Comments on: Celio Mobile Viewer: REDFLY Without the REDFLY

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:01:51 +0000

I too was having trouble figuring out why you would want this, and then it hit me — free tethering. While you would be limited to using your phone’s web browser, you would be able to go online outside of a wifi hotspot without paying for a cellular modem or a $60/month data plan. And, as far as your cellphone provider is concerned, you are just browsing the web on your phone. Now, if only I had a Windows Mobile phone, I’d be in business…

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:24:48 +0000

This is indeed what Celio has accomplished. The phone displays on the laptop at a native resolution much higher. Look at my REDFLY video and you’ll see how much of a spreadsheet can be displayed.

By: Mark Roddis

Mark Roddis — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:42:56 +0000

At first i saw this and thought I had found a use for that eee pc 701 sitting gathering dust but now I think about it, why would I want this.

One of the key things about Redfly is that it is almost instant on. If you load said software onto a Windows laptop then you have to wait the minute or so for that thing to boot. At which point you have a full OS in front of you.

So I suspect the appeal of this software will be very limited.

By: MicroAngelo

MicroAngelo — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:15:19 +0000

I’m sorry… how is this in any way different from Raspberry Software’s TrueConnect program that I’ve been using for over 2 years?

In fact it appears to have less features as you can’t set it up as an “extended monitor” for that real *WOW!* factor – running my mouse pointer from my desktop over on to my (now 25-month old) HTC x7500′s screen and then typing an SMS using my PC’s keyboard, or even just copy-and-pasting a phone number from my laptop to the phone, usually has iPhone owners weeping into their look-you-can-zoom-in-on-photos-using-multitouch “innovative” devices.

The only thing I can see which might be an improvement: are they suggesting that they can get the device to output at a resolution *higher* than the device native one? How does that work?

By: JeffGr

JeffGr — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:03:00 +0000

While this seems like it might be fun to play with, I’m having a hard time seeing how this would be overly useful. It seems to me that there isn’t much you could do with this that you couldn’t do using the Netbook or Laptop itself.