go-messenger
Latest
PSP's Go!Messenger to Go! away next month
Goodbye Go!Messenger. Apparently no one is using you. Sony is pulling the plug on the free VoIP service for PSP after only one year of use. Edge Online confirms that Go!Messenger, which launched in Europe on February 29 of last year, will be shutting down next month on March 31. The service utilized the Go!Cam peripheral for live videochat, and though Go!Messenger will be gone soon, Sony promises other services that use the add-on device are on the way. You hear that? Don't chuck that camera in the rubbish bin just yet.
Go!Messanger releasing this Friday on PSN Store
European PSP owners will finally be able to get their hands on the Go!Messenger application this Friday. The service will go up on the PC PlayStation Network Store and will allow PSP owners who have the Go!Cam to communicate via video or voice chat wirelessly. The service is free, as long as you're connected to a wireless network. This doubles the communication potential of the system, what with last month's release of Skype for PSP, but still doesn't make it much more practical than a mobile phone. We're intrigued to get our hands on the software to see just how useful it is. At least Go!Messenger will support fat PSPs, so people who don't intend on updating their systems can still talk to each other over the internets. If you're in Europe, that is.
Rumor: Sony talking Skype for PSP at CES next week
Rumors, in the form of a decrypted firmware, cropped up last February regarding Skype on the PSP. In August, at the Leipzig Games Conference, Sony officially unveiled Go! Messenger – the newly branded suite of VoIP tools by British telecommunications giant, BT – which is due this month. On Sony's event page for CES 2008, the massive consumer electronics expo kicking off in Las Vegas this weekend, they list a curious feature for their handheld: "Call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system." (Click on the controller and then on the PSP to bring up a list of the features, as seen above). Could Sony finally show off the long-anticipated VoIP platform? And why isn't it using the Go! Messenger branding? And why are we asking so many questions? We can't be sure, but we've asked Sony to comment on their webpage. [Thanks, Jorge]
