What the PSP lacks in entertaining software, it increasingly makes up for it in novel and useful applications. Earlier this year, Sony and the Institute for Contemporary Art in London announced a series of 10-minute magazine-style programmes downloadable for the handheld console which tie high culture with a "yoof" technology. A new partnership with Lonely Planet continues to cater for a young, mobile market, with the launch of Passport To....

At the minute the software only seems destined for a North American audience, with a $49.99 price tag only quoted in US dollars, but in this day of internet commerce surely techno-savvy Brits can also grab a copy of one of six interactive tour guides for major European cities. What an extraordinarily clever idea.

I stand corrected. I've just been informed that the software will retail in the UK for £19.99 per city.

via Digital Battle