David Pogue of the New York Times reviews the Wi-Fi-equipped Sony mylo: I haven't touched one yet--I should see one soon--but Pogue's review makes it sound a bit covered in cooties. He likes the device's orientation to college students, most of whom now have ubiquitous on-campus Wi-Fi access. He praises the Skype integration, which allows free Skype and inbound and outbound calls to the regular phone network, and finds the screen, keyboard, and IM features just fine.
But let's get to the showstoppers. Pogue points out the mylo works with Gtalk, Skype, and Yahoo's chat services, but not AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and MSN Messenger. AIM is the largest IM service worldwide. He points out that the Web browser is bizarrely put together, allowing you tediously slide around a segment of a Web page (as if you have a larger screen you're examining a window into), or squeeze the entire page into an unreadable preview. The browser lacks Flash support, along with no streaming audio and video support. Mylo also lacks support for PlaysForSure music, streaming or downloaded. (It also can't play music purchased from Apple's iTunes Store, but nothing except the iPod can.) While it plays video, it can only handle one format!
Pogue's summary: "Which young people, exactly, does Sony expect to pay $350 for a wireless gadget that doesn’t have a camera, can’t download e-mail, omits AOL Instant Messenger and can’t play music bought online?"