Sony introduced its "mylo" personal communicator for the US market. 
The pocket-sized device works in any open 802.11b wireless network to provide instant messaging, VoIP calling, email, web browsing and media playback. Some key features:
- the communicator comes with Skype, Google Talk and Yahoo! Messenger software
- it includes JiWire's hotspot directory listing more than 20,000 WiFi networks in the US.
- 1GB of the flash memory is included
- it uses a 2.4 inch color LCD (measured diagonally) with a slide out QWERTY keyboard for thumb typing
- a lithium-ion battery offers up to 45 hours of music playback, around seven hours of chatting and web surfing and more than three hours of continuous Skype talk time.
- it includes a microphone, stereo headphones, a USB cable and a neoprene case.
- the device will be sold online for $350 online at sonystyle.com
