Sony Corp. is adding Internet access to its Play Station Portable in a bid to increase the mobile gaming device's appeal as a handheld entertainment center, the company said on Wednesday.
Sony Computer Entertainment America is offering PSP users a software upgrade that will allow wireless Internet access on the device, including a new Web browser to connect to news, entertainment content, online searches and e-mail.
The software is also built to increase data security on the device and enhance digital photo-sharing and video playback capabilities, the company said.
"The Internet browser and other added functionality ... will further enhance the user experience beyond the unprecedented portable entertainment already provided by PSP," said Andrew House, executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Japan's Sony has sold nearly 2 million PSP units in North America since launching the product in March.
Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.
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