Can a REDFLY Replace a MacBook?

redfly-c8nWe’ve been all over the REDFLY since it first appeared. The REDFLY is the ultra-portable notebook-like device that doesn’t do anything on its own, but when you connect it to your Windows Mobile phone things get really interesting. The REDFLY simply shoots your phone’s screen to the bigger REDFLY screen and brings a nice keyboard and trackpad to use with your phone.

What makes the REDFLY work so well is it’s near instant-on and the fact that it gets through a full day on a single battery charge. It has no memory nor processor of its own to eat the battery, it uses the resources of the phone to run things. It’s surprisingly good at what it does and if you doubt that then you need to check out the 3-part series on Gear Diary. Carly Z put the REDFLY to the ultimate test and left the MacBook at home for a week and just used the REDFLY. The results may surprise you but here’s a teaser:

The other area that I did not expect to get so dependent on was having my phone so tightly integrated with my computer. Answering text messages, phone calls, emails, and browsing the news all without having to swap devices once was like geek nirvana.

Check out the entire series:

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