Skype for the PlayStation Vita went live today, with owners of the Sony-made handheld games console now able to make video calls using the Microsoft-owned chat platform. Unlike the recently launched Windows Phone version of Skype, the application is able to run in the background while the Vita multitasks between other apps and …

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Tuesday 24th April 2012 15:15 GMT JDX

sounds better than the Windows Phone version

nice.

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Tuesday 24th April 2012 15:28 GMT Luke McCarthy

Release some games

Instead of wasting time on duplicating smartphone features.

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1. Wednesday 25th April 2012 07:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: Release some games
  
  Confused, as the Vita has the best early lineup of ANY console ever. Even El-Reg would be hard pressed to fault it...
  
  Of course everything steps up another gear, when the Xperia Play 2 arrives with Vita internals....
  
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Tuesday 24th April 2012 19:48 GMT Critical

Launches in UK tomorrow, apparently

Nothing there on the Store today - it would have been nice to include the UK and rest of Europe availability in your article.

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Wednesday 25th April 2012 09:16 GMT MartinB105

Excellent, especially for those like me who have a Vita, but don't own a Smart Phone.

I'll definitely be trying this tonight. :)

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