We’ve just had the news confirmed; 3 are rolling out SkypeOUT to all 3 SkypePhones, not just the newer SkypePhone S2, but also the original 3 SkypePhone.  This will allow you to make calls to International landlines and mobiles at Skype’s call rates, instead of 3’s International rates.  There will be a software update in the next day or so which will allow this facility, which will automatically be applied to your phone.

Also, this facility will also be available to those using the Skype on 3 service on other 3UK phones.

One small caveat, we understand that although this will enable you to make SkypeOUT calls, it is only available for International Calls, ie you can not use it to make calls to UK phones numbers (in order to protect 3UK’s call revenue), but with most 3UK contracts coming with plenty of minutes to use, this should not be a major problem for most.

This is an important step that 3UK have been planning for some while, and we look forward to the continuation of this integration.

As discussed before here, Sony have now (finally) released the new PSP-Lite firmware (v3.90) which includes Skype support. You additionally need the PSP Skype Headset. This offers a full Skype experience, including SkypeIN and SkypeOUT. It is currently only available via the Network Update facility direct on the device, but a PC download option should appear soon.

A lot of people have been trying to connect their TomTom SatNav devices to their new 3 SkypePhones to get traffic updates, and having problems. Crundy, who developed the SkypeIN / SkypeOUT workaround, has released details instructions on how to achieve this, which you can access in the rest of the article.

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Sony have confirmed that Skype will be coming to the PSP-Slim via a firmware update later this month, but that it will not be available on the original PSP.

The Skype functionality includes SkypeIN and SkypeOUT though, which the 3 Skypephone doesn’t have.

Crundy, a user on the 3 SkypePhone forums, has created a PC application to get around the lack of SkypeIN / SkypeOUT on the 3 SkypePhone itself.

More details in the rest of the article.

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