Skype on a pocket internet device
The Sony Mylo COM-2 (My Life Online) was the second generation of Sony’s Wi-Fi personal communicator, designed for messaging, browsing and light media on the go. It added a 2.5-inch touchscreen and a 1.3-megapixel camera over the original, while keeping the slide-out QWERTY keyboard that defined the line.
I worked with Sony’s team to integrate Skype calling and chat into the COM-2 shell, reconciling Skype’s contact-centric interaction model with the device’s dual-input approach — users could navigate by touchscreen or reach for the slide-out keyboard depending on context. The challenge was ensuring the Skype experience felt deliberate on both input paths rather than designed for one and bolted onto the other.
