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Skype on the Sony PSP? Now we can fail at podcasts on the move photo

If any of you have experience in recording podcasts, you'll know that Skype is a complete and utter nightmare, but sadly it's the best tool at your disposal. Well, the heralded voice chat client is now being said to be headed to Sony's PSP handheld. Will it lag out when you try and play games, use the Internet or breathe? It wouldn't be true Skype otherwise.

Details are very thin on the ground because, well, there aren't any. That said, there is a definite mention of a Skype client on Sony's CES 2008 promotional Web site. Nothing's been fully confirmed yet, so it remains to be seen. CES comes later in the month and we should get the full details then.








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Scrixx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 12:35
Scrixx
Woot, but is the psp mic good at all?

PSP PHONE RUMORS COMMENCE.

NAOW
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 12:46
king3vbo
Skype on PC is already sketchy enough.

Be like Charlie on Skype be like BWAOUGH
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 12:47
Magesx
holy shit this is awesome
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:02
Magesx
I think.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:29
Cheeburga
How fucking pointless.
WDot's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:33
WDot
When I did a podcast for my school back in high school, I used Winamp, Audacity, and a few other tools. But I guess if you're using Skype that means the hosts are not all in one place?

If Skype's really that bad, you could try double ending:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-ender
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:33
Kryptinite
So.....

what the fuck is skype?
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:34
AgentMOO
A phone that you can carry around with you?? oh sony get your head out of the clouds, nobody need something so whimsically extravagant!
fanfaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:48
fanfaz
That has nothing to do with the PSP, its just the new version of the Mylo communicator.
cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:48
cjpkiller
the psp does not have a built in mic, it will need to come bundled with a mic attachment or headset.
you can use the mic that came out for socom fire team bravo, it was alright.
also homebrew has had skype type stuff for a while now...
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 13:53
Colette Bennett
Wow, I could do RetroForce on the fly and stop having to miss podcasts. I'd probably sound like I was in a wind tunnel though.
Xelotath's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 16:40
Xelotath
I clearly don't know anything about recording podcasts, but why is skype needed for that. When I recorded things with my friends we used Ventrilo, it has built in voice logging.
Weighted Companion Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 19:59
Weighted Companion Cube
Everybody, take a deep breath.


Sorry, it had to be done.
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 20:14
braulio09
what's this madness? all the times i've used skype, it's worked fine
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 21:58
Noah
This article may have sold me a PSP. I live overseas (from America) and use skype daily. Good on ya Sony,
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 22:11
Noah
Skype is the bees' knees.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/02/2008 22:11
Bob Muir
Well, at least it's another option.
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/03/2008 10:39
Kryptinite
@noah

Why don't you just get a phone that does skype?
PANZERDRAKO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/04/2008 03:42
PANZERDRAKO
so....
this is the new psp-phone all you are talking about...

mmhhh...
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/17/2008 03:12
Fading Star
Yay...
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