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Sony Announces Skype For PSP, Homebrewers Respond

Posted by Zonk on from the tit-for-tat dept.

Croakyvoice writes "Sony has finally officially announced that Skype is coming soon to the PSP. The VoIP service is slated to hit the company's handheld at the end of January. The application will be available via a firmware update and is only compatible with PSP Slim & Lite Consoles. After the announcement the PSP homebrew scene released a new application called Furikup which will allow you to make phone calls with your PSP and is compatible with the original phat PSPs."

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  1. Skype annoys the hell out of me by drspliff · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just like MSN, AIM, ICQ etc.. they all lock you and your friends into using the software. Skype is no different, it's not interoperable with anything else.

    How many times have you reluctantly had to sign up for some proprietary messaging system, then got forced into using a advert laden badly made piece of software, or less than optimal alternative (hear that Microsoft MSN Messanger and Gaim?) when there are tried, tested and IMO superior alternatives.

    Me? I use SIP and have a number of hardware & software phones that work with it at home and in the office... for messaging I use IRC and always have done.

    If only Sony would adopt homebrew applications like Furikup instead of tying themselfs in with Skype or some other proprietary vendor.

    1. Re:Skype annoys the hell out of me by cheater512 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Jabber servers mesh together like a hybrid between Gnutella and eDonkey p2p networks.
      If your dude123@abc.com and you want to talk to chick456@xyz.com then abc.com will connect to xyz.com for you.

      I'm not sure what you mean by 'logging in' to LJ talk from GMail.
      You have to connect to the server your registered with to talk.
      If you log in to LJ talk and Gmail at the same time, you should be able to talk to yourself just fine.

  2. They'll be able to talk to DS users by tepples · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now that both PSP homebrew and DS homebrew have SIP, PSP homebrew users will be able to talk to DS homebrew users over the Internet. What other gaming systems have cross-platform voice chat?

  3. This is cool by chuckymonkey · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As I've told many people the PSP isn't really worth owning unless you load custom firmware and your own applications on it. The functionality is immense, for instance I can read books, stream video from my PC to my PSP, play homebrew games, backup my games to SD, rip my PS games and play them, SSH, and quite a bit more. I actually think that I would hate the device if I couldn't load custom software on it. Anyway, back to actually working.

    --
    "Some books contain the machinery required to create and sustain universes."-Tycho
  4. Re:Nintendo DS by mccabem · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Skype even runs on the older Nokia 770 with a slight bit of hacking. It's apparently not a hardware limit. :-)

    See here for more info:
    http://maemogeek.blogspot.com/2007/12/skype-on-n770-using-os2007-he.html

    -Matt