Comments on: Celio puts a notebook face on a smartphone

The Redfly serves as a shell for Windows Mobile smartphones, enabling users to surf the Web or type e-mails while talking.

[rscorer614]

8" Diameter?

How the heck do these things get past your quality control....

[Commander_Spock]

You have got to understand dude...

... that some folks may not be "techie" like you. ;-) !

[chrisfrary]

Folio Flop

I think they call this the Folio Flop. Isn't this exactly what the palm was supposed to be? What a joke, no one will buy this crap. I have a windows mobile phone too.

[thedreaming]

Folio

Palm stopped advertising it almost immediately. Who wants to carry a laptop size device, just to interface with your smartphone. It was a stupid idea. Everyone wants small, fast and thin.

[mikeburek]

Good for iPhone

Well, if you use an iPhone instead of Windows Mobile, then people will like it. I know somewhere I saw a picture of a hoped for idea from MacWorld where there was the same thing, and you popped the iPhone into it to become the touchpad and then you could use a full keyboard and bigger screen.

It's a neat idea. If you want to use your phone for your mobile work, then this is a nice interface. You can carry your phone normally, but when going on a plane, instead of using a completely separate computer notebook to work on, you just bring this and all your data is in place and you don't have an extra device to sync with. Or if you are going to a coffee shop or something and want to surf the web while out, instead of spending money on an extra processor that won't get used most of the time, you are just buying a keyboard and bigger screen.

It's like a dock for a laptop, but actually provides a real service instead of just being a powerstrip-like device for all your peripherals.

[stillwaters7]

That's nice but...

The simple answer is that the powers that be at Apple decided to make the iPhone a closed box. I'm guessing there is an app running on the phone to to manage and interpret the communication between the phone and the Mobile Companion.

"Well, if you use an iPhone instead of Windows Mobile, then people will like it."

Why does the iPhone suddenly make this more likable? The Apple halo effect sure is annoying sometimes:)

I don't think using an iPhone (or any other phone for that matter) will give any advantage for the scenario that Celio is addressing. Ideally, the Mobile Companion should abstract away the phone entirely.

[keyringwest]

You can do this....

With cellular card and notebook, one can do more than high-speed
data. You can actually palce and recives call all-in-one....

[excavator12]

Updated Price .... $189.00