PSP & OS X, perfect together?

The Sony PSP is a work of art in terms of geek factor. It’s shiny black, it has a huge clear screen, it plays games, it plays music, it displays pictures, it basically does it all. But what are the chances of such an uber toy being supported on the Mac OS? Slim to none right? Apparently not. Sony announced that they will be releasing software for not only Windows, but for OS X as well. Sony said the software would be out within a year which seems a bit far off since the PSP is coming out in the US in two weeks and has been out in Japan for months. There is, however, a program that is out already which does everything you’d likely want in regards to sending content from your Mac to your PSP called iPSP. I’m guessing that the Sony software will not be as well integrated as iPSP, at least from what I can tell just reading the site. It supports iPhoto smart albums, iTunes playlists, automatically backs up your game saves, converts video to the PSP supported format, it even converts DVD .vob files for viewing on the PSP. Ok, so the PSP is releasing at $250 (they force you to buy the package with the accessories unlike Japan where they were given a choice between the accessory pack or a stripped down pack for less money), the iPSP software is $20-24, and a 1 GB memory stick DUO is $130-140. That makes the whole multi-media-geekfest package easily over $400. The latest 30 GB iPod Photo is $350 by itself and while it can’t do a lot of the things the PSP can it does have 29 more gigs of storage for your music and picture collection. That kind of comparison is going to be made quite a lot in the coming weeks as Sony has made it clear that they’re now gunning for the iPod market share. Now if only they can make enough of the damned things!