Chark said:
I think the Vita is more than well capable of being a phone. They've talked about a Skype app coming to it and that alone opens up phone capabilities. Skype over incoming calls, voice mail, etc. through its own pay plan. You wouldn't even need 3g, unless you weren't satisfied with a wifi only phone, you can pay fo r the At&t data plan on top of Skype. There might be some programing difficulites, such as allowing your Vita to accept incoming calls without having to launch the skype app in the background, but if I'm not mistaken Near can function periodically without being launched. I'm sure a firmware update could fully patch through phone capabilities. A Vita phone might not be the "traditional" phone but who the #*%& cares. It would cater to a market who would choose to do so. By simply offering it Sony's not going to lose out on anything. Should they advertise it as being a phone...probably not, they should just market it as a games console that has phone capabilities if you are willing to take a step off that ledge. Personally I would, my phone is crap and I'm content with that. I really don't like using phones, I prefer texting. If I could have everything awesome as the Vita and be my phone, I'd sign up, given it wasn't that much more expensive. |
I think Rol was talking about form factor, of which the NGage was already a good test. People didn't like looking dumb with it on their ears.
The only way you could counter that fundamental argument is if sony included some kind of nifty bluetooth earpiece gadget that was very small and could be snug into the Vita, with telescopic properties, much like a stylus for the DS line. Yep, that would definitely work. You could keep the vita in your pocket, and talk with the earpiece.
