PSP Firmware 3.90 Arrives in North America, Europe; Adds Skype Functionality for Slim PSPs
The chat software, which is only compatible with the slimmer model of the portable due to its increased internal memory, permits users to call other Skype members for free and traditional telephone numbers at a cost.
In addition to the slim PSP, other requirements for Skype include a wireless internet connection, memory stick, and microphone headset.
The 3.90 firmware can be obtained by selecting Network Update from the PSP's settings menu. It should also be available from Sony's official system update page later today.
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Why must early adopters be screwed over :(
Just because they do it with blu-ray users doesn't mean they should do it to us PSP users.-
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable_Slim_and_Lite
"Although dubbed "PSP Slim and Lite", the PSP-2000 offers several other tweaks and improvements from the older generation. To target the original PSP generation's poor load times for UMD games, the internal memory (RAM and FlashROM) was doubled from 32 MB to 64 MB, which also improved the web browser's performance."
It's this addition RAM that prevents the older model from running Skype. Your certainly free to sell your older one and buy the newer one if Skype is that big of a deal to you :) -
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yeah, i also don't see sony in a good position here
come on, they showed the psp, before the release with the picture of gt4mobile...
and that was exactly when?
and besides, i don't need skype, i don't like this exclusion of the old customers
skype maybe the only program in the moment, but there will come more which won't run on the older systems-
...no, there won't. It's not hard to believe that it needed the extra 32 megs of RAM. I love how people have to make everything regarding sony into this huge fucking conspiracy.
More so, it would be utterly fucking retarded on almost every level of business and marketing to alienate your customer base on games, where you actually MAKE money.
And in regards to GT4, console manufacturers show prototypes all the time when they show new technology; i mean jesus some people take shit pretty fucking literally, it's not like they put out a release date or anything -
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