Recent content by tony

Post trip update. We had a great trip to New York and Washington DC. The Asus netbook worked out great. Easily 5 hours use on the plane with still 3 hours left on the battery. My minimal kit included the AC adapter, and a short Ethernet cable. For my needs the netbook worked perfectly. I...

My main criteria were: - light weight (device to beat was Redfly C8N) - long battery life (device to match or beat was Redfly C8N) - small size (device to beat was cell phone + Redfly) I ended up with an Asus EEEE 1000HA-P with Win7 "starter"version, upgraded to 2 GB RAM + 4 GB SD card for...

Hi Matt, That's great. Thanks for testing. I think other Dvorak layout typists will find the Redfly a viable option for touch typing on a windows mobile device. thanks, -Tony

Hmmm, I'm not sure where my posts go, sometimes they get posted immediately, sometimes not, sometimes they appear several days later. I'll repost here, and will delete one if my previous post appears later on. [Edit. This post appeared immediately] Anyways, thanks everyone for your suggestions...

Hi mknollman, Thanks for the recommendation (netbook). I've scaled down my expectations. Here's how I see how a Redfly might work for me. Is the following realistic? Essentially, I'd use it as an external keyboard and monitor for the cell phone (as per jewb56) and drop the idea of doing...

Hi Graham, I responded previously, but it seems any posts with links don't get posted. Anyways I take along a WTR54GS travel router on trips. I can connect it to a wired Internet connection and broadcast wifi. In a meeting room with only one Ethernet jack, I can plug in the travel router and...

Hi Graham, Same issue for me, if I travel in the USA, the cell phone data connection cost goes up to $8/MB, so I have to find wifi or a wired Internet connection. When I travel, I take along a Linksys WRT54GS travel router. It's got an ethernet jack where you can plug in the hotel's...

Remote Desktop setup Thanks Graham. Right, it's the larger screen I'm after. I thought I'd give RDP a try as it's not browser based as is LogMeIn free. But I'm unable to connect to my laptop. I've spent better than 3/4 of a day on this, most frustrating. [Update] I spent more time on this and...

Hi Graham and jweb56, Thanks for the input and suggestions. I installed the LogMeIn app on my phone (discovered it's only available if I use pocket IE and not Opera as the browser). I can successfully log into my PCs at home and control them by clicking on the phone's touch screen...

Hi Badersk, Good idea. I made a backup of my phone then downloaded and installed the Redfly driver. It seemed to install okay, I can see Redfly setup among my programs. The phone is operating normally with the Redfly software installed. So far so good.

Hi, Anyone with a Telus windows mobile phone and a Redfly companion? I'm wondering if Telus's proprietary ROM allows Redfly's driver low level control of video on the cell phone. I've got a Telus HTC Touch Diamond with stock ROM. The network is CDMA so data transfer rates are reasonably...

Hi, I've been going back and forth between buying a Redfly (CN8) or a netbook. I understand the power of a netbook is limited and doesn't approach the power of a full laptop. Friends with netbooks say they are realistically only suitable for browsing, email, light writing--nothing too...

Hi, I've searched the forums but don't see the topic. I have an HTC Touch Diamond which I use with an external bluetooth keyboard. I've loaded a keyboard mapper from http://ae.inc.ru/aekmap.php and use a Dvorak layout to type when I'm using the external keyboard. On the phone itself, I...