Say Hello to PSPs and DS With Cellphone Capabilities |
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We all love homebrews, especially the ones that 'economically' provide the same service those expensive games and softwares developed by money-making companies offer. Well, here's an early warning to our independent 'homebrewers' and hackers, Vonage is rumored to be working on a software that'll make our PSPs and DS a gadget with cellphone capabilites.With vast possibilities and applications these two portable consoles currently has, merging it into an equally multi-functional gadget really raises a lot of probabilities. Will the said software enable our PSPs and DS to place calls, send SMS, and every single capabilitites current cellphones have?
According to an article in T3, VoIP (voice over IP) provider Vonage is already developing an interface that would convert the said consoles into internet-powered phones. Since both machines come with microphones and WiFi connections, the only thing missing is a compatible interface and software to morph it into a mobile phone.
In marketing sense, Vonage can actually hit pay dirt if they can make this 'rumor' a reality. Cloud, (no, not the dude that rides Fenrir) a quite-renowned WiFI operator, is currently in a tie-up with the aforementioned VoIP provider, thus giving them an automatic access to over 7,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country; making the prospect very promising indeed for them.
Although, it's still not clear how Vonage could infuse this technology to the devices, some techies are playing around with the idea of it coming in a guise of firmware ugrade (for PSP), or a cartridge (for DS). It's also improtant to note that Vonage neither denied or confirmed this rumor, meaning it's most likely true.It's actually quite cool whenever I think of the possible scenarios once this application comes out. Imagine playing Mario or GTA when you suddenly remember that you need to call your Mom; you don't need to dig in for another gadget, just click save and place a call using your console, nice huh?
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Using my PSP as a phone would be pretty cool!
It hasnt released a mic but it has been in the works for a while. Besides we have screenshots right? I guess that survey is showing its promises because Cellphone capabilty was mentioned in it. I really dont believe in the PSP2 so I' m keeping this at a firmware update within this or next month. Sony has recently been pressing alot of things out into the Sony fans enviroment and I expect they are planning something big! Trust me, nice games are coming out this summer and seeing how sony is becoming more friendly to hinting updates. I expect these features will be included in the next update.
I think it would be a lot more popular if their disguised firmware upgrade "accidentally" removed the security from the memory stick games menu
You need a service (like the vonage service) to make the call, not just the software on the psp. If vonage is going to do this, it wouldn't really be possible for some programmer here to duplicate the program without the requirement of an internet phone service subscription (unless they find a free one).
I think that a phone isn't really a very practical or useful idea but it would still be bought by people that think "oh a phone! kewl dude." However, I doubt that it would be used much at all. Also, it has a major flaw: Can't receive calls!
PSP being used as a phone at all = bad idea. Just use a mobile.. They're practically disposable now and most look better than I think holding a psp against your face would. Real phones don't need wifi.
Real phones are designed as phones.
Everyone has a normal phone!
Nuff said :)
just wondering... are they talking about a headset for the psp cause i think that would be the best bet
well inflamed has a good point. u basically can only make calls and not recieve because wifi isnt everywhere i think of that as a inconvience not having wifi.(by the way wasnt google blanketing some place with wifi recently?)
San Francisco, with plans for the entire US apparently.
A headset would make a lot more sense, you're right.. I had a mental picture of people holding the psp to their face :-/
And where you put the SIM-Card in ???
sony already has the rigts of an phone cartigde that will attach to the top of the psp in the usb. there where some early designs on the net
and sony also has the rigts for almost the same looking cartrigde as the phone but then with more buttons and its a keyboard
i,m really not joking
find on google maybe you find those designs
note that the keyboard on the real picture is exactly the same as on the design
so i think the phone on the design will also be somewhere out there
The Design is very very UGLY !
Its like to have a BIG cell-phone of 1987 !!!!
oh yes
the phone design is also out there
here is the picture
http://img.engadget.com/common/images/7931605515082472.JPG?0.17630772490546098
it looks like you can see thruw it
so no simcard phone i quess
really an internet phone like skype
and here the information article in dutch, so you have to translate it in your own language.
