume to be controlled
5. The song tracker underneath the song name displays the progress of the current song. Clicking on the tracker will  bring it to that part of the song.

This is just part of the read me text and we suggest you read the whole thing first before anything else. Since the author suggests that you compress music files, he's been kind enough to include a how-to file in doing that. Also, we don't  encourage illegal downloading of  copyrighted materials. PSPTunes is a music player that allows you to listen to music while using the Internet.

Download: [PSPtunes v2.0]