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PSP Firmware 5.50 to be Released Soon
greg | April 20, 2009
Ch’yeah, like we didn’t see this coming now that the recently discovered TIFF exploit has blown up… Posted by Eric Lempel over at the official PlayStation Blog are details concerning the soon-to-be released PSP Firmware 5.50. What’s new? Allow me to quote –
The firmware update will introduce an Information Board on the PSP system’s XMB (XrossMediaBar) interface. Those of you who have a PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) may be familiar with this feature, which displays news and updates from the world of PlayStation in a scrolling ticker in the upper right-hand corner of your TV screen. Now you’ll be able to read up-to-date information about upcoming games, new content available on PlayStation Store, and other news right on your PSP whenever you’re at a wireless Internet hotspot.
In addition, we’ll be adding a few more enhancements with the 5.50 update:
- Memory Stick improvements – You’ll be able to create and access sub-folders on your Memory Stick PRO Duo for music, videos and photos. Separately, the available space required to download a file from PlayStation Store to your Memory Stick has been reduced significantly.
- Internet search for games directly from the XMB – You’ll be able to easily search the Internet for information about your PSP games. Select the icon for the game, hit the Triangle button, and then select [Internet Search] from the options menu to get search results based on the game title. This feature was added to PS3 with the recent 2.70 update.
- Trend Micro trial – PSP’s Internet browser is a great tool for checking out your favorite Web sites on the go, and we’re teaming up with the Internet security experts at Trend Micro to make the Web browsing experience safer and more secure. With the 5.50 update, you’ll have the option to access a free trial of two Trend Micro services:
- Trend Micro Web Security uses Web reputation technology to block PSP owners from accidentally visiting a Web site that may contain malicious content designed to steal personal information and confidential data.
- Trend Micro Kids’ Safety uses URL filtering technology to prevent children from accessing Web sites that feature inappropriate content.
And of course they’ve likely patched said TIFF exploit; so when 5.50 hits, don’t rush to upgrade, not yet anyway. We’ll keep you posted.
- source: blog.us.playstation.com
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nice but i dont see the need to update. i have the latest CFW anyway.
when when 5.50/5.50m33 comes out, not anymore
>N@T3< i just wanted to say first :P na im playin around. sony should just give up already i can see this being in m33 sometime soon thought wheres Dax :D as for the creation of sub folders i guess sony finally figured out how to use ir shell
yeah i actually find that a useful feature to create and delete subfolders off the psp i like this update tho as for the browser i feel like its completley useless
Like @iRANG said, they finally figured out how to use iRShell. Why did it take them FIVE!!! years since the release of the PSP to figure out that people like to organise stuff into folders????
95% useless update. Subfolders is good, and hopefully for us CFW users we can make subfolders for all of those games and homebrew. Probably not though, so this is still pretty much useless.
Creating sub folders under game for homebrew category can be made possible with game_categories plugin. but creating sub folder on music is not available though….
But i really like the idea, on out of the box solution :)
TrendMicro AV on the PSP? No thanks…
resistance is futile unless you dont update. which is a dead end eventually.
Still no friends list or messaging.
its the only thing i want on a PSP.. or trophy system …
TrendMicro for the PSP…yeah, because there are SOOOO many viruses out there that’ll kill your PSP. Much worse then Windows…waste of time, research, and life.
yeah… because theres sooo many site malicious to the PSP
although, im curious to see if DAX will make the m33 show his homebrew news instead, that actully be useful
It might be cool to see the Trend crap pulled out of the m33 release…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I would like to see how DAX crakcs it to make it an full version because it says that the AV is just an trial.
This proves, once and for all, that Sony is plain stupid. Seriously now, include a trial version of an anti spam software? Who the fuck is going to buy that? Simple answer: no one. Oh, and child protection? Like yeah, sure, they’re going to view porn sites on their PSPs because it’s so much more comfortable than on their PCs. Damn. If they really wanted to provide a content filtering system they should have partnered with Google / Mozilla Foundation / OpenDNS. It would have been free and much, much better.
