How do Ipods and PSPs get "bricked"?

Question

Hey, I just bought a new Ipod touch, and I was wondering...how do they end up getting bricked and completely unsuable? I just want to avoid whatever causes that since I spent $300 on mine. I was wondering the same thing about PSPs, how do people brick them?

Answer 1

It's like "rewiring" the PSP to do things that it wasn't built to do.  But if you can "supercharge" the PSP with different programs without getting the "blue screen of death" or red, people are willing to do it.  But there is a way out now that can unbrick a PSP, so there is less worry.