A few days ago, Japan got the big Three-Point-Five-Oh. It was only a matter of time before the happy elves of Sony got to work with a version for North America. Now straight right out of the official U.S. site of Sony, PSP Firmware 3.50 is available below for your perusal.

So what exactly are we looking at here? The biggest feature of this FW update is your handheld compatibility with its console brother, the PS3. The recent FW 1.80 for the PS3 opened up Remote Play, and now, this PSP FW 3.50 is what will finally make things go full circle. Here's a changelog from the Sony's NA site:

Network

* You can now connect a PSP system to a PS3 system via the Internet using [Remote Play].
* [Communication Settings] has been added as an option to the [Remote Play] menu.
* [RSS Channel Guide] has been added as a feature under [RSS Channel].