New PSP update introduces Skype

By Ellie Gibson Published 30 January, 2008

And Go!Messenger icon in readiness.

Sony has released a new software update for PSP that allows owners of the Slim & Lite model to make phone calls via Skype.

To use the service, you'll need to install update 3.90, complete the registration process and arm yourself with a headset and remote control. Then you can make free calls over the Internet to Skype users around the globe - there are more than 200 million now, apparently. You can also make paid-for calls to landline and mobile phones.

But bad news, old skoolers - the original 1000 series PSPs won't support Skype.

They will, however, support Go!Messenger, a new service which will allow all PSP owners to make video and voice calls. Update 3.90 will install a Go!Messenger icon on your handheld, but the service isn't going live until the end of February. Expect more details before then.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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