The Sony PSP Go: What do you do if it stops?

Expensive and not always compatible, it looks almost elegant. But it
won’t upgrade well and when it breaks, your best solution is often an
independent repair shop.

Sony’s PlayStation Portable with a slide-screen gamepad added, but
without its disc drive, and what have you got? You have a PSP Go. For
$250, you get a PlayStation with a retooled grip, Bluetooth support,
and internal flash memory to the tune of 16 GB. This expensive handheld
weighs a svelte 5.6 ounces, lighter than the PSP-Slim or the original
PSP-1000, but there are compromises that had to be made. For instance,
the pixels in the LCD (it’s still a widescreen configuration,
480-by-272) now occupy less physical space, as the diagonal span has
shrunk ½ an inch from 4.3 inches to 3.8 inches. The consequences of
this varies by game, but to paraphrase the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis –
there’s a whole lot more squinting going on when you try reading the
on-screen text. Your plans for the future should now include learning
Braille.

While you can still see, you might notice that your PSP Go looks
nice. It’s an elegant black rectangle nestled between glossy, beveled
half-moons. You can buy it in “piano black” or “pearl white.”
Fingerprints can show up ugly on the black surface, but there is a way
to get around that flaw: just don’t touch it with your fingers. Certain
people have learned to make their PSP Go units function quite admirably
employing only tactile toes, especially their index toes combined with
the uncanny dexterity embodied within their large toes, avoiding
fingerprints entirely. This takes a lot of practice, but can be worth
the gargantuan effort, especially for those consumers who might find a
coating of unsightly finger smears objectionable.

If you are less agile with your feet than you’d hoped to be,
apparent disaster can unexpectedly occur. Enough “manhandling” with
your toes can cause your PSP Go to simply stop. And remember, explicit
stupidity is often not adequately covered in manufacturer’s warranties
– if such symptoms are even covered at all. What do you do with a PSP
Go which is sure no Energizer Bunny? Well, don’t be a dumb bunny and
take that broken PSP Go to your nearest independent repair shop.

Jeff Gasner is with CPR-Cell Phone repair. The leader in Cell Phone
Repair and iPod repair offering cell phone repair services nationwide.
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