Voice over IP on the Nintendo DS and the PSP
There will be a lot of security issues popping out about these very soon I am sure, it is nonetheless very exciting news if you like gadgets. The people at ign.com have been playing with the newly announced DSpeak at the E3 Nintendo booth E3, and they say it is simply “Voice-over IP using the Nintendo DS’ wireless and microphone capabilities”.
This is still just a concept demo, but by connecting headphones and a mic, DSpeak allows you to have a conversation with another Nintendo DS users via WiFi, with a sound quality “perfectly fine, as good as a mobile phone.”
The Engadget people were there too and they add that since there are two screens on a Nintendo DS, you get Mario or Wario on one screen, moving his mouth when the other person speaks. Apparently, the software will be available as a free download. They also mention that they “couldn’t squeeze a release date out of them, and no one at the Nintendo booth knew a damn thing about the actual technology they were demoing.”
Now if you are a Sony type of person and you don’t care about the DS VoIP (I love cryptic acronyms), then get chatty on your PSP instead.
Also via Engadget, the president of VoIP company Xten thinks his company should be able to hack together a VoIP softphone for Sony’s PlayStation Portable. Well, it’s not there yet if he’s only writing about it on his blog, but it should be feasible, with the PSP built-in WiFi, TCP stack, and “headphone/microphone/control connector”.
By the way, if you want to call worldwide and receive calls on your computer and you haven’t played with Skype yet, I suggest you give it a try today. (Plus, you can support 3Yen in the process)
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