不久前SONY说要PSP-2000将支持SKYPE(psp-1000不支持)。今天PSP 著名hacker Fanjita和Noobz小组发布了PSP语音通话软件!
You have to hand it to Fanjita and Noobz, they just keep coming up with stuff that make us all go nuts. While the Sony PlayStation Portable mainstream crowd is waiting for more announcements from official channels about the upcoming Skype features, Fanjita and Noobz went on ahead with the development of the homebrew alternative.
In the latest post from the Noobz home page, the homebrew devs pointed out the flaws of Sony's Skype-driven system to come. They listed quite a number of disadvantages, and said they decided to make their own phone-calling software for everyone to enjoy.
The new Fanjita and Noobz software is called "Furikup." They say it's derived from "geeky" jargon, so don't worry if it sounds dirty when you first hear or read it. In any case, these are the main features:
- It's free software - in both the beer, and speech senses.
- You can use it anywhere in the world, subject to signing-up to a suitable local SIP-based voice-over-IP provider and being near a usable wifi access point. In many countries, you can find those for free or nearly-free - e.g. with SIPGate, in the UK, you can call to your PSP from any standard phone (landline or cellphone) for just the standard local call cost, and from PSP to another SIP phone (another PSP or a PC) for free.
- It runs on both slim and fat PSPs.
- It uses open standards, for maximum compatibility with other phone systems.
- You can use a Go!Cam (Chotto Shot), Talkman microphone, or SOCOM-style headset for audio input. (And even if you don't have any of those, you can still send audio from a WAV file in a pinch).
"It's still pretty much beta software - the audio quality needs some work (but it is usable), the UI isn't very pretty, and video calls aren't working (yet!)," notes the authors.
你不得不对Fanjita和 Noobz小组表示敬佩,他们正在从事的工作将使我们陷入疯狂。正当拥有Sony PlayStation Portable的主流人群翘首期盼更多来自官方渠道的Skype消息(著名的即时通讯软件,可以拨打电话,最近有消息称sony 官方将支持skype),Fanjita 和 Noobz小组已近走在了前面。他们正在开发一个具有相同功能的自制软件来替代官方的通话软件。(PSP-1000看到了希望)
从 Noobz小组 最近在其官方主页上的留言可以获知,自制软件开发者们纷纷指出Sony Skype-driven系统有多种缺陷,他们罗列了一系列不足之处,同时决定开发一个大家都喜欢的自制通话软件。
Fanjita 和 Noobz小组 的这个新软件叫做"Furikup".他们解释说这个名字来自于俚语中的单词"geeky",(geeky--傻瓜的,奇怪的,变态的)。虽然这个名字第一次听到时或读到时会令人感到肮脏不堪,不过不要担心,让我们来看看它的主要特点:
--首先它是免费的。
---你可以在世界上任意一个角落使用它,只要附近有可用的wifi 接入点,同时有合适的基于SIP协议的VoIP(网络电话)服务提供商就可以了。在很多国家,你很容易就可以找到完全免费或近乎免费的服务商。例如:在英国,你可以选择SIPGate提供的服务,使用固定电话或手机与psp通话,只需支付标准的本地通话费。而如果使用PSP和其它SIP电话设备(如 PSP或者PC)通话则是完全免费的。
--这个软件使用的是开方的标准,最大限度的与其他通话系统兼容。
--你可以使用Go!Cam(PSP摄像头),Talkman的麦克风或耳麦进行音频输入(即使你没有这些设备,你依旧可以发送WAVE格式的文件来作为音频输入)
这个软件的作者说道:"目前这个软件仍然处于测试阶段,通话的音频质量还需要花一些功夫(这个很有用),界面还不是很漂亮,视频通话功能还无法正常工作"。
这个软件目前还不成熟,不过我们相信 HACKER 们有实力把它做得比SONY官方的软件更好!
[Furikup - PSP SIP Phone]