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Sony is quietly rolling out a new version of its mylo personal communicator. Originally launched in mid-2006, the mylo (which stands for “My Life Online”) brings together Wi-Fi Internet access, a QWERTY keyboard for full-bore text messaging, VoIP capability, a built-in camera, and audio playback and video display…but omits standard mobile phone capabilities. The idea is to enable connectivity through Wi-Fi hotspots—and Sony inked a deal with T-Mobile to let mylo users connect to the work through T-Mobile Hotspots.

T-Mobile and Sony have entered into a deal which will give owners of Sony’s forthcoming mylo personal communications device up to 12 months of free Wi-Fi service from more than 7,000 T-Mobile HotSpot locations in the United States.

"The mylo personal communicator is designed to let users stay connected to their online lives when they’re away from their home network," said John Kodera, Sony’s director of product marketing for personal communication devices,, in a statement. "By offering complimentary access at thousands of T-Mobile HotSpot locations, we are giving mylo communicator users more opportunities to stay online while they’re out and about."

Today Sony drew a bead on the portion of the youth market which is hopelessly addicted to instance messaging by announcing the mylo personal communicator, a new handheld device which combines Wi-Fi capabilities with QWERTY-enabled instant messaging, VoIP capabilities, Web browsing, photo andvideo display, and (of course) a music player. The mylo—which stands for My Life Online—wants to be the new “must-have” device, unseating the famously-trendy Sidekick.

As a device, the mylo sports a 2.4-inch 320 by 240 LCD display, 1 GB of flash memory (supposedly upgradable to 4 GB), mini-USB connectivity, a Memory Stick Duo slot (after all, this is a Sony product!), integrated 802.11b wireless networking (supporting WEP and WPA-PSK) security), and a lithium-ion battery offering up to 45 hours of music playback, 8 hour of video time, and up to 3.5 hour sof VoIP talk time. Add to that a DC input for charging or running “wired” with the AC adapter, a 10-pin headphone/microphone interface (an adapter is included), a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for composing your messages lickety-split, and a total weight of aout 5.3 ounces, including battery.