I have to admit, it looks desireable and it will probably sell well. The new Sony Mylo (you must have heard about it by now?) has a nice specification and a nice price but I won’t be covering it on the Carrypad portal.

Like the other ‘almost-UMPCs’ that I reported on recently the screen isn’t big enough for either video or rich web browsing, two very important functional factors that seperate PDA’s, smartphones and the Mylo from UMPCs.

Comparisons with the Nokia 770 that i’ve seen on other websites are a bit misplaced. The Nokia has a similar form factor and price but with an 800×480 screen, the Nokia opens possibilities for video and rich web browsing, even if it doesn quite have enough processing power for the video element.

On the positive side, its nice to see that someone is prepared to write their own software and not take existing desktop software and try to squeeze it into an ultra-mobile device. Its also nice to see the keyboard (the slide-out keyboard is easily the most well-received design in UMPC’s and I believe that we’ll see many more variations of the slide-out theme.) and some stylish design.

So good luck Sony with the Mylo. When you have a Mylo+ with a 4.5″ 800×480 screen we’ll be first in line to test it out.

Regards
Steve / Chippy.