Patentaanvragen beschrijven keyboard en gsm voor PSP
Door Yoeri Lauwers - maandag 27 maart 2006 10:16 - Bron: Dailytech - Views: 17.473 - Permalink
Bij het US Patent and Trademark Office heeft men post gekregen van Sony, waarin een aantal accessoires voor de PSP beschreven worden. Nadat eerder al aangekondigd werd dat de draagbare spelconsole een GPS-module en webcam zou krijgen, heeft Sony nu een aantal ontwerpen voor onder andere een add-on keyboard en een gsm-functie voorgelegd aan het patentbureau. Hoofd PSP-ontwikkeling Izumi Kawanishi had eerder al aangegeven dat hij e-mail als een must-have functie voor de PSP zag en in het licht van die onthulling is een keyboard voor de handheld dan ook niet geheel onverwacht te noemen. Het zou daarbij gaan om een toetsenbord met 47 toetsen dat bovendien weggevouwen kan worden en als screen protector kan functioneren.
De tweede patentaanvraag betreft een gsm-module die op de PSP geklikt kan worden. Deze add-on wordt op dezelfde manier aan de console bevestigd als het hierboven genoemde keyboard, maar het is onduidelijk of beide apparaten ook tegelijk gebruikt kunnen worden. Vanwege de mogelijkheid om met behulp van de gsm-functie in te bellen op het internet, lijkt dit namelijk een interessante optie.
i agree that the keyboard is not too nice
the logic3 keyboard was the thing it should be a better design was not possible in my eyes
but the cellphone i dont know how it could be made better
Stop using the word "Cell", because it's not that. What it will do is allow voice over IP (VOIP)... Just like our PC's. Essentially it will take vonage's service, and a piece of software to run it. Obviously there's already a headset and mic out, so the I/O isn't going to be a problem. The software should be a breeze for Vonage, or anyone else out there that wants to play with it. The trick is having the service (Vonage, Skype, etc..) to handle the traffic. So essentially, unless a big time peripheral comes out with cell capabilities, we'll be having to find a hotspot (I.E. Panera, Starbucks, Home, Some guy who can't figure out WEP security) to use it... very cool, but still not a cellphone.
And the keyboard pics? Please. They've been around since my grandmother was breastfeeding. I'm surprised kids with playdoh haven't made their own designs to get people excited.
Sorry for the rant, I just got up.
The_Skizzy
Read the Frontpage.... They say its a CELL - Phone to !
what does it matter like it is old or not i think people who are interrested in it will see it for themselfes and are very ignored by people who complaning about it that it is old. btw i already sad in the first post that it was old
and about cell phone or not , i,m typing in my best english to get this for people who have interrests like you and me here on the net. youre not the only one on the world with english.
" Since both machines come with microphones and WiFi connections."
The PSP does not necessarily COME with a microphone, that must be purchased separately.
If you think PSP being used as a cell phone is a good idea. You are a retard.
Don't feed me any of this crap that you cant afford a real cell phone. They shove free ones all over the place, and a psp cell phone wouldn't be free if that's what you think. Your going to have to pay a monthly fee, You may as well sign up for a free phone if you need one bad enough.
It's a VoIP service, so it doesn't cost as much as a cellphone or a landline.
OK, I have said for a long time on the Skype boards that they need to develop a client for PSP. I mena they have a linux version and getting that to run on PSP would be a no brainer. This is NOT to replace a cell phone. Instead, this is to make FREE calls at any hotspot you can find. Think about that. Go to Starbucks, load up your PSP, launch Skype, talk to free anywhere in the globe. That's the type of VoIP we should be working on.
i want my psp to be cellphone do to the fact i dont own one, and would rather have one that does more then just call people. however i really really dont want a damn wifi phone.
i want to beable to connect whenever and were ever without worrying abouta hot spot or if im goin with a pervider that will give me a good deal.
My cellphone is a Nokia 6680 - a Symbian Series 60 device. That means that using C++ I can write my own natively executed applications, using free, official tools. Unless Sony and Nintendo were to allow me to do the same on their platforms it definitely wouldn't replace cellphones for me.
Plus my cellphone has video calling. Certainly not essential, but a feature I find nifty.
What you do, when you play your favorite game you are in a new stage, new Topscore and you dont have saved the game and you PSP-Cell-Phone riiiiiiiingssss sss !!
shiiiiiiiiiiiii ....
I saw a mic headset bundled with SOCOM the other day. Recon this might be worth looking into by the guys that does hefty programming homebrew for the PSP. My hometown is planning on going wireless (the centre of town) and it's ment to be free for all to use. I think that a wifi psp solution for a program like skype would be just great. Hope someone takes the effort to make this happen on the homebrew scene 'cause I'd be using it every day in addition to my cellphone.
