Go! Messenger brings IM, voice and video chat to PSP
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Aug 22nd 2007 at 1:15PM }
Sony has officially unveiled PSP's upcoming VOIP service, to be called Go! Messenger. The program will be downloadable and installed into the XMB in a future firmware upgrade. Through it, PSP owners will be able to instant message each other using a "new and intuitive on-screen keyboard." By using a headset, users will be able to voice chat; and by using Go!Cam, video chat will also be enabled.
"With Go!Messenger, PSP is pushing new boundaries, adding unique communication functionalities to all the existing multimedia experiences," said Stephane Hareau, PSP European Marketing Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. "Enabling more than 8.5 Million PSP users across the SCEE region to communicate with each other, through Video or Voice chat, truly confirms the always evolving nature and potential of PSP.''
The service has been developed in partnership with BT, one of the world's leading telecom providers. Sony plans on adding even more functionality to the PSP through Go!Explore and the Go! branded video download service. European PSP owners will have a lot to look forward to -- hopefully, SCEA will follow-up with its own American service.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
moony @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:24PM
cool
Joel. @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:28PM
and I just moved back from Belgium a week ago....they were just waiting for me to leave so they could get out the good stuff, snif, WHY SONY Computer Entretainment Europe? Why do you hate me so much!!!
Larz @ Aug 22nd 2007 4:40PM
This is awesome and frustrating at the same time. Hopefully we US residents won't have to wait too long...
pspkid @ Aug 22nd 2007 8:58PM
is this only on the new psp?
pspkid @ Aug 22nd 2007 8:59PM
is this only for the new psp?
Shoaib @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:41PM
they should add AIM support to it
pentapenguin @ Aug 26th 2007 2:08AM
I wonder...is this going to have Skype support since it was revealed in the firmware a while back?