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The Skype app's designed to utilize either of the Vita's cameras, and can run in background mode on the offchance you should want to use your new video-phone for playing games. The app works on both 3G and WiFi models of the Vita, giving owners of Sony's premium model handheld video-calling wherever they go in a clear sign that you're now living in the distant future. WiFi owners, meanwhile, can enjoy the feature from home, a friend's house or their nearest Starbuck's, in a clear sign that you're now living in the near future, at the very least.

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