Skype Coming To PSP? Shut Yo Mouth
- February 9th, 2007
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Has anyone delved into the PSP’s firmware updates snooping around for hidden treasures? We haven’t, but Quick Jump has. According to QJ, if you look into the decrypted version of vshmain.prx from Firmware 3.10, you may be led to believe that some form of VoIP functionality will show up in the future. All signs point to Skype at the moment as the provider.
Checking the dump, there was no actual PRX by that name which means that the actual functionality is still being worked upon at this stage. And I don’t think anyone’s bluffing either. There have already been cases of Camera, GPS, and POPS PRXes being in the firmware long before the functionality was opened up. In the case of Camera and GPS, references can be found as far back as Firmware 2.70. POPS references were found in Firmware 2.80 dumps.
Does this call for the demise of the Mylo?
Check out a screen shot of the code itself if you think it’s all bull-honky.
Joseph Scott (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I could never understand why they didn’t include something like this to begin with:
http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2005/04/05/sony-psp-can-it-do-voip/
Ron (Who am I?)
1 year ago
As far as I know the psp does not have an internal microphone or external input, therefore how can a skype communication be possible?
I got myself a mylo. But it is still very limited.
It does not have MSN neither does it take advantage of the current desktop feature of yahoo messenger to communicate with hotmail and msn users. They are excluded from your buddy’s list.
The screen fonts are very small and cannot be seen at outdoor sunlight.
It should have a vibrating feature or a louder sound option to advise when someone has responded or is calling you.
Last version firmware 1.3 had not introduced any new features so far.
What I cannot understand is why sony did not come out with a psp2 with all these features instead of the mylo.
Sean (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Ron said: As far as I know the psp does not have an internal microphone or external input, therefore how can a skype communication be possible?
Well, there is an official headset with microphone that connects to the PSP’s headphone jack just like the headphone remote control does. It allows gamers with (I think) one of the SOCOM games to voice chat during gameplay. So there is a way it could work.
This would be the best thing ever!
Notaras (Who am I?)
1 year ago
To Ron,
I don’t know whether there is a microphone on PSP but what I know for sure is that PSP has a bluetooth. Therefore I see no problem with communication.
cheyenne hayden (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Well, if they get skype on psp, thell probably make a new invention that you can stick on your psp like, what you would find on your computor. That can also include a headset with a microphone.You never know.
Kman (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Notaras….
The PSP does NOT have bluetooth…
Ron….
The PSP has a headSET jack…so you can use headphones OR a headSET (Headsets have MICROPHONES).
There is a little think called GOOGLE where you can look things up so you don’t sound like an ass.
phluxx
1 year ago
Kman, you should use google yourself. for a headset mic to work, it needs one phono lead to be plugged into the mic jack. do you see one?
ass!
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kushmee
8 months ago
it works like a phone mic, with the audio output/input on a 3.5 phone jack on the bottom of the PSP. Mic/headphone comes with socom navy seals
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