Why isn't the Sony Mylo a phone?

Question

It seems awesome enough to be one

Answer 1

Sony Mylo is a Personal Communicator. It's for instant messaging and other Internet-based communications, browsing Internet web sites (using Opera) and playback and sharing of media files. The pocket-sized, tablet-shaped handheld device has a 3.5" screen which slides up to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. The brand name 'MYLO' stands for My Life Online. It uses wireless network for communication and no cellular service, so it is a communicator and not a phone.

Answer 2

I guess Sony isn't ready to venture into the phone market. I thought it was a phone the first time I saw it but on the website it says somethign about "talk, chat and surf for free". Don't really get what that means and I'm too lazy to click on it.