i tried to find my original thread on this issue to bump it, but the search came up empty.

bump, bump.

Captcha doesn't display at all on the PSP, so it's not possible for me to enter the silly phrases.

i technically think it's a domain issue because i'm fairly certain that the PSP is blocking it out because it ain't the same domain that i requested. but i'm currently drunk and bordering on euphoria.

I believe EE developers only work on supporting standard desktop browsers (FF, Opera, IE, Safari) and most mobile browsers, as long as they support javascript.

It is possible the PSP doesn't have javascript support. It has been officially stated that EE does not support the PS3 browser (And I assume the PSP browser too:
http://forums.earthempires.com/...lems-on-ps3-not-supported