{"id":36653,"date":"2012-04-24T15:57:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=36653"},"modified":"2012-04-24T17:07:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:07:39","slug":"ps-vita-getting-skype-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/36653-ps-vita-getting-skype-integration","title":{"rendered":"PS Vita getting Skype integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll never have to be lonely the next time you&#8217;re playing on your <a title=\"PS Vita\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/19922-Playstation-Vita-(PSVita)\">PS Vita<\/a>, as full-fledged <a title=\"Skype\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/352082-Skype\">Skype<\/a> integration will allow you to call friends while you play.<\/p>\n<p>The Skype app will be available for download from the Playstation Store from tomorrow\u00a0 (April 25).<\/p>\n<p>The app will work on both the 3G and Wi-Fi models, allowing any PS Vita owner to get on the video-calling action.<\/p>\n<p>The app includes the normal Skype-to-Skype video calling feature of the service, as well as offering additional functions for the Vita, such as utilising the front and back cameras and a &#8216;background mode&#8217;, which lets gamers take calls while staying in their gaming experience.<\/p>\n<p>Vita users will also be able to make calls to landlines at a low-cost expense.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the tutorial demonstration video, brought to you by none-other than most loved\/hated professional gamer, Fatal1ty.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eNgpSaNuWwQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/35372-ps-vita-firmware-update-released-unreleased-after-it-breaks-everything.html\">PS Vita firmware update released, unreleased after it breaks everything<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/33055-ps-vita-review.html\">PS Vita review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/34506-portable-gaming-console-price-comparison.html\">Portable gaming price comparison<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype video and voice calling app heading to Sony&#8217;s handheld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":36655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,1643,3804,3805,71,819,3806],"class_list":["post-36653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-playstation-vita","tag-ps-vita-skype","tag-skype-on-ps-vita","tag-sony","tag-ster-kinekor","tag-video-calling-on-ps-vita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36661,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36653\/revisions\/36661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}