Mylo, You Back in the box and you going back to Amazon
Pros:
Cute. Should let you get rid of your landline.
Cons:
Friends can't hear me when I use it to place phone calls.
The Bottom Line:
Might be a good music machine, but was lousy for me as a phone.
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Author's Review
Such a darling little thing. Love at first sight.
I bought Mylo so I could get rid of my landline and piggy-back on my high-speed internet connection. I decided not to worry about 911, as I have five dogs. They will scare away all but the nuttiest intruder, and if I fall and can't get up, I have enough Black Labs that they will hungrily eat most of my face before the paramedics arrive anyway. Without 911, I assume my bones will be licked clean before my fallen form is discovered.
Being a fumbling middle-aged ex-tech junkie, I tore open the box and plugged it in and waited tearfully for it to charge over the course of several hours. Once it was charged, I jabbed at it unmercifully until I was able to get it to place a call via my Skype account.
Response from friend: "I can't hear you"
Me: "Well, I am talking into a $349 plastic suppository, so I assume the problem is on your end."
Response from mom: "I can't hear you."
Me: "Well, ma, you never did want to hear anything I said."
Having read the previous review, I am now inspired to unbox the unit and see if it will work better as a phone if I stay closer to my wireless router. (An Apple Airport, of the current vintage.) If it worked, it would be lovely. However, being a busy person with things to do and bills to pay, I think I will just continue the process of sending it back to Amazon. I ordered Vonage instead, even though I loved the idea of FREE wireless phone service at home.
The thing I liked best about it was that I tend to have interesting ideas as I drop off to sleep. I kept it on the night stand, and used its text function as a little typewriter to store these ideas for morning consumption. "Pink Flamingos...in combat boots...ask Sean what he thinks..." Etc. Would be much much better with a backlit keyboard.
So, because it is not a good phone, and my pre-somnolent ideas are vague and stupid, I have to give the Mylo a low score.
When and if it becomes a good phone, I will buy it again. And I don't think I will need the text function.
