Every conference I have attended, I have taken my laptop. My big, heavy, laptop, which I place in a laptop bag and carry through the airport, take out at security, repack after security, then haul through the terminal to my plane, then store it in the over head compartment, then haul it to the hotel, at which point it goes into a corner of my room and is rarely taken out again. I like having my computer with me, but I don’t love the hauling of the heavy laptop. So when Jenny from Rocket XL emailed me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing the new Sony mylo, my first thought was omg, I can take my computer to conferences without having to take the heavy laptop, woo hoooo!
The Wi-Fi Sony® mylo™ personal communicator connects you to the Web using wireless LAN technology, so there are no monthly bills or long-term contracts. Call your friends on Skype® for free or IM them on AIM®, Google Talk™, or Yahoo!® Messenger using the back-lit slide-out keyboard. You can browse the Web, take photos and share them on the 3.5-inch LCD touch screen. All this on a device small enough to take virtually anywhere.
mylo stands for “my life online”, and it comes with built in widgets to help you stay connected to your online life. Available widgets include the Google search widget and the Facebook® Notifier that tracks activity on your Facebook page, and the My Contacts widget that works as a consolidated buddy list for all the IM applications on the mylo. More widgets are available for download on the mylo labs page.
Photos: With the built in 1.3 Megapixel camera imaging and everything you do online are at your finger tips. You can capture photos, edit them on the built in photo editor and because COM-2 features upload and download capability, you can post them directly to your blog or even to your Facebook page. All on the mylo without the need for a PC.
Phone Calls: Skype lets you enjoy free Internet phone calls to and from any Skype enabled device and PC, anywhere in the world! Or Skype-Out to any phone number for a nominal fee. Unlimited calls to U.S. and Canada landlines and cell phones are just $2.95 a month, and there are plans for calls to Mexico, and calls to 39 other countries as well.
All that plus a music and video player, and no expensive monthly data plans! And with the Skype feature, it IS a phone too, so it really is every thing you can ever need in a personal device, and it’s smaller than a PSP so it’s really easy to take with you. Free Wi-Fi is available all over the place now, except for MY LOCAL MCDONALD’S, which was one of the first stores to offer it and they signed a stupid 5 year contract that requires them to charge for the service, grumble grumble.
At $199.99 with no monthly contract, the Sony Wi-Fi mylo is a gift that will make someone say WOW. And thank you. And WOW, again. I can’t thank Jenny from Rocket XL enough for sending me one!
Twitter: bcmom
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That sounds amazing. Those laptop bags do get heavy! but every time I don’t take my computer with me, that’s when I need it. Sounds like this would certainly solve that problem.
This new gadget from sony is really going to burn a hole in my pocket, but its going to keep me happy for a while, maybe i should sell my fat heavy laptop and buy this little baby for a change
I can’t browse the internet on anything smaller than 13 or so inch – already tried but doesn’t work for me. Even at 13 inch I feel a little unconfortable but still doable.
Nice work man..keep it up.
Nice Gadget man thanks, how long it will go before it need recharge
Twitter: Table4Five
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Geetha-That’s a really good question! I haven’t had a chance to use it enough to actually run out the charge yet