Digital Trends' Geoff Duncan reports that the 3.30 firmware update for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) gives PSP owners six months of free Wi-Fi access at T-Mobile Hotspots.

"With T-Mobile's service, we're making it possible for the PSP community to connect in new ways and access the online content they want in more places than ever before," says Peter Dille, Sony Computer Entertainment America's senior VP of marketing. "More and more PSP users are going online to challenge each other in multi-player games, and we can now make it more convenient to access online gaming as well as the Internet."

"To take advantage of the six months free access, PSP users must download and install the PSP 3.30 firmware update; after that, they just log into the T-Mobile Hotspot network by March 28, 2008 (that's a year from now) to take advantage of the six month promotional period," Duncan writes. "Once the six months expire, PSP users will be able to purchase a Hotspot subscription at a 'special rate,' although no details of the pricing plans have been announced."

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