Computer world report today that Sony will transform its popular PlayStation Portable (PSP) into a mobile phone and Internet appliance.

The British Internet service provider BT Group PLC and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. announced the deal today which will transform the PSP by adding wireless broadband communications functions, including handheld video calls, voice calls and messaging.

The deal is to be carried out over a 4 year contract between the two parties. The services are set to launch in the UK first and later rollout with different Eurpean internet service providers.
Concern regarding the possible health issues involved by exposure to wireless internet and mobile is increasing in the UK as well as the fact that the UK Heart Association is concerned that youngsters in the PSP target group are increasingly becoming couch potatoes after a report claims that the average child now spends over 4 hours a day watching TV or playing games on PSP or PC.

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