After our idea factory meeting, Andy and I strolled over to the store, looking for Wii's and such. We discussed the utility of equipping something like a coffee shop with IM to ping favored customers when the shop was empty. Thinking it would be a nifty evaluation, I picked up a Sony Mylo communicator - a wifi-based device bundled with Skype, GTalk, and Yahoo Messenger.
The Mylo is a cute device, but for the money, $300, I'm not convinced it's a good value. If it works properly, I should be able to enjoy the sort of always online behavior that I expect from a mobile phone (assuming I am always connected to WiFi service.)
Skype sound quality is decent, and the unit can be held in a telephone handset style. A blue LED pulses when idle, and blinks on an incoming message. The keyboard is useful, but among the most difficult to type on in my long experience with tiny keyboards.
More later...
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