Sony Computer Entertainment has always been planning VoIP (voice-over-IP) for the PlayStation Portable ever since it announced Go!Messenger for the UK last year. While Go!Messenger is set to launch in Europe this month, SCE may have something similiar in store for North Americans with Skype. Eagle-eyed readers visiting Sony's special CES (Consumer Electronics Show) website have caught onto a (very brief) blurb highlighting upcoming support for the popular voice/video chat client on the handheld:

Call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system.

Skype definitely brings the PSP that much closer to being a mobile phone (though dialing landline and mobile phone numbers will probably require a fee as with the PC Windows version), despite SCE's denials over making an actual "PSP phone" thus far. It appears we'll have to wait until CES kicks off this weekend before we get more official confirmation, including further details on a launch date and features. Will phoning between PC and PSP users be possible as well?