Re:We blame Sony on non replaceble battery? (Score 1)

A bigger reason Sony closed the door on user-replaceable batteries might be the hacking community. Right now the easiest way to hack the Sony PSP is to use a Pandora battery, which is a normal battery with a piece of code changed to make it think it's a service battery and will then execute code that is placed on a Memory Stick Duo. With the PSPGo, Sony has cut this method off entirely, unless you want to void your warranty. With the previous PSP (I've never had one under warranty, I'll mention that right here) I'd assume all you'd have to do is update with an official Sony file and you'd lose the hack but it'd be undetectable that the machine was hacked in the first place.