Celio RedFly - A BostonPocketPC Review
Posted by Jack Cook on 05/5/08 in Accessories
Steve ‘fyiguy” Hughes has posted his review and impressions of the Celio RedFly that is worth reading if you have a desire to learn more about this companion device. It is a great device to extend the capabilities of your mobile device.
In part, Steve said:
The Celio REDFLY Mobile Companion from Celio Corp garnished alot of attention at this year’s CES as a notebook replacement with no operating system, but works merely as an extension of a Windows Mobile device providing an 8 inch screen and full sized keyboard.
When I got back from MVP Summit I made it a mission to use it as my primary computer replacement for a week at work. So it brought it to meetings to take notes as I would my current Tablet PC using OneNote Mobile, granted I couldn’t take hand written notes and simultaneously record audio, but I was still able to take good typed notes. I could triage, read and respond to email pretty quickly with out having to wait for my computer to wake up from sleep and logon with my password and ground away loading up applications. On the REDFLY I begin using after entering my password on the keyboard nonetheless. Entering numbers into a spreadsheet went pretty quickly using the numeric keypad, much faster than just using my phone. I was also able to answer and place calls using the dedicated buttons on the keyboard.
Bringing the device into meetings did elicit some conversation and comments on my new small laptop. Others were also wondering where I was getting Internet access since there was no WiFi in the conference room. I was able to VPN into our Sharepoint server and pull up some documents from the last meeting as well as easily use the simple Internet Explorer Mobile browser to look up some specs on a few new ceiling equipment booms for our new GI suites.
Check out fyiguy’s full review here at the BostonPocketPC
Written by Jack Cook · Filed Under Accessories
Tagged: Celio, Celio Corporation, Mobile companion, RedFly, Windows Mobile
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It’s the Foleo for WM!
Based on the terrible reaction Palm got for the Foleo, it’ll be interesting to see if this is anything more than a niche product.
This is a true companion for a smart phone.
The Foleo was more akin to an Asus Eee (with crappier specs) optimized for Palm synchronization.
So, for the same price (I think), the Fooleo could do more standalone than this thing can?
Seriously I don’t get how people who bashed the Fooleo as being the silly waste of money that it was now think that this is the best thing since sliced bread.
The problem… OK one of the problems with the Foleo was that you needed a very specific device for it to talk to.
This looks more universal. Upgrade your PDA no problem keep the redfly.
However it’s too close to the laptop price point for consumers, and I suspect business users would go for ultra portables/umpc’s instead