mylo (Sony)

Mylo , acrónimo de "My Life Online" ⁽ Mi vida en línea), es un dispositivo portátil de bolsillo creado y comercializado por Sony para mensajería instantánea y otras comunicaciones basadas en Internet, como navegar por sitios web usando el navegador Opera [ ^{1 ]} y reproducir y compartir archivos multimedia. Presentado en 2006, Mylo tenía una pantalla que se deslizaba hacia arriba para revelar un teclado QWERTY . Al usar Wi-Fi en lugar de redes celulares —reduciendo los costos de conectividad al evitar la necesidad de usar redes celulares GSM , CDMA o 3G que normalmente se usarían para dispositivos de este tamaño y funcionalidad ^{[ 2 ]} — Mylo estaba dirigido al grupo de edad de 18 a 24 años ^{[ 3 ]} . Un modelo revisado fue lanzado en 2008.

Mylo COM–1

La primera versión del Sony mylo se lanzó el 15 de septiembre de 2006 e incluye 1 GB de memoria flash integrada y una ranura de expansión Memory Stick PRO Duo .

El mylo tiene un grosor de 23,9 mm ( 15/16 pulg .) , un ancho de 123 mm ( 4 + 7/8 pulg . ) y una altura de 63 mm (2 + 1/2 pulg.), además de una pantalla LCD QVGA ( 320 × 240 ) de 6,1 cm (2,4 pulg.) . Su diseño es similar al del T-Mobile Sidekick , ya que se sostiene en posición horizontal y cuenta con un teclado QWERTY deslizable. Los colores iniciales de su modelo fueron blanco y negro brillante.        

Mylo COM–2

On January 6, 2008, the second edition of the Sony mylo was announced at CES 2008 in Las Vegas. This version was based on PSP technology and included AIM, a touchscreen, and a camera. The Internet Browser was changed from Opera to NetFront. It supported Adobe Flash for viewing Flash content such as YouTube videos and for playing Flash-based games. The mylo COM–2 had 1 GB flash memory that could be used for music and video playback.^[4] Two colors were available: black and white. The mylo COM–2 featured wireless G connectivity. The keyboard was backlit as well.^[4] System software version 1.201 added support for video recording. The mylo COM–2 was released on SonyStyle.com on January 25, 2008, for $299. It was reduced to $199 before the holiday season and was quickly drawn from production due to its poor sales.

The mylo's menu of software applications is grouped by function.

Communication

The following applications in the main menu group use the Wi-Fi connection:

• AIM. AOL Instant Messenger (COM–2 only)
• Skype. Includes the features: Dial (Skype to phone), Call (Skype to Skype), Chat (instant messaging), and Send (and Receive) Files. Also can receive (phone to Skype).
• Google Talk. Features text chats (instant messaging) with Google Talk and XMPP contacts. Included is a link to Gmail (WAP version).
• Yahoo! Messenger. The text messaging application also includes a link to Yahoo! Mail (WAP version).
• Ad Hoc Application. This Peer-to-peer lets the mylo share playlists and stream songs directly to another mylo.^[5]
• Cannot be used natively for sending or receiving text (SMS) messages to or from cell phones; it is strictly for messenger and web only.

Web

COM–1. The Opera web browser allows a number of configurations to help minimize the limitations of the small screen (320x240) including Zoom (%), Text Size (Small, Normal, Large) and View Mode (Normal or Fit to Screen).

COM–2. NetFront with support for Flash Lite is the web browser that is supplied with the mylo COM–2.

Media

COM–1. The player supports the MP3, WMA (secured and unsecured) and ATRAC 3 audio formats. The image viewer supports JPG, PNG, and Bitmap formats. The video player supports the MPEG-4/AAC video format. The text application is a simple text editor.

COM–2. The player supports the MP3, WMA (secured and unsecured), AAC (no DRM) and ATRAC3 formats. The image viewers supports JPEG, PNG and BMP formats. The video player supports the MPEG-4/AAC Simple Profile and MPEG-4/AAC AVC H.264 baseline profile. It also supports WMV starting with firmware version 1.101, which was released in April 2008.

On both models DRM content in Windows Media Audio and Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding 3 is limited to the internal 1GB memory. DRM playback is not possible via Memory Stick as Magic Gate is not available and Windows Media DRM is not currently possible on Memory Sticks.

Tools

• The utilities in this menu group include the Connection Manager for managing the Wi-Fi configuration, a File Manager, a firmware System Update tool.

With the USB mode configuration set to the default (MSC) the mylo acts as a USB mass-storage device. Music and other files can then be transferred from a PC with the included SonicStage software or by dragging and dropping using a file manager. With the USB mode set to MTP you can synchronize audio files via WMP 10. While connected via USB, the mylo screen displays the USB mode currently in use and suspends whatever program had been running.

The 802.11b Wi-Fi connection is started either with the Wireless LAN slider button or automatically when one of mylo's Internet applications (i.e., Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Opera) attempt to access the network and an infrastructure mode Wi-Fi connection has not yet been established. The Wi-Fi mode can be switched to Ad Hoc mode to enable use of the Ad Hoc Application. Although the device is marketed for persons on the go, the Mylo does not have any commonly used Bluetooth capabilities, to provide easy connection with other wireless carrier enabled mobile devices.

Owners of the COM-1 model receive access to any T-Mobile Hotspot for the first year. Owners of the COM–2 model receive access to over 10,000 Wayport Hotspot locations nationwide, through December 31, 2010. Over 9,000 of these locations are McDonald's restaurants.

Procesador: Freescale i.MX21 (para el COM–1) ^{[ 6 ]}

El dispositivo mylo COM-1 cuenta con una pantalla LCD de 2,4 pulgadas con resolución de 320 x 240 píxeles, 400 MB de memoria flash (ampliable a 4 GB), conectividad mini-USB , una ranura para Memory Stick Duo, conectividad inalámbrica 802.11b integrada (compatible con seguridad WEP y WPA-PSK ) y una batería de iones de litio que ofrece hasta 45 horas de reproducción de música, 8 horas de vídeo y hasta 76 horas de conversación VoIP . Además, incluye una entrada de CC para cargar o usar con cable mediante el adaptador de CA, una interfaz de auriculares/micrófono de 10 pines (adaptador incluido), un teclado QWERTY deslizable para escribir mensajes y un peso total de aproximadamente 157 gramos (5,5 onzas) , incluyendo la batería.

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• Ogo
• PlayStation Portable

• Análisis del Sony mylo con demostración en vídeo.
• Guía de codificación de vídeo de Sony mylo usando Free PSPvideo9
• Análisis del Sony Mylo COM2 Análisis del Sony Mylo COM2
• Informe de desmontaje del Sony "mylo" "COM-2" , detalles del hardware publicados en japonés por los desarrolladores. Hay una traducción disponible en línea .