I just googled around and found the headset at Ebay. Dont know if it is possible to post url's but I'll give it a try. In case it doesnt work, google yourself and see.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Official-Sony-PSP-Headset-for-SOCOM-Syphon-Filter_W0QQitemZ8280992252QQcategoryZ122516QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
this would be a very good program since were i live we have bad cell phone connections and no hotspots but we do have a lot of ppl who have wireless internet so thats what i steal from places near my friends house so this would be ideal just to make calls too someone if it were free or very cheap
A HOTSPOT IS A LOCATION WITH WIRELESS INTERNET *****TARD
itll eb cool, but itll need firmware updates, so screw the keyboard. Thats why sony didnt release the code to logitech cuz they would have released it workign on 1.5 and sony wants us to upgrade, and any little thign to convince a few people will help
screw the phone, its too huge ot be a phone, i rather carry my normal phone around
The only use for a PSP cell phone attachment is an excuse to take your PSP everywhere
if they can get this to work on 2.7 like if they can worlk with sony on it that would be so cool
if they have a blue tooth headset or infrared or whatever then i will def use it for cell phone
there is no mic on psp so voip does not work
To Nr. 37
there is a Head set for psp with mic.
you can use it with socom
No way I'm using this , I raised my cellphone as a baby from long time ago and I'm not throwing it away.
I think the question to be asked is, how much will this service cost?
hey havnt you ever heard of Bluetooth headsets its a wileless headset for your phone i had that (dog chewed it up) i hate this idea becasue you have a phone that you are paying a whole lot of mone and then these guys may show up and make us pay more and for the problem for holding your psp up to your face just use the bluetooth headset for your PHONE that way you dont have to put down the psp reach in to your pocket just push and talk 9on the headset)
thats my 30 dallors
#41 is right
"Since both machines come with microphones and WiFi connections..."
The PSP does not come with any sort of microphone and any have yet to be released.
Fact checking, please.
Ok guys... calm th f!ck down cuz this is jst another wifi enhancement..... not a cell phone morpher for ur psp. and besides whoever thinks that it is agood idea to get a phone on a console which as of yet has FAILED to delievr seriously need to stop thinking abt stop yanking at thier little niglets and get an effing life. Sony sees these forums and kicks back knowing that it can stall ur feeble minds with such cwap until the endo of the psp life cycle.
You Idiots.... You 20 year old something idiots. Stop yanking ur nuts!!!!
Have you people been hiding under a rock or what? The PSP mic has been out for a LONG time! It's $20 they sell it at gamestop (nowhere else), and it works with SOCOM currently, and I think Syphon filter.
And BTW, I think a PSP cell phone would be awesome with the headset/a new bluetooth one.
nocomment
Yah, it DOES sound pretty good and all. But to make it portable you have to be in range of WiFi, right? Of course having the Home phone be a PSP is a pretty cool idea :D...lol. Not to mention you can use it in any WiFi hot spot. With the rates on cell phones these days, it'd STILL be a nice thing to have, except in a road side emergency out in the boonies where all you can see are hills for miles :P...lol. Nice post and I hope that they DO come out with this
Yah, it DOES sound pretty good and all. But to make it portable you have to be in range of WiFi, right? Of course having the Home phone be a PSP is a pretty cool idea :D...lol. Not to mention you can use it in any WiFi hot spot. With the rates on cell phones these days, it'd STILL be a nice thing to have, except in a road side emergency out in the boonies where all you can see are hills for miles :P...lol. Nice post and I hope that they DO come out with this
i like patatoes
I don't see how the idiots come in here trying to sound all smart, and the PSP headset has been out since last year, or early this year.
I agree with you, #47. Last I heard, you can't make emergency calls using VOIP services, in the UK at least. What about the US? I get what you're saying about being out in the middle of nowhere, but even if you're in civilisation
look at my name
HOW WILL THEY GET THE CONNECTION WITH OTHER PHONES ANYWHERE LIKE USING STATELLITES? HELP
guys who think the psp dosent have a mic are tards...
I use 1 in syphon filter...
would seem kinda awkward using a psp as a cell phone... nice idea though. expanding the psp's possibilities like this should be good for consumers and the market.
im kinda interested in the price though.
In the article it says that both the DS and PSP COME WITH mics and Wifi, "Come with" is the key phrase here, a dumb error to make, as I can't find any device in or packaged with my PSP that can detect and digitise outside audio.