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Skype "technically possible" on the Nintendo DSi

April 20, 2009 in News comments 6

Ever wanted to talk over the internet without having to resort to buying a game? How about making actual phone calls to anywhere in the world and traditional IM functionality to boot? TechRadar asks a Skype developer about the possibility of Skype on the DSi and doesn't get completely shut down!

Skype is a free download on PCs, Macs, and is used on several devices. It costs no money to make direct peer-to-peer voice chat and traditional IM conversations (Skype protocol only, no MSN, or AIM but who cares?). The only charge debited to you is making actual phone calls to phones around the world.

Most interestingly (and pertinently) the Skype rep added: "Whilst we can't comment on any future plans to bring Skype to Nintendo's DSi, it would technically be possible."
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  • 0
    Disillusioned Apr 20, 09
    If they did ever do that the DSi might be worth buying.
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    SUPREM_KITE Apr 20, 09
    Skype is possible on the psp, no seriously it is there already.
  • 1
    carouselambra Apr 20, 09
    man, all this skype, video messaging, I.M. crap; it's so easy to talk to people now, we're gonna get sick of seeing each other all the time. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that
  • 0
    Seproth Apr 21, 09
    Or I could just use my *bleep*ing phone.

    I've never so much as opened skype on my PSP.
  • 1
    HisServant77 Apr 21, 09
    Well . . . The PSP does have Skype already, so why not have it on the DS as well?

    I'm definitely all for networking and everything. However, with skype only working with an internet connection, it's a bit too limited for handheld devices. Especially with cell phones being better for the job.

    The only good thing Skype is for, is making free calls to your Skype friends overseas. Other than that . . . Cell Phones are indeed better, and still cost effective.
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    Flippy Apr 21, 09
    I might prefer DSi with Skype than a cellphone, for one "texting" on cell phones can be done on skype's IM and would be free unlike a cellphone. And you can just bring one gadget and You can play a game right after wards, or you just like IM-ing and your on a road trip or something. :3

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