Mulling 'Apple Factor' with laptop, handheld

I mulled the Apple Factor when testing Toshiba's ultralight Portege R500 laptop and Sony's recently revamped Mylo Personal Communicator.

Sorry, Toshiba and Sony, but comparisons to the MacBook Air and iPod touch are inevitable.

Here's a combo PDF with my present and past coverage of the Mylo and MacBook Air (if you subscribe to my podcast feed, you get such documents dropped into iTunes automatically).