Friday, August 22, 2008
FON and PSP® “Play Station Portable” Collaboration
August 22, 2008
FON Japan K.K.
http://www.fon.com
PSP® “Play Station Portable”×FON
Service Launch Today, August 22, 2008
FON Japan K.K. (hereafter FON Japan), and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (hereafter SCEJ) agreed on a partnership and launched a new service, PSP® “Play Station Portable” × FON (hereafter PSP® ×FON), today, August 22, 2008, whereby all PSP® users can access PSP® Internet Browser Official Site from FON’s wireless LAN access points (hereafter FON Spots).
With this PSP®×FON collaboration, PSP users are able to easily access and enjoy videos, wallpapers and custom themes of PSP software as well as videos for PLAYSTATION ®3 from over 44,000 FON Spots in Japan and over 2,200 FON livedoor Spots, which primarily cover central Tokyo.※3※4
Furthermore, with the launch of this service, all PSP users will be able to download custom themes of PSP®’s new software “DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY” (software to be released in December, 2008) from FON Spots.
More details on this service can be found on FON Japan Official Site (http://www.fon.ne.jp/) and SCEJ Official Site’s “PlayStation®Spot” section (http://www.jp.playstation.com/psp/pss/).
Finally, from August 23rd, the service launch date of PSP®×FON, we will begin sales of FON’s wireless routers “La Fonera” and “La Fonera+” in PC equipment section and game device section of some of Japan’s biggest retail stores including BIC Camera and Yodobashi Camera.
FON Japan will continue to enhance user experience and strive to popularize the WiFi culture
※1 In charge of domestic business as Sony Computer Entertainment’s division company
※2 Please refer to the following URL for details on the service and on PSP® Internet Browser Official Site・PSP® Internet Browser Official Site： http://www.jp.playstation.com/psp/browser/
※3 Please refer to the following for information on 「FON」 and FON APs
・FON Japan Official Site : http://www.fon.ne.jp/
※4 In order to use this service, one needs to register the FON access point to PSP® network settings
Please refer to FON Japan’s Official Site for detailed instructions on how to access
Moreover, one needs Memore Stick Duo TM in order to save the contents downloaded
※「PlayStation」、「プレイステーション」、「PLAYSTATION」、「PS3」 and 「PSP」 are SCEJ’s registered logos
※「Memory Stick Duo」is Sony Corporation’s registred logo
参 考 資 料
FON Members／Access Points
Global： 1,002,552 members／292,131 APs
Japan： 84,389 members／44,661 APs （as of August 15, 2008）
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