Redfly

[The Liaison]

Whats is it exactly?

 

[graham.hughes]

Looks like a netbook. Plug it into your phone (check the Celio website for a list of compatible devices), and you get an 8", 800x480 screen, and a decent size keyboard for your phone. It's not a netbook, it doesn't do anything when not attached to a phone. What you see on the screen is the phone's display output, but bigger and in 800x480 resolution. It connects to the phone by USB or Bluetooth. When connected by Bluetooth, you can also charge your phone from it. The Redfly has about 8 hours of battery life on one charge. It doesn't have a touch-screen, it has a laptop/netbook style touch pad instead (you get a mouse pointer on the screen), or you can connect a mouse using the second USB port. The USB ports can also be used to connect a memory stick, which your phone will see as an extra memory card.

Graham.

 

[anon159272]

http://www.celiocorp.com/companion/

 

[anon159272]

When connected by Bluetooth, you can also charge your phone from it.

Graham, you mean "USB" there. Wireless charging over BT is probably a few years away.

 

[Smart Guy]

Whats is it exactly?

Stay away. Redfly has plenty of unsettling issues.

 

[graham.hughes]

Graham, you mean "USB" there. Wireless charging over BT is probably a few years away.

Yes, I do! Bluetooth charging might come in a firmware upgrade, but presumably not for the C8...