Everything with this device could have been perfect… Except for the price…

If Redly gave me 1024×600 (at least) screen, a half-decent keyboard and the ability to use Remote Desktop (which WM6 Pro does have) then I would buy it right away. This would give me the modular approach – use my smartphone when needed, connect it to Redfly to turn it into a uber-Advantage.
Comparison to Eee PC does not seem right to me, apples and oranges and all that. I do not nee yet another computer, but I could use a simple lighweight tool that would unlock the full potential of my pocketable device(s). Smartphones and PDAs are fantastically connected an there is some very useful software for them out there.

this link showed up in a engadget comment:
http://www.podtech.net/home/4807/celio-redfly-a-smartphones-mobile-companion

is that a tytnii he is waving round?!

Great point about not having any OS, RAM, CPU, etc…for $500 — ouch!

The idea is great and very useful, and WM 5/6 does have some advantages over a full OS (i.e.: quick standby restart, battery life) but you have to give something more than just display capabilites, keyboards, and a mouse. 2 (keyboard and mouse) out of those 3 can already be paired with any bluetooth enabled phone for about $150-200. So the Other $350 is going for VGA output display? Cant see myself reaching for my wallet to buy this over the ASUS Eee if the two are sitting side by side next to each other.

$200 sounds reasonable, $250 maybe. $300 would be big stretch (Definitely would shell out another $200 for the Asus).

Ill have to see what else this product offers over an entirely (well) functioning pc.

What is everyone going on about here? From that report, that unFoleo has no OS, no CPU, no RAM. So what does it do?!

And at the price of an Eee? FAIL.

This seems to be a major improvement on the theories behing the Foleo. I could actually use this product, as oppossed to the Foleo.

This also looks like a major step in the direction of Gates’ prior assertions that the cell phone/smartphone is the best hardware option for “computerizing” the world (and the third world).

The software, if it works, would seem to allow me (and everyone else) the flexibility that I didn’t see in the Foleo.

Interesting stuff, and I will probably try one out.

brian seems to have nailed it. people are focusing to much on the “mobile companion” part.

say you can hook the dock up to a tv and add a keyboard and mouse. presto, instant home computer for the up and coming parts of the world.

and with 3G coverage (or even just 2.5 in a pinch) one have the option to do web anywhere.

yes, the price is stiff for the companion. even more so as i suspect it will be able to do even less then the foleo was suspected to do on its own.

still, its one of those things that im not sure where will go. i just hope that engadget and crew dont start gunning from the hips again…

After looking it over, the primary product offered appears to be the bridge software – yes?
Seems like a much better approach than betting the farm on a Foleo-like fixed hardware device.

Most comments around the intratube appear to be aimed at replicating the Foleo crib-death while paying scant attention to the software.

If the software lives up to it’s billing, who cares about any one device?

With this approach, mobile devices may make the long anticipated cross-over to primary tool and data repository that links devices to expand functionality as needed.

Of course, I may be ahead of the curve and/or full of crap.