September 25th, 2008
Celio Corp is running a seed unit program offering REDFLY to enterprise customers and individual users for just $199 - but only for a few weeks. That’s 50% off the normal MSRP of $399! After October 31, 2008 the price on the REDFLY will return to $399.
Why on earth are we doing this?
Well, a bunch of us were sitting around the conference room table early this week discussing how once someone actually tries a REDFLY for a few hours, they just don’t want to give it back. We also find that once someone has a REDFLY in their hands, they tend to do a lot of word-of-mouth marketing for us.
So, we thought, “Why don’t we take part of the marketing budget for a few weeks to subsidize a special seed program? That way we can get a large number of units out into the market, seed some mobile enthusiasts and get them to help spread the word by showing REDFLY to people.”
We’ve done just that. We have set aside a large (but very finite) number of REDFLYs for this special program. They’re sitting on palettes right now in the warehouse ready to ship.
Visit http://www.getredfly.com to grab one right now or to get more info.
If you’re new to REDFLY, take this 3-minute tour to learn more.
To quote Matthew Miller, you may want to “run, don’t walk” and get one before we burn through the limited number of units for this special program.
Thanks for reading,
Kirt Bailey
President and CEO
Celio Corp
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September 16th, 2008
REDFLY is the perfect size for air travel. This morning while on a long flight to New York, just as I turned on my REDFLY and started to get some work done, the gentleman in the seat in front of me dropped his seat back all the way. Previously, this would have made my work impossible with a 15-inch notebook, but the smaller 1×6x9-inch REDFLY allowed me to work in that cramped space with ease running applications and working on documents located my smartphone. Plus, I was able to use REDFLY to charge the battery on my smartphone while in flight and arrived 4 hours later at JFK with a full battery!
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September 8th, 2008
Celio’s hitting the road to exhibit at two trade shows – CITA in San Francisco (September 10-12) and Mobile Business Expo (MBX) in New York (September 17-19). We’re excited to be at these shows and by the look of things, there are going to be a lot of people in attendance at both shows.
If you are in the neighborhood, drop by and say hi. We’ll have plenty of REDFLYs and smartphones for attendees to play with (including hopefully a few of the new Palm Treo Pros). You can enter at our booths for a chance to win a FREE REDFLY.
If you plan to attend one of the shows and would like your own REDFLY to use during the show, you can order one through our website and we’ll bring it to the show for you to pick up at our booth.
Go to http://www.getredfly.com and enter the promo codes “CTIA” or “MBX” upon checkout. You’ll need to give us a credit card number, but we won’t charge your card for 30 days giving you time to evaluate REDFLY during the tradeshow (or even longer). If you don’t want to keep your REDFLY, bring it back before the end of the show or mail it to us within 30 days and your card won’t be billed.
We hope to see you there.
CTIA
Booth 1138 (second floor, by the Café)
Sept 10-12, 2008
Moscone West, San Francisco, CA
Mobile Business Expo (co-located with Interop)
Booth 502 (by AT&T, Palm)
Sept 16-19, 2008
Javits Center, New York, NY
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September 2nd, 2008
Celio Corp has launched a monthly giveaway program where you can enter once each month to win both a free REDFLY Mobile Companion and your choice of any smartphone on our list of supported phones!
Right now, the contest is only open to U.S. residents. Each month’s winner gets a free REDFLY and also may select any smartphone on the supported list that is currently available for sale through a U.S. retail channel. We’ll go buy the phone (without a contract attached) and ship it to you along with the REDFLY. We support phones from all 4 major U.S. carriers (and some unlocked phones) so it should be easy for you to pick a phone that’s compatible with your current carrier and swap the new phone out for your old phone on your current plan if you win.
The next monthly drawing will be on September 10th so you’ve got just over a week to enter. Good luck!
To enter, visit http://www.celiocorp.com/win
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August 20th, 2008
Celio took the top spot on a recent Network World article, “Nine Wireless Companies to Watch.” John Cox did a great job presenting the REDFLY and eight other cool products.
