Sony May Be Eying Smartphones, Tablets with Vita OS

[exfileme]

Sony hints that the PlayStation Vita OS could be used on a smartphone and tablet.

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[frozonic]

another mobile OS = more competition, wich means the end user will have a better OS, i like this.

 

[xenophorge]

"Please insert Boot UMD, Memory Stick, or Beta"

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]xenophorge[/nom]"Please insert Boot UMD, Memory Stick, or Beta"[/citation]
Well at least they got the BluRay thing right. Although it doesn't have as good of compression (uses an inferior codec) as HDDVD did...

Make the PSVita Phone and I might consider buying one.

Other than that I won't bother cause I'm not interested in mobile gaming. If I need to be mobile I can play on my phone (cause it's usually just me waiting in line) or if I will be away from my gaming devices for a while I can bring my laptop.

But since I need a phone anyway if I can make that phone play better games then great!

 

[spookie]

I hope this wouldn't mean that developers would stop developing the best games for android...

 

[Guest]

As a PS Vita user for almost 2 months now, I must say that the OS is very user friendly and fluid. much better than the crap you find in the market today.

However, as far as the hardware is concerned, it's too heavy to compete with smartphones. maybe on the tablet's end it could put up a fight (the screen size is perfect).

 

[cptnjarhead]

i used to think sony was on the right track, but lately i think they are heading in the wrong direction.

 

[ap3x]

I was not all that impressed with Vita OS when I saw the demo of it. I think I like the ribbon like the one on the PS3 allot better.

 

[freggo]

[citation][nom]frozonic[/nom]another mobile OS = more competition, wich means the end user will have a better OS, i like this.[/citation]

The words "Sony" and "more competition" do not go well together !

 

[zak_mckraken]

My gut feeling is they'll fail at gaining noticeable market share, but they do have a good foundation with the PS platform to give it a shot.

 

[balev]

Sony, please redo Final Fantasy 7!

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]frozonic[/nom]another mobile OS = more competition, wich means the end user will have a better OS, i like this.[/citation]
no, this os is comeing from a company thats already hurting, and all its going to do if they go big and it doesnt get massive sales would be create another os that is largely abandoned.

more os doesnt mean better os, it means more money devs have to sink into porting, android and ios are already big, and ms has a vested interest in cracking the market even if it costs them money to do it, sony is already hemorrhaging money,

 

[phate]

I'm with @alldan. Between all the current market players, the mobile market feels saturated at least from an OS standpoint.

Android, iOS, WP7 ... Symbian and RIM which are diminishing... and of course WebOS which is basically defunct already.

Great time to try and enter the market. What's next Sony going (try) to challenge Windows on the desktop front, with some barely used homegrown desktop OS?

 

[de5_Roy]

looka like sony didn't learn from the 'playstation phones'....
may be it will find some kind of cult following

 

[eddieroolz]

Perhaps Sony realizes the danger of relying on one company for the core of their mobile phones. If Google changes its mind/policy/pricing then a lot of manufacturers would be SOL.