http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/ Engadget Comments for Skype coming to Sony's PSP? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 30th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Feb 18th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
However, the typing system PSP has for entering data isn't really bad once you know how to use it. I had to set up the wifi for all my cousins this christmas and it went without a hitch.

THE SKYPE FOR PSP - or another VOIP should have been on the system from the start. In fact, I wouldn't be suprised if PSP started coming with headphones that had built in mics.

Imagine being able to sit in a library (or in a wifi equipped airplane, train,bus,etc) and chat over Skype like you were using a cellphone?

I have alot of Chinese friends in China who use Skype in their businesses and until this addition for PSP, I never saw myself ever possibly getting a Skype account. PSP could open A LOT of doors with this for a lot of people.

PSP could theoreticaly become a cheap Skype alternative.


If they were REALLY SMART, they would make a skype account for PSP a cool $10 a month. Even better - a PREPAID card.
I could see millions of subscribers going for that.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/please see:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/27/logic-3-psp-keyboard-unplugged/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzl3ELO9jE

SONY not wanting the PSP to compete with its other product lines, like the fugly MyLo, halts the PSP just short of brilliance.

but there is always the possibility of more firmware updates and more zany attachments.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
Wal-Mart already sells prepaid Skype cards and you can also use a credit card or direct debit from checking.

Skype Pro runs three bucks a month and covers cell phones and landlines in the US and Canada.

So I guess I'm missing how his suggestion is "REALLY SMART". Prepaid cards are available and you get unlimited domestic calling for $3/month instead of $10/month.

R.I.F.
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This rumor is likely real, and has been planned for awhile. A firmware dump last Feb(07) showed that Skype was refereed to within the official firmware.

Link
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Skype-functionality-coming-to-the-PSP-/pg/49/aid/82280

More interesting, DarkAlex's revealed that there is a '3G' 3rd generation PSP being refereed to in firmware 3.8

http://www.qj.net/Mathieulh-PSP-3-80-firmware-reveals-new-psp-model-in-the-works/pg/49/aid/110060]]>Jan 2nd 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
e.g. iPod vs Zune: Different players, I prefer iPods, but many prefer Zunes,

or PSP vs. DS: Neither is better, it depends on what games people prefer:
for Mario and Zelda, the DS; for God of War & Syphon Filter, the PSP.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
Sony should never have released a gaming product without two analog sticks. It hampers almost every game. I owned one, and bought several games, but they always felt compromized (Metal Gear, Syphonfilter, and especially SOCOM, to be specific) Not only would the market for PS1 ports be much larger, but they would have had more interest from developers. It's a dual-analog gaming world, and I see it as a shortcoming.

UMD movies were a flop, and it takes too much time to rip DVDs and convert them to PSP-compatible files, not to mention that you need to purchase additional memory from the get go. Even then, the functionality isn't that great. The same goes with the music section. Sony makes PMPs, so the PSP should have greater capability in that area.

The browser is sub-standard. The photo presentation is alright, etc.

Like I said, jack of all trades, master of none. I still hold out hope for PSP2.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
He's not trolling, just saying he doesn't like about the PSP.

Personally, I entirely agree that the thing that really hurt the PSP was not having another analog stick on the right side (heck, even just putting the one on the right side would be much better than it is now). It's likely why there are few good games, developers are probably scratching their heads trying to figure out how to make a control scheme that works.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
It doesn't take that long to rip DVD's, and the time is a small price to pay to watch free movies in portable form. And you can get a 4GB memory stick for under 50 bucks. Kinda expensive, but 4GB is all you really need: more than enough to fit 2-3 movies on my PSP. I really don't need more: A good dvd rip in psp format only takes up about 1GB, so I keep a bunch of my movies on my computer's harddrive, then choose what i want to watch when i go on a trip.

Even if you don't agree with everything I said above (everyone's entitled to their own opinion), you gotta admit that PSP is still a master of homebrew ;)]]>Jan 2nd 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
I was wondering the same thing

Music:
so far there are no play lists

Gaming:
is pretty solid now.

Emulation:
no heavy duty PS1 emulation because of the missing analog {I would prefer to not remote play PS1 games I own when I should be able to run an image or the like if I went all out and owned a every system I would expect special treatment, any rpg fan would love to run FF7 on the PSP} {unofficial emulation for what I've read is kick-ass}

Internet:
Internet Browser constantly goes ram hungry and is slow to render webpages {though I like the default fit to screen features of the include broswer, I think Opera would be a better choice, RSS is a nice touch.

Video:
The official software tools {that I don't use or have even tried} should have been included to add value make it easier for the "Average Joe" to use. If video cables were include for the original PSP maybe UMD movies may have not been such a flop {still doesn't justify $20 pricing for kid movies}.

all the features combined makes it good, but it doesn't excel at any one feature.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 4th 2008 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
I think I've proved my point.

:)Have a nice day!!!:)]]>Jan 3rd 2008 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
Sorry for the run-on-sentence, but FF7 isn't a down-loadable game from the PS store, I don't want to have to remote-play.

Ape Escape?
I guess that's why there is a port.

I stand corrected on the dual-analog debate, Touché]]>Jan 3rd 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
Imagine someone holding their PSP up to the side of their face and talking in it like it was a damned oversized Blackberry. ]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
The main reasons are:

1. Wifi chipsets are designed to transmit 100m or so, and thus are overengineered for a short range product and use much too much power when idle. Making a specialized wifi chipset for a niche product (wifi instead of bluetooth the defacto standard for headsets) isn't profitable for anyone.

2. Wifi has high latency. Not too high for VoIP, but given a choice, you'd want something a little faster since you have to add the latency for every hop between you and the guy you're talking to.

3. If you made a wifi headset, first you'd have to join it to the wireless network your PSP is connected to. It's messy enough entering WIFI authentication keys into a PSP with a gamepad, imagine doing that on a headset.

A better option is to make a PSP with bluetooth so you could use a bluetooth stereo headset when gaming/watching pr0n. Or connect your PSP to your TV, and use a PS3 gamepad with it (poor man's PS3 if you're using remote play, but hey, you could play warhawk in the bathtub if you wanted to). ]]>Jan 2nd 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9675]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
If I WAS WORKING IN SONY DESIGN, you could bet I woulda put out a foldup keyboard with a touchpad on the right side so you could unfold it, plug the PSP into it and browse the web. The PSP would be a better ultraportable webdevice than an EeePC.

Imagine having a foldup keyboard with a touchpad hooked to the PSP with the PSP camera pointing in your face for webchat and making YOUTUBE BLOGS.

goddamn you SONY - HIRE ME !
]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
You sound a little anxious :P]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/I just hope that they add skype to the older PSP now.]]>Jan 2nd 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/]]>Jan 2nd 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
Comon everyone...

Sony phone...]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/If it goes official I'll be buying one! ]]>Jan 2nd 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/
If it wasn't for that, it would have shipped with a USB keyboard, external HDD via USB and a mouse from day 1. They can do that stuff easily, but they won't as it interferes with Sony Games profit margins.

The flip side is that the more hardware they sell, the more casual gamers they will get but I admit I never buy games for mine any more, the games aren't generally that great compared to full size console or PC games and I don't need the portability these days. I bought mine when they came out fully expecting a keyboard to give me a decent web browsing and email client and it's just not happened.

Skype is nice though, turning it into an IP phone is long overdue, didn't BT announce a deal for the UK about a year ago now? All gone a bit quiet on that front...]]>Jan 2nd 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/skype-coming-to-sonys-psp/Jan 2nd 2008 9:35PM