The last gaming console I owned was an Atari 2600, and boy could I whack the hell out of Warlords. Haven’t ever had much interest in getting another one, but three things pricked up my ears about the new Sony Playstation Portable: it’s got a helluva screen, it’s got media playback, and it’s got WiFi.

Now, I can’t say that I really need this, since I’m surgically connected to my laptop (WiFi, great screen), and my cell phone does movie and music playback. But… geez, the movies would be nicer on a PSP.

I think I’m just experiencing a bad case of geeklust, ever since I thought I’d have to buy a Palm Tungsten E to service a client, and had that fall through. The SE900 is still my favorite gizmo, but I’m tired of the problems I’m having with music playback (subject of a future Portentia), and let’s face it — a two-hour movie shrunk down to 90 Mb is a pretty crappy movie.

Then again, how often do I need to watch a two-hour movie on a handheld? You see the dilemma.