Sony's PS Vita Is Not A Smartphone, But It Could Give Birth To One.
20.05.12
One of the many interesting points to Sony’s latest portable gaming console is the connectivity options to the Internet. As well as the Wi-Fi radio that the PlayStation Portable also featured, there is an option to buy a PS Vita with a cellular 3G radio connection that lets the console go online whenever it is in good coverage of a mobile network.
That was enough for reviewers to decide that the PS Vita is a smartphone. After all it had the data connectivity of a phone, it played games (and phones play games), and you needed either a contract or a pre-pay SIM card to make it work. And then shot it down because it was a rubbish phone.
Source: Forbes