While the redfly hardware is quite slick, you gotta admit that the redfly software on the the WM6 and the within the redfly hardware (client side) is the real power here.
Having the capabilities to so the same thing as a window on a windoze/linux/macos desktop/laptop opens up a personal WM6 device to all sorts of new things on the consumer side. yeah, sure, the enterprise may see this as a way to slap a KB/monitor to your WM device, but, for me, this is a way to do something like off-board virtualization if I can run a window attached to my WM6 Treo while being within the corporate network (or even an unprotected network).
Sharing USB Drives, yeah, nice, but think in terms of RDP capabilities and potentially sharing drives/printers/etc from the local laptop into the WM6 host.
Could even be slick if the redfly client software was network accessible to the WM via simple proxy -> through your wireless carrier's network. Then, your phone could stay on your side, in your car, heck, just about anywhere and be accessible. I can see that little twist too as my wife calls and says "hey, on my phone can you...." while sitting at her desk.
The WM6 phone as an RDP Terminal Server -- hmm... interesting, in that it makes it able to access your phone just like any other server.
In any event, having redfly client software on win/linux/macos would solve the same type of problem as the integrated hardware solution -- 1 device you carry plus your laptop -- still keeping the data on the WM device -- with an added ability for allowing even better sharing than a USB drive.
Also, I'd imagine a software based solution could help lower the price (using a software-based solution) and there'd be way more takers (IMHO) -- even of the non technical kind. Input on the WM devices, even with things like MyMobile, couldn't hold a candle to a VGA-based input/display/sharing/networking piece of software that didn't use activesync (which keeps you from networking via the WM).
I'd stand in line for that ;-)
Having the capabilities to so the same thing as a window on a windoze/linux/macos desktop/laptop opens up a personal WM6 device to all sorts of new things on the consumer side. yeah, sure, the enterprise may see this as a way to slap a KB/monitor to your WM device, but, for me, this is a way to do something like off-board virtualization if I can run a window attached to my WM6 Treo while being within the corporate network (or even an unprotected network).
Sharing USB Drives, yeah, nice, but think in terms of RDP capabilities and potentially sharing drives/printers/etc from the local laptop into the WM6 host.
Could even be slick if the redfly client software was network accessible to the WM via simple proxy -> through your wireless carrier's network. Then, your phone could stay on your side, in your car, heck, just about anywhere and be accessible. I can see that little twist too as my wife calls and says "hey, on my phone can you...." while sitting at her desk.
The WM6 phone as an RDP Terminal Server -- hmm... interesting, in that it makes it able to access your phone just like any other server.
In any event, having redfly client software on win/linux/macos would solve the same type of problem as the integrated hardware solution -- 1 device you carry plus your laptop -- still keeping the data on the WM device -- with an added ability for allowing even better sharing than a USB drive.
Also, I'd imagine a software based solution could help lower the price (using a software-based solution) and there'd be way more takers (IMHO) -- even of the non technical kind. Input on the WM devices, even with things like MyMobile, couldn't hold a candle to a VGA-based input/display/sharing/networking piece of software that didn't use activesync (which keeps you from networking via the WM).
I'd stand in line for that ;-)
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