By
Andrew Brennan on February 22, 2008 in Ipevo, Logitech, Miscellaneous.
A veritable smorgasbord (or smörgåsbord even) of Skype Gear-related news and reviews this Friday.
Some recent hardware reviews:
- IPEVO Trio
- SMC WiFi Phone for Skype WSKP100
- Skype on PSP
And in the news
- How to Video
- Video Visits
- Online Etiquette
Get the full rundown after the jump...
By
Andrew Brennan on February 7, 2008 in Sony.
Announced last month at CES (and now being demoed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week), Skype is now available on the Sony PlayStation Portable with software version 3.90 in the US and Europe. Villu has already heralded its arrival on the main blog (there's also a nice video there of John Koller, senior marketing manager for PSP at Sony, demonstrating Skype). I've been playing around with it and think it's pretty cool.
It's important to note that Skype will only work on the PSP Slim & Lite (PSP-2000) version of the PSP and not the original, because the newer PSP has more RAM. You'll also need either a Go! Cam or a headset and corded remote (which are currently sold seperately but will soon be bundled together) so you'll have a microphone to input your voice.
With Skype on the PSP you can make and receive Skype calls and make SkypeOut calls when you're connected to an internet connection via WiFi--I can see it as a good way to talk to the friends you play networked games against on the PSP, so it's easier to set up games (and, um, trash-talk?).
Some screenshots after the jump.
