An article today in the technology section of CNN.com has mentioned the release of the Skype software on the Playstation Portable system in Japan later this month (nearly two months after its release in the US and Europe).
Most people are not familiar with Skype, so I suppose I should explain it. Skype is essentially a telephone system that goes between computers or, for a small fee, between computers and cellphones or landline phones. Skype has been around since 2003 and has grown exponentially since then. An article posted in February on about.Skype.com states that the software has tracked over 100 billion hours worth of phone calls since its creation nearly five years ago.
Sony has begun putting Skype's software in its PSP firmware updates in the hope that the system's new phone capabilities may draw in potential customers for the system. Calls between PSPs or between PSPs and PCs are entirely free, although the same credit card fees still apply to calls made between the PSP and phones. Sony's official press release for Skype can be read here.
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