PSP Skype for PSP 2000 (Slim) Owners Only

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January 5th, 2008, 17:13
wraggster

PSP Skype for PSP 2000 (Slim) Owners Only

Full article from Gamespot

Earlier this week, Sony's Consumer Electronics Show site slipped news that voice over IP support would soon be added to the hardware maker's frontline handheld, the PlayStation Portable. While the blurb contained no information beyond the fact, Japan's Nikkei Net news service (registration required) is reporting today that Skype functionality will be added to the PSP as early as this month.

Nikkei also provided a few details on what PSP owners can expect from the Sony-Skype partnership. Skype's Internet phone technology will be limited to owners of the PSP Slim, which launched worldwide in September. Owners of the redesigned handheld will able to download Skype software directly onto their PSPs and then use a specially designed microphone to communicate.

The Skype service will be free for PSP-to-PSP and PSP-to-PC calls. PSP Slim owners will also be able to sign up for a dedicated phone number, which Nikkei is reporting will run for 2,250 yen (about $20.70) for three months of usage. Nikkei did not report on whether the pricing structure would extend to other regions. Sony had not returned requests for comment as of press time.

Doesnt sound so great now, paying for the bast drops my willingness to try it.. We need a homebrew Skype ;)
January 5th, 2008, 18:12
CoderX

We will have rewritten the prx to run on psp-1000 with in days. lol why waste their time limiting its use, :rolleyes:
January 5th, 2008, 18:35
F9zDark

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoderX

We will have rewritten the prx to run on psp-1000 with in days. lol why waste their time limiting its use, :rolleyes:

I sure hope so, as much as I want the Slim, I don't feel like shelling out for yet another PSP.
January 5th, 2008, 18:40
troom

yes

but they said that it would use a special mic and the connecter on the slim is slightly different than the phat.
January 5th, 2008, 19:08
mike_jmg

Quote:

Originally Posted by troom

but they said that it would use a special mic and the connecter on the slim is slightly different than the phat.

yep that's probably it, they won't make a mic for the phat's connector, even worse, maybe they can't

wasn't there some sort of mic used with Socom FTB, I never liked it so I never got it, but mabe we can use that, It worked with the fatty right?
January 5th, 2008, 20:06
DarthPaul

This is totally insane!
January 5th, 2008, 20:17
lost101

Chotto Shot / Go! Cam has a builtin mic.
January 5th, 2008, 20:48
troom

yes

but can we use the head set or will it be a diffirent type of mic will just have to wait in see
if they do let you use the origanal head set then there could possible be a homebrew port but there could be a problem with the size of ram on the phat but im no coder so what do i know.
January 5th, 2008, 23:11
Cloudhunter

I hope they don't limit it to Slim owners owner. Didn't happen with the DS.

If they limit it because it's not possible (maybe because of the 32 MB limit on the fat) then that's fair enough, but if they do it for no reason like the 1seg then they are idiots.

Cloudy
January 5th, 2008, 23:30
Anonymous D

Quote:

Owners of the redesigned handheld will able to download Skype software directly onto their PSPs and then use a specially designed microphone to communicate.

that suggests to me all theyre gonna do is make the mic conector slim only.
January 6th, 2008, 02:29
mcdougall57

would hate this news if i hadnt thrown my psp against a wall
January 6th, 2008, 03:45
Chackan

And another bad turn by Sony 8-)
January 6th, 2008, 05:10
No_one_in_particular

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloudhunter

If they limit it because it's not possible (maybe because of the 32 MB limit on the fat) then that's fair enough, but if they do it for no reason like the 1seg then they are idiots.

Cloudy

I know! I mean what the ****?!
January 6th, 2008, 11:32
blackrave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloudhunter

If they limit it because it's not possible (maybe because of the 32 MB limit on the fat) then that's fair enough, but if they do it for no reason like the 1seg then they are idiots.

Cloudy

Exactly. Morons, to be more precise. I was looking so much forward to this, but have no intentions or wants of buying a slim.
January 6th, 2008, 18:52
haragog

I think it's way better than nothing (DSh*t)...and homebrewer's will figure a way like always!
January 6th, 2008, 20:45
pkmaximum

Well I saw this coming, Now I hate SONY
January 6th, 2008, 23:02
Dorian

If the frickin DS with its N64 stats can do Skype,then hell,the PSP should be able to do so.
DS: 67MHz CPU,4MB RAM
PSP:333MHz CPU,32MB RAm

T>T
January 6th, 2008, 23:47
Fanjita

Quote:

Originally Posted by wraggster

We need a homebrew Skype ;)

You mean, like this one? ;)
January 6th, 2008, 23:50
wraggster

welcome back :)

about time the PSP Scene was graced with one of the finest coders :)

time to post news :)
January 7th, 2008, 00:14
mikebeaver

mark that 1 for homebrew coders and 1 lost to Sony :)

Nice work Fanjita and team,

Mike..
January 7th, 2008, 00:23
Buddy4point0

it doesn't matter sony.
yea go ahead and try to make us buy psp slim's, too bad through homebrew we will have a rewritten prx, for the fat, and another plugin for use with a headet that does fit in the psp.
January 7th, 2008, 04:42
The Master

Before its even been released Fanjita is back and arrives in style with phat compatible version, welcome back :p
January 29th, 2008, 14:11
djbrotherson

i got a slim... BRING IT ON

(where's the download button?)
January 29th, 2008, 15:26
F9zDark

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbrotherson

i got a slim... BRING IT ON

(where's the download button?)

It isn't out yet; it is supposed to be released by the end of January and since that is fast approaching, I am beginning to wonder if they will make the deadline.

Chances are, this will come as a firmware update, meaning that us Fat owners (who don't run CFW) will still have the Skype icon, but will be unable to use it. Chances are, however, that Sony won't change the mic; while they probably want people to buy the Skype headset they are releasing, that would be very bad business considering many people may already have a headset for Socom or Killzone Liberation.

I hope thats the case anyway, because that would really suck. The PSP Fat owners cannot use Skype, probably because the Fat has less memory than the Slim, but to make the mic incompatible with Fat PSPs would make it that much harder for us to get Skype working through CFW.
January 29th, 2008, 16:21
djbrotherson

yeaa i feel you on that it would be a bad marketing move for Sony but they always making bad moves. I was gonna use furikup but i didnt want to bother, i have a freakin cell phone lol
January 29th, 2008, 18:13
F9zDark

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbrotherson

yeaa i feel you on that it would be a bad marketing move for Sony but they always making bad moves. I was gonna use furikup but i didnt want to bother, i have a freakin cell phone lol

The only thing that makes Skype desirable for me is that for 3 dollars a month I can make calls to anyone in the US on Landlines and Cell phones. If my Cell battery dies when I am out somewhere and I have a PSP, I have that as a backup.

As well, I'd rather pay 3 bucks a month for Skype than 80 for my cell phone.

Thats really what makes it worth it for me, and I live in an area with good Cell and Wi-Fi coverage, so it would be a nice "fall-back option".