Can i use ipad3 as a phone

i have an ipad3 wifi+cellular. need to know if i can use it as a phone installing any apps where i can sms and make calls using a normal gsm sim. thanks applers..

Correct.  They way mobile devices are currently done in the USA is that voice and data are handled separately.  The tele features only allow the iPad to talk to the teleco in data.  SMS is handled as a side-effect of how 'voice' works, so it's not available because voice isn't available.
I suspect that in a decade voice transmission and SMS in mobile devices will be done using VOIP: they'll be digitized and transmitted as data.  But there are good reasons why this isn't done right now, mostly to do with the law requiring that anything calling itself a phone much always be able to handle a voice call to the emegency number.

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