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If your users are hankering for a tool that keeps them connected online, but also provides instant messaging features as well as text messaging and email, the new Mylo personal communicator from Sony could be the answer. Called Mylo, which is short for "my life online," the handheld also lets users view photos and listen to music simultaneously. It boasts a JiWire hotspot directory for connectivity to the over 20,000 WiFi networks nationwide, and features a 2.4-inch color LCD screen and slide out Qwerty-style keyboard. The big drawback, according to one review, is that it can't jump on a cellular network when WiFi isn't available or out of reach. But as one analyst notes, that won't be an issue for long given the continuing deployment of municipal networking coming into play. Article