From The Online Reporter
- Shades of iOS and Android?
What the world needs now is another mobile device operating system.
That’s what Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai said in an interview with reporters. He said the OS in Sony’s new portable gaming console Vita is “expandable” and can be used in other handheld devices but did not say whether Sony plans to do so.
According to Cnet, Hirai said, “If you’re asking if we’ve made it in a way that’s expandable, so that it’s possible to apply to smartphones and tablets on top of achieving the high responsiveness we need for gaming devices, then that is possible. It’s been designed with expandability in mind.”
He said there are no immediate plans for Vita OS tablets or smartphones.
Sooner or later, some makers of Android tablets and smartphones are going to figure out that to significantly differentiate their products, they need a different OS. Even the most successful Android tablet, Amazon’s Kindle Fire, is using its own variation of Android and its own Android app store. Of course, Apple, the most successful tablet and smartphone maker, has its own iOS operating system.
Let’s not forget that Sony has full ownership of the once Sony Ericsson, which makes smartphones and could also make tablets. Sony has already shown its inclinations by integrating its smartphones and TVs with other products and services in its ecosystem. At last!
When Sony took over full ownership of Sony Ericsson, Sony chairman Howard Stringer said the obvious:
“We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets and televisions that seamlessly connect with one another and open up new worlds of online entertainment.”
The World will believe it when it sees it...and not before.
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