Damn man, these huge corporations that think that only other huge corporations are good are going to die really soon. Why do you think they partnered with Trend Micro? Because it’s some big company that asked for a lot of money for this project and the old “it’s expensive so it must be good” crap thinking kicked in.
Stupid, very stupid decision.
thats waht you think!
What do you think?
me? i think you fail
Really smart, what can I say.
yeah right.. f*** you.. so you think viruses ain’t scary? I hope you get confickered.
What? You guys don’t do you banking and taxes on your PSPs?
LMAO nice one
I do…. Jokes, but really, this looks like an okay update, at least the news reel, I like that idea.
ehh not to bad, trial version? what will happen if it goes out of date?
Expirates and as typical it will pop you an “nag” screen every time.
man that sucks
“You’ll be able to create and access sub-folders on your Memory Stick PRO Duo for music, videos and photos.”
Version 5.5 finally brings what should have been there from the beginning! WTG Sony.
Unnecessary update for me.I’m still waiting more file support(like avi with sub).I dont think coz hardware limitations.On FW 1.50 I can watch wmv and avis with a homerew.Not all one but I can some…
Not a bad set of updates imo.
It would have been nice if they set up sub-folders for GAME aswel rathe than the other stuff.
But meh whatever. Cant wait for the m33 (or gen)
Trend Micro trial? common…. The PSP web browser itself is a total crap. Scrap tat crappy NetFront and let the people in Opera team do it.
OK, Trend Micro… pieces of crap, and waste of time… honesty i agree with sum smart people here for the fact of them STILL not making the psp a friend, and messaging based unit still is a damn shame… trophies would also be freakin great, but im sure these lazy asses dont have the time to create stuff of that kinda brilliance… so they just focus on pointless retardation(wow big word), i mean come on … seriously when was the last time you heard of anyones psp catching a trogen, or sumones identity being stolen ???
PSP Firmware 5.50 released
Sony has released PSP Firmware 5.50. You can update via your PSP’s network update feature. However users looking to take advantage of the TIFF exploit will want to hold off updating.
Key features introduced in PSP Firmware 5.50:
* XMB Information Board similar to the PS3’s
* Unregistered browsing on the PlayStation Store
* Create and access sub-folders for music, videos and photos
* Internet search for games directly from the XMB
* Free trial for two Trend Micro Internet security services
Didn’t come out yet I just checked Playstation.com
Not like I’t matters anyways. My PSP 2000 with CFW 5.00 M33-6 makes my day =]
now available. psp firmware 5.50 out now
Wonderful!
Having no previous PSP knowledge, I get all pumped up to get the latest model of PSP. I buy Final Fantasy Tactics and start craving more old PSX games as I enthusiastically put music, pictures, and SOFTWARE UPDATES on my console to find I’ve stuck myself in download purgatory.
Please help me hack ASAP! I’m dying to play my freshly downloaded cso and pbp files from demonoid!
im confused i cant see my iso downloaded games in my psp fat 1001 ver 5.50 (help)?
look at my name ghenz, that’s the answer
you guy’s realize that to be able to play games downloaded off of the PSN you have to have a certain firmware, yes? For the FF:VII that they re-released you have to 5.5 firmware
Yeah so what if you need 5.5 to run the FF:VII psn release, thanks to tools available on this site, and Astroburn, I was able to rip my PS1 version of FF:VII from the original game CD’s and encode them into a single 3disc Eboot that works just fine. I can’t seem to get FF:VIII to work past certain fights unless I pass up drawing out the GF’s from that boss… So if Sony ever releases a working FF:VIII for PSP then I will buy that, but as long as my personal rips work I will continue to thank PSP-Hacks and Disk-tools and say sorry sony, you allready have enough of my money already, and I am still saving up for a PS3.
opps i update and i haved custom :( so r there any good custom firmware for 5.50 help?