Unfortunately, there is one major flaw holding the feature back. "The only caveat is a bit of lag time in the audio transmission, less than a second but enough to be noticeable." A second of lag isn't too bad, especially for a free feature. However, those that wanted to use SkypeOut to make calls to traditional phone lines may find this unacceptable. We're going to have to find out for ourselves when the firmware update goes live at the end of the month.
[Thanks, Gregger!]
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1-09-2008 @ 1:06PM
Devon said...
I hope the lag isn't really that bad. But I always have bad cell reception where I have a second or less of lag, so it won't be that bad for me.
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1-09-2008 @ 5:05PM
jay said...
Time lagging over voip calls are common. Those who do voip calls to abroad know this well. I used to experience this with my so called broadband wifi connection.
1-09-2008 @ 1:57PM
Trev said...
Skype in all it's forms seems to lag a bit. I think it buffers everything to stop it from being choppy if the connection isn't so good. It's usually pretty meaningless because you're not using it with someone right there in the room with you like people would do when playing with new features like this.
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1-09-2008 @ 7:39PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
Yeah Skype is kind of laggy just by itself so it's no surprise if the PSP version is too.
1-09-2008 @ 2:49PM
Alien said...
Trev is right , usually Skype has some lag , especially on weaker connections ... so its not a big issue ...
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1-09-2008 @ 3:42PM
pixelator said...
Sounds like some biased reporting to me.
Even my AT&T and Sprint phones have had noticeable lag, about 1/4 second. If I say 'HEY' fast and I call someone on another phone in person, I can hear myself a split second later on their end.
Less than a second of lag is in keeping with regular cell service. Sad, but true.
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1-10-2008 @ 2:00AM
bigboy88 said...
I'm modding my original PSP. I stole my sister's slim and I'm switching the RAM's.The 1st phat with skype.My cousin is a modder and can help me
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