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Sony, BT launch Go!Messenger for PSP(DMEurope Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) DMEUROPE-23 August 2007-Sony, BT launch Go!Messenger for PSP (C)2007 DMeurope.com (http://www.dmeurope.com) & DME Ltd. All rights reserved. UK telco BT and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have unveiled details of their Go!Messenger product, a wireless communications package for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) gaming device. Set for commercial launch in January 2008, Go!Messenger has been jointly developed by BT and SCEE and provides users with a range of wireless communications features, including video calls, voice calls and instant messaging. The software for the PSP, which was developed in BT s research centre, will be available to all new and existing PSPs and can be downloaded from the web or shared between users. The software will allow PSP users to send instant messages to each other using an on-screen keyboard when connected to wireless broadband at home or a public Wi-Fi hotspot, including BT Openzone hotspots and in and around city centres. It will also allow free calls and messages to a range of existing BT softphone products and paid calls to fixed and mobile phones. A headset will also allow gamers to use voice chat and leave voice messages, while the attachable Go!Cam video camera will allow them to make video calls and leave video messages. BT will work with SCEE to promote the product in five European countries initially: the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, before extending to the remainder of SCEE's global market. Copyright 2007 M2 Communications Ltd, Source: The Financial Times Limited |