my psp can not steam music from pandora.com because there is not enough memory. can the memory be boosted with an external hardrive.
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1. Memory = RAM, This is a hardware module/chip used to store data in a volatile state (if you power your computer/psp off the ram will be erased). However, this allows for very-fast-access for read/write.
2. Storage/Disk/Etc = Hard Drives, SD Cards, etc.. This is "long term" or static storage. (you can power off but the data stays!). You can increase your storage by as much as the system supports I have seen adapters for old-style psp's that allow them to store 100+ gigabytes. This would be where you store, Movies, Data files, Music...etc.
In Summery.
A system like a PSP is what we would consider embeded hardware. Everything you get is put there by the company that built it. It is not designed to be upgraded/tinkered with accept in very specific ways (like adding a larger SD card for storage). It is possible you could remove the memory chip from the PSP motherboard and solder a new one on but this is well outside the grasp of most people as it requires a lot of very precise work and background knowledge. Short version, You cannot "upgrade" the memory on your psp.
However, most netbooks/small laptops ARE designed to be upgraded. In almost any case they will ship with only 256-512-1024 MB of memory (basically 1gb or less). You can purchase an after market memory module for your netbook/laptop to install (be careful! you must make sure it is compatible with the motherboard!) and you can increase the memory. In most netbooks i believe the "hard limit" that the motherboard would support is 2gb.
Hope this all helps!
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Pandora Radio doesn't exactly run like other internet radios and currently doesn't have a PSP compatable version of it. Pandora Radio uses Flash Local Storage, which PSP doesn't currently support. Even if rigging your external hardrive to your psp would up your memory, you still wouldn't be able to use Pandora Radio on your PSP. Plus, I don't really remember the PSP having a USB port to hook up and external to anyways. However, there is a forum on how to rig your PSP to use Pandora song by song, but may take a little work using your RSS Feed. Here is the forum link on how to set it up:
http://www.forums.qjnet/psp-general-help/42931-pandora-streaming-music-psp.html
Until PSP comes up with an update to allow Flash Storage or Pandora comes out with a PSP compatable version of it, it may just be easier to use your cell phone network (if you have a smartphone). If you do choose to go this route, remember that Pandora uses a lot of data downloading so get a plan that has either unlimited data download or a high amount while monitoring your data downloads closely so you don't go over your plan.
Hope this helps.
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so would enlarging the memory on say my netbook be in that same catagory as my psp as far as enlarging my memory with an external drive?
Memory is not hard disk space, enlarging memory for your PSP is next to impossible, for your netbook: difficult, for your desktop PC: done in no time. Memory is a chip very close to the processor where the data is stored, that is needed at runtime. Your processor needs this to work correctly.
Hard disk space is a long-term storage space where your data can be stored when your system is turned off. It has nothing to do with memory. Sorry, if am am overly clear.
