Firmware 3.9 comes out for PSP. Skype included!

Guticb | January 30, 2008 | News | Playstation Portable

Well, it's official. The PSP's firmware 3.9 has now been released, and it includes Skype! The downside to it is, it only works on the slim PSP, as the original did not have enough memory to run Skype.

Ready for Skype? Here it is! Get it by accessing Network Update on your PSP. Here are the official details:

-Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded.
- Skype has been added as a feature under Network.* (Only for PSP-2000 series.)

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BANDITO ATTACK | January 30, 2008

shame they cant just run it form the memory stick on the OG ones
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  Guticb | January 31, 2008
  
  That's impossible. The old PSP simply lacks RAM to run Skype. You can't use a memory stick as RAM in the PSP unless Sony were to completely rewrite the PSP's firmware to get it to work, which they just won't do.
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    StarJet | February 02, 2008
    
    Lacks RAM? Why can't they run Skype on 32MB of RAM? Rubbish. The actual problem is flash0 space. Skype files are 1.5 MB which the Fat PSP's flash0 cannot handle. Slim has 64 MB Internal mem space, unlike 32 in Fat, so Skype is put into Flash0.
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SS4Gogeta | January 31, 2008

I'm not getting a slim model. I like the original one that I have but the slim model does intrigue me. What will it do next?
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SUPREM_KITE | January 31, 2008

well looks like i will have to sell old faithful and get a slim psp as soon as 3.90m33 comes out man im sorry psp you just don't make the cute anymore.
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Final Blade | January 31, 2008

The update is still good for the fat PSP, you get more support of PSN titles. So update it on the fat one anyway. The slim gets both.
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SUPREM_KITE | January 31, 2008

I am running homebrew i can play any playstation 1 game i got them all at my fingertips
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  Guticb | January 31, 2008
  
  You're doing it ILLEGALLY though.
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Kinetic | February 04, 2008

Meh. I like my original PSP model much more than my wanting of SKYPE. Guess I will have to miss out on this.