Sony PSP adds RSS support

Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) gaming device now supports Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds. The RSS Channel is presented to users above the web browsing option in version 2.6 or above of Sony’s PSP system software. Users can add feeds by clicking on a link to an advertised feed in their web browser.

The mobile RSS aggregator is specially designed for downloading podcasts in MP3 or AAC format. The channel list and streaming media is saved on Memory Stick Duo media. Only the RSS 2.0 syndication format is currently supported.

Sony has a special page for developers documenting their aggregator’s handling of RSS. Russell Beattie installed his update and shared some of his first impressions on his blog.