Duo M@x and Sleepper have rolled out an update to their popular Java virtual machine emulator PSPKVM. The emulator can run both games and applications compiled with Sun Microsystems’ Java 2 Platform Micro Edition toolkit (J2ME) on any PSP that has custom firmware installed.

In addition to improved MIDlet compatibility, version 0.4.0 features various virtual keyboard enhancements, including optional shortcut keys and the ability to change the key arrangement to standard QWERTY format. The extensive changelog can be viewed after the break.

* JSR179 support (OE Version only). Currently support GPS290(Sony’s USB GPS receiver) only, serial GPS will be
supported in future
* Chinese Input Method. Please see “Virtual Keyboard and Chinese Input tips” in “Running tips” section of Release Note. Special thanks to Culiu for his contribution of Chinese Pinyin engine.
* Use Sony’s On screen Keyboard as alternate input method. Default is off, turn it on in pspkvm.ini
* X/O swap in native dialog, configurable by pspkvm.ini
* Get device specific properties from pspkvm.ini. User can set properties (e.g “microedition.platform”, or User-Agent value) for specific device.
* Use HTTP proxy setting in network profile
* Add SonyEricsson Generic device profile in Device Selection

Virtual Keyboard improvement:
1) Change key layout to be “QWERTY”
2) Add some short-cut keys
3) “Auto-open” property can be configured by pspkvm.ini

Resolve some MIDlets not run problems:
1) Super Action Hero
2) Gmail 1.5.0
3) Yahoo! GO

Download PSPKVM v0.4.0

PSPKVM [PSPKVM – Official Website]

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