Talkman

Sony seems to have scored a hit with the PSP game Talkman, which tops the sales charts for games for portable consoles this week.

It is, however, not a game but rather an electronic phrasebook that enables Japanese users to communicate in English, Korean or Chinese (or vice versa). Users can either select a phrase from the menu or connect the enclosed microphone to their PSP and say a phrase in their native language. Talkman will then translate this phrase, and accompany it with funky animations by the strange bird (below) which seems to be the main character.

Further details can be found here.