Teach42

The only reason I’m bringing this up is because A) I own a PSP and B) Many of your students own one or a similar device (such as a palm, ipod, cell phone,etc.)

Sony updated the PSP firmware and they have now built in RSS support! Sounds fantastic, eh? Unfortunately, not really. They came so close too. First of all, the RSS seems to really revolve around audio files. You can’t just cache your blogs to take them on the go. However, as a podcaster that in itself still sounded pretty darn good! Here’s the kicker though: it will only stream the audio.

So, it can check a feed, load it up, and list all the audio files enclosed. But if you want to listen to any of those files, you have to have an active wireless connection. Wow, talk about missing the point, eh?

Anyway, it’s still exciting in a teeny tiny way because it does emphasize one more way that RSS is starting to permeate the world of things that get plugged in or have batteries. Step in the right direction, albeit a baby step.

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