Sony to launch wireless broadband gadget in US

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2006

TOKYO (AFP) — Sony has said it will market in the United States a first-of-a-kind wireless broadband device allowing users to exchange online voice and text messages, browse the Internet and listen to music.

The palm-size personal communicator, named mylo and aimed largely at university students, is capable of operating in Wi-Fi networks in public spaces or at home, the Japanese electronics giant said.

The mylo -- standing for "my life online" -- will be sold in September for about 350 dollars in the US market, a Sony spokeswoman said in Tokyo, adding the product was believed to be the first of its kind.

Sony Corp. may also consider releasing the product in Japan, she said.

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