Updated

According to Wikipedia, the firmware udpates for the PSP works for all PSP systems... which makes sense when I thought about it, so I went ahead and downloaded the update from Japan, and ran it through.

Sure enough, the disclaimer talks about US laws and such, leaving very little doubt that it would work just fine with my system, without messing with the regional coding. The official list of updates is as follows:


PSP™ Update ver 2.00

The following updtes will be added:

• An Internet browser was added.
  
• Go To was added as a feature under [Video].
  (This applies to UMD™VIDEO.)
  
• A-B Repeat was added as a feature under [Video].
(This applies to UMD™VIDEO and video data saved on Memory Stick™.)

• 4:3 Screen Mode was added as a feature under [Video].
  
(This applies to video data saved on Memory Stick™.)

• AVC was added as a codec that can be played under [Video].
  (This applies to video data saved on Memory Stick™.)
  
• Support for Memory Stick PRO Duo™ was added to [Music].
  
• MP4 (AAC) and WAV (LPCM) were added as formats that can be played under [Music].
  (This applies to music data saved on Memory Stick™.)
  
• Image transfer was added as a feature under [Photo].
  
• TIFF, PNG, GIF and BMP were added as image formats that can be displayed under [Photo].
  
• Korean was added as an option to [System Language] under [Settings], [System Settings].
  
• [Character Set] was added to [System Settings] under [Settings].
  
• [Theme Settings] was added under [Settings].
  
• WPA-PSK (TKIP) was added as a security method under [Network Settings].
  
• Settings for Infrastructure Mode under [Network Settings] were revised to be easier to use.
  
• Input modes were added to the on-screen keyboard.

I was going to try and post to the blog using the PSP, but got an error message of "not enough memory," so I guess that's the end of that.

But other than that, it seems to work okay... so far.