A Special Offer from Celio
Posted by Jack Cook on 09/27/08 in Accessories
Were you ever in a situation with your device that you wished you had a larger screen and keyboard? I have been countless times as I was trying to work on a document. Celio Corporation, makers of the REDFLY have a special “seeding program” where you can get the RedFly at 50% off the MRSP of $399 for a limited time.
So why the BIG discount? Celio Corp has found that a REDFLY Mobile Companion device in the hands of media, developers or mobile enthusiasts has a tremendous viral marketing benefit. So they decided to offer a a limited amount of REDFLY devices for placement in this special marketing seed program at $199 until October 31, 2008.
This is a great deal if you want an extension to your device to allow you to edit, view documents and surf the web using a larger screen. I liked my experience with the REDFLY and truly believed that it allowed me to Extend the Possibilities.
For a very limited time, Celio is offering the REDFLY for $199. Click this link, REDFLY , to check it out.
The RedFly - Extending the Possibilities
Posted by Jack Cook on 05/6/08 in Accessories, Mobilitysite Reviews
The RedFly arrived just before I was heading out to Seattle to attend the Microsoft MVP Summit and I thought that I would start the written part of my review of the RedFly in a real situation where it might be reasonably used. So this review was started as I was flying with Steve “fyiguy” Hughes out to Redmond for the Microsoft MVP summit. I thought it might be a neat way to see how easy it was to use and to see if it performed to the level of expectation that I had.
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
