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Sony mulling production of mylo 2 handheld?
While you may have given Sony's hard-to-categorize mylo little chance at surviving in the market, a recent report seems to show that sales were "exactly as Sony expected," which possibly means that there's more where that came from. Although surveyed retailers expressed mixed results in regard to sales, Sony "considers the mylo the forerunner to a new category of devices that cater to kids who want to replicate their PC online experience in a portable," and reportedly mentioned that the "next-generation model would include new partners and expanded capability." Now, we're not sure if WWAN or WiMAX connectivity could be headed to the not-yet-confirmed mylo 2, but it's pretty safe to assume that competition in the converged device market will have heated up quite intensely for the second iteration.[Thanks, Ryan]
Switched On: Pretty fly for the WiFi
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment: Neither Sony nor Nokia have Microsoft at the top of their buddy lists, and their product lines don't contain much overlap; but the Japanese electronics giant enlisted the help of Nokia's longtime Scandinavian rival Ericsson when it made its serious push into the mobile phone space. Hence, it's easy to see how convergence often makes for strange competitors, and this year Sony's latest stab at it came in the form of the Mylo, which entered the WiFi-enabled portable connected media device alongside an updated software suite for Nokia's 770 internet tablet. While on their surface the products have many similar capabilities and share a price of $349, their form and philosophy are strikingly different.To remove any confusion, neither of these devices are cell phones per se; they don't make voice calls using cellular networks and are thus not purchased with calling plans. Also, in contrast to the PDAs of yore, neither of them has an integrated personal information manager. In fact, to its detriment, the 770 comes with no PC software at all.The appeal of these – forgive me, Webster – WiFliances is plain from the company's perspective. With cell phone carriers moving most of the handsets in the US, companies are hamstrung in terms of the kinds of communications capabilities they can offer to consumers both by bandwidth limits and carrier fiat. However, are these products right for consumers? For one, they certainly have more appeal if you spend most of your days in an extended guest-friendly hotspot network or "hotzone" such as a university campus or a metropolitan WiFi network like the one Google is now offering in Mountain View, CA.
Engadget goes hands-on with the Sony Mylo
Those lucky cats at Engadget get all the cool stuff! Just yesterday, Sony decided to hook them up with a late prototype of the Mylo.Here's what they said:The Good+ The Mylo doesn't have the XMB cross-media bar that we've grown to love on the PSP, but its interface is still easy to navigate.+ The hot-spot finder is a nice program that helps in finding where you can go online.+ The screen is "nice and bright."+ The Mylo supports limited multi-tasking.+ The Mylo seems to have less "key travel" than similar slide-out keyboards.The Bad- There is no Bluetooth support.- The file system is basic.- The buttons aren't backlit. - The color scheme of the keys and keyboard (Dark orange on orange) doesn't contrast well.So it looks like Sony could tweak the system a bit, but overall, it looks pretty solid. It's kinda funny because in the first images we saw of the Mylo, it looked like its design borrowed heavily from the PSP. But seeing the two together, they really don't look similar at all.(Via Engadget)
