Sony mylo Review:

The Sony mylo communicator lets you use instant messaging, browse the Internet, listen to music, send emails and view photos concurrently. Small enough for a pocket or purse, the slim, oblong-shaped device features a 2.4 inch color LCD (measured diagonally) with a slide out QWERTY keyboard for comfortable and quick thumb typing. The Sony mylo comes embedded with popular instant messaging services: the Google Talk instant messaging service, Skype and Yahoo! Messenger. The Sony mylo enables you to use Wi-Fi (802.11b) connections found in your home, on your school campus, and at a variety hotspot locations to send e-mail, chat across multiple IM conversations, and browse the Web. While it doesn’t communicate via cellular networks, you can use the built-in Skype VOIP (voice over IP) software to make phone calls over the Internet via the integrated microphone or the included external mic.

The Sony mylo has 1 GB of flash memory, a 2.4-inch LCD display with a 320 x 240-pixel resolution (QVGA), slide-out QWERTY keyboard that’s easy to operate, an embedded microphone and speaker, Memory Stick slot (PRO Duo) slot, and USB 2.0 port for connectivity to your PC and for charging the battery. The lithium-ion rechargeable battery provides up to 3.5 hours of Internet calling talk time, up to 7 hours web browsing, and up to 45 hours of music playback.

Sony mylo’s Communication and Connectivity
Reach friends using three of the fastest-growing instant messaging services–Yahoo!, Google and Skype–and use the Info button on the Sony mylo’s face to switch among multiple IM conversations. And with the Sony mylo’s built-in Skype software, you can enjoy free Internet phone calls to and from any Skype-enabled device, anywhere in the world (or SkypeOut to any phone number for a nominal fee.

Sony has partnered with Google’s GMail and Yahoo! to provide easy access to on-the-go email. The slide-out QWERTY keyboard means you can type without the hassle of the repeated key-presses you’d need on the number keypad of a typical mobile device. The Sony mylo also enables you to browse virtually any Web site (via the built-in Opera browser)–allowing you to scroll horizontally and vertically through the page, fit to the QVGA width of the screen, zoom in to display web pages at full resolution, or zoom out to fit pages to the width of the screen. Sony mylo’s Web browser renders full HTML–not truncated WAP pages like browsers found on many cell phones and portable internet devices.

There are millions of WiFi hotspots including over 15 million American homes, almost every university campus, plus shopping malls, coffee shops, fast food restaurants, hotels, airports and border-to-border coverage in a growing number of U.S. cities. Enter your current location and the Sony mylo will direct you to the nearest of over 20,000 free and pay public hotspots in the U.S.

Sony mylo’s Multimedia
In addition to powerful communication features, the Sony mylo also provides a wide variety of digital audio, video, and photo playback. Sony mylo offering compatibility with MP3, WMA (Secured and Un-Secured) and ATRAC formats, you’ll be able to play music you’ve purchased from many online music stores. You’ll also be able to watch MPEG4 video transferred to an optional Memory Stick Duo or saved to the 1 GB memory after processing on your PC using the optional Image Converter 2 software. You can also download and view hundreds of JPEG pictures from the Internet or from your digital camera. Transfer is easy using the supplied Sony mylo Image Transfer software, via drag and drop from your PC desktop, or onto saved to an optional Memory Stick Duo media card.

You can also connect to other nearby Sony mylo devices using a device-to-device ad-hoc network, enabling you to listen to streaming music and transfer data files wirelessly.

The Sony mylo Personal Communicator requires a compatible wireless LAN access point to use the interactive IM, email, and Web features.

Sony mylo Features

• Ultra-portable, Wi-Fi-enabled personal communicator and multimedia player in black
• Access e-mail, browse the Web, and make Skype VOIP internet phone calls
• Reach friends on three instant messaging services–Yahoo!, Google, and Skype
• MP3, ATRAC, WMA (secure) audio, MPEG4 video, JPEG photo playback
• 2.4-inch LCD display (320 x 240 resolution), slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Memory Stick PRO Duo slot

Sony mylo Specifications

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