mylo™ Personal Communicator
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Enjoy your favorite online activities right under your thumbs. The mylo™ (My Life Online) personal communicator lets you stay connected with your friends from just about anywhere with instant messaging, web browsing, music, pictures and videos-all concentrated in the palm of your hand. All you need to do is connect to an open WiFi hotspot (802.11b) and you can, browse the web with the built-in HTML web browser. With the built-in Skype software you can reach out to any Skype user on any Skype-enabled device and talk for free. Mylo is also a music player that allows you to share your playlists and stream songs between two mylo devices. The mylo communicator features a full QWERTY keyboard, a vivid colorful screen and no monthly service fees, allowing you to IM, chat and share with your friends nonstop.
What's Up Screen
The unique What's Up screen is an at-a-glance overview of your choice of friends, showing who's available for IM or voice calling. The What's Up screen also displays what music is currently being played.
Web Browsing
The mylo communicator allows you to browse virtually any HTML website allowing you to scroll horizontally and vertically through the page, fit to the QVGA width of the communicator screen or you can zoom in to display web pages at full resolution or zoom out to fit pages to the width of the screen (50%-150%). Mylo communicator’s web browser is HTML not WAP like the browsers found on many portable devices.
Video
Enjoy MPEG-4 personal videos on the color screen. View files from a Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media card (optional) or the devices internal memory transferred using Sony's Image Converter 2 software (optional).
Hotspot Locator
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 mylo communicator will direct you to the nearest of over 20,000 free and pay public hotspots in the U.S.
Send and receive email with many of the most popular web mail clients: Yahoo! Mail ®, GMail™ and more. 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 the typical mobile device.
Music
The mylo communicator plays back MP3, ATRAC or WMA (secured and unsecured) audio formats. Play music you’ve purchased from many online music stores. Perfect for multi-tasking, you can listen to music while you IM or surf the web. With Sony's Ad Hoc communication mode, you can share your play lists and stream songs directly between two mylo units--one at a time.
Pictures
Download and view hundreds of JPEG pictures from the internet or from your digital camera. Transfer pictures using the supplied mylo Image Transfer software, by dragging and dropping or view from an optional Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media card.
Instant Messaging
Reach friends on three of the fastest-growing instant messaging services: Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Skype. Use the Info button to switch among multiple IM conversations.
Internet Voice Calls
Skype lets you 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.
Long Battery Life
Mylo communicator’s Lithium-ion battery life offers up to 3.5 hours of talk time in internet calling, up to 8 hours video playback, and up to 45 hours of Music Playback5.
Product Specifications
Hardware
- Headphone Type : Headphones, Microphone/Stereo Mini Connector
- Keyboard : QWERTY
- LCD : 2.4" QVGA (320 x 240 pixels)4
- Speakers : Built-In (for music playback purpose only - not speakerphone)
Software
- Supplied Software : SonicStage®, mylo™ PC Utility
Memory
- Memory Size : 1GB Flash Memory6
Video
- Format(s) Supported : MPEG4/AAC (QVGA 30 fps, 384/768 kbps)
Power
- AC Power : Adaptor DC IN 6V
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Battery Life (Approx) :
Talk Time with Internet Calling: up to 3.5 hours
Video Playback: up to 8 hours
Music Playback: up to 45 hours - Battery Type : Removable Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery 3.7V 1200mAh
Operating Conditions
- Operating Temperature : 5 to 35°C(41 to 95°F)
Wireless/Networking
- Wi-Fi : IEEE802.11b WiFi1
Weights and Measurements
General
- Case Type : Neoprene Slipcase
- Security : WEP, WPA-PSK (TKIP)
Inputs and Outputs
- Headphone Input(s) : headset: 10 pin flat jack (16 ohms)
- Memory Stick® Media Slot : Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Expansion Slot
Audio
- Format(s) Supported : MP3, ATRAC® and WMA
- Microphone : Built-In
mylo® Internet Devices Outlet
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mylo® Battery and Charger Kit
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Write a review- Requires compatible wireless LAN access point(s). Some features may rely on Internet services which may require a fee.
- Certain restrictions apply. For a copy of Sony’s warranty, please visit www.sony.com/mylo, call toll-free 1-(866)-420-7669, or write to Sony Electronics, 12451 Gateway Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33913.
- Weights and measurements are approximate and may vary.
- Viewable area measured diagonally.
- Actual battery life may vary based on product settings, usage patterns and environmental conditions.
- 1GB equals 1024 Megabytes, a portion of which is used for data management functions.
- DRM(Digital Rights Management) encoded music files must be played from the device's internal memory.
© 2006 Sony Electronics Inc. Reproduction in whole o r in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Sony, Sony logo ATRAC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, SonicStage, ATRAC and mylo are trademarks of Sony. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. U.S. and foreign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratories.