Sony to announce Skype for PSP at CES 2008

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On its site for the Consumer Electronics Show 2008, Sony has revealed that they will be offering the popular Skype voice chat integration for the PSP.

Rumors of including the PSP voice chat feature for the gaming device have been doing rounds since long, and in fact affiliations in Europe with British Telecom and Go!Messenger for European territories have also been created. In fact, it has also been known that Go!Messenger will enable instant messaging along with voice chat, however no such plans have since been announced for North America.

Sony to announce Skype for PSP at CES 2008

Sony to announce Skype for PSP at CES 2008

But all the same, in Sony’s CES 2008 website, the company has enlisted Skype functionality under the PSP’s features, stating that users can, “call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers, or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system.”

Though there are no further details such as release date, specs etc known currently, but the CES site clearly mentions that the Skype voice chat integration for the PSP is sure to happen. Well let’s wait for Jan. 7th, as that’s when CES will kick off in Las Vegas.