Mobile

Skype Now Available On PS Vita, But Who’s Going To Call?

Kotaku AU

When Nokia launched the N-Gage, gamers revolted at the idea that you’d hold a taco-shaped thing up to your head to talk. Will we all look any more dignified shouting into a PS Vita? We’ll all get the chance to find out, as the official Skype app is now available in Australia.


PlayStation

With Skype On The PS Vita Nyko’s Speaker Stand Is Doubly Handy

Available now at GameStop locations across the US, Nyko’s Speaker Stand for the PS Vita adds a little more oomph to the Sony portable’s sound and transforms it into a handy mobile Skype solution.


April 25, 2012
PlayStation

Skype Comes To The PS Vita Today

Kotaku AU

I remember the day I heard that the PSP would be able to use Skype. “This is the future,” I thought “My portable games console will become my phone.” Little did I realise that it was the other way around. I never used Skype on my PSP not once, so is the announcement that the PS Vita will today gain the ability to utilise Skype video and voice calling an important one? Or is it just another application most of us will never use?


August 17, 2011
PlayStation

PS Vita Goes Social With Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Skype

Along with a series of Sony-built applications for keeping players playing together, the PlayStation Vita will come fully equipped to keep them connected to their favourite social networks. Wow, it’s like a mobile phone that plays games!


June 21, 2011
PlayStation

Report: Skype Coming To PS Vita

Skype is available on the PlayStation Portable, but with Microsoft’s Skype acquisition, the future of Skype seemed to be up in the air. Skype on the PS Vita was apparently revealed at a recent PS Vita event in Brazil.


May 11, 2011
News

Skype Officially Coming To Kinect, Windows Phone, Xbox Live

Rumoured by Reuters last night, Microsoft this morning confirmed that they are buying internet voice talk and video service Skype for $US8.5 billion. They also confirmed that the service will “support” devices like the Xbox, Kinect and Windows Phone and that it will be connected to Xbox Live and other Microsoft communities. They will also continue to “support” non-Microsoft platforms, they assured. [Microsoft]


May 10, 2011
News

Rumor: Microsoft Is Buying Skype

Reuters reports that Microsoft is in talks to buy internet voice communications company Skype for around $US8.5 billion. What does that mean to you? Well, you’d presumably kiss Skype on the PSP goodbye. You could also, in a perfect world, expect Skype to hit the 360 via Kinect. [Reuters]


March 23, 2011
PC

Steam Gets Chatty With Skype’s SILK

Valve announced a Steam client update today that replaces the service’s standard voice chat with SILK, the voice codec developed and used by Skype, ensuring Portal 2 co-op players crystal clear voice chat with which to curse at each other.


July 21, 2009
In Real Life

The 2nd Most Popular Platform For Skype In Japan Is…

Skype is a wonder. It’s allows users to connect via the internet phone for free. The mass majority of people in Japan use the computer for Skype, sure. Let’s see what numero two choice is.


April 23, 2009
News

Nintendo Has NO PLANS For DSi Skype

The PSP has voice-over-IP software Skype, and hey, Skype is technically possible for the DSi. That doesn’t mean because it’s possible that the DSi is getting Skype.