I don’t get the Sony Mylo, but then again, I’m not a 14-year-old.
Sony introduced at CES 2008 a successor to the first Mylo called the Mylo COM-2, which addresses many shortcomings of its predecessor released in September 2006. It now supports the most popular messaging program in the U.S., AOL Instant Messenger, and it can playback Flash movies, making YouTube accessible.
Mylo COM-2 (see it in action via ubergizmo.com) will go on sale this month and is expected to cost about $300. Billed as a “personal communicator”, it still has a slide-out keyboard and Wi-Fi connectivity, but the screen resolution has been improved to 800 by 480 pixels and it includes a 1.3 megapixel camera.
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