It’s a great honor to be recognized in this manner by a publication who understands enterprise IT problems and solutions so well.
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August 8th, 2008
It’s been a big week for us here at Celio Corp. In addition to continuing our push into the enterprise markets, REDFLY is also now for sale at select online retailers (with more to come soon).
REDFLY was live on Amazon as of early this week. Enterprise Mobile has a REDFLY page and Expansys has it posted in the UK.
Yesterday, REDFLY hit the Smartphone Experts store (encompassing WMexperts.com, TreoCentral.com and other locations).
As part of the big kickoff, Smartphone Experts is giving away a free REDFLY! Make sure to enter before Sept 1, 2008.
Smartphone Experts also set up a REDFLY section on its discussion boards. Please make sure to share your experiences, comments and concerns. A few people on my team will monitor the forum and answer questions.
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July 31st, 2008
Today REDFLY was named a Silver Medal winner of the “2008 Editor’s Best Awards” in the Mobile & Wireless category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro magazine.
The other two winners in the Mobile & Wireless category were Zenprise (Gold medal) and Amazon’s Kindle (Bronze medal).
The 2008 Editor’s Best Awards appear in the August 2008 issue of Windows IT Pro magazine available now.
The magazine’s editors talked to hundreds of vendors, attended dozens of product demos, and tried out and reviewed products in the Windows market to find the best offerings of the past year in 15 categories naming all winners as products that can help you do your job faster, more efficiently, or more economically.
From the article…
“The cost-effective REDFLY Mobile Companion lets mobile IT pros use smartphones as their primary computing devices while on the go, saving both time and money in a market where both are tight.”
It’s a great honor to be held in such high regards by a publication like Windows IT Pro and its editors.
This is what the magazine’s Publisher, Jeff Lewis said about the awards program…
“The 2008 Editor’s Best Awards utilize our editors’ product knowledge and subject matter expertise to identify exceptional products that benefit the Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine reader communities. Our editors selected winners based on the product’s strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and its value to the customer. Our editors are tough, in-the-trenches critics. They demand solid value and performance from the products they select. Editor’s Best Award winners can feel proud that the products and services they developed have earned the respect and recognition of the Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine editorial staff.”
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July 16th, 2008
We’ve received many inquiries regarding future REDFLY support of other mobile OS’s.
For a number of reasons we chose to target Windows Mobile first, but WM isn’t the only OS on our radar.
We are well aware of the demand for REDFLY to support Blackberry, Android, Symbian and iPhone operating systems.
While I can’t say much for now, we certainly are working towards supporting other operating systems.
Monitor this blog’s RSS feed and you’ll be amongst the first to know when we announce additional device or OS compatibility.
Kirt Bailey
President and CEO
Celio Corp
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July 16th, 2008
Computerworld recently cited a Ponemon Institute study indicating 637,000 laptops each year are lost at U.S. airports. Of those roughly 12,000 lost laptops per week, only about 30% to 35% are ever reclaimed. 53% of people surveyed for the study, say they keep confidential company information on their laptops and 65% admit they do nothing to secure that information.
Data loss protection is one area where REDFLY really shines. Since no data or settings are stored on REDFLY (everything stays on your smartphone), if you lose or damage REDFLY no data is lost or compromised. Just get another REDFLY, connect it to your smartphone and it’s like nothing ever happened. Since REDFLY is less expensive than most laptops or UMPCs, replacing one is also easier on your budget.
As I was writing this post, I noticed one of our first customers, Robert (who now has the fine distinction of being the first person ever to actually lose a REDFLY), just left a comment on my first blog post. Since all of his data is stored on his Treo, he didn’t compromise important or sensitive information when his REDFLY disappeared.
Of course people lose their phones too, but thanks to Windows Mobile’s remote wipe capability, if you lose your phone your data isn’t at risk for long. Since smartphones are persistently connected to the network, your IT staff can quickly send a remote wipe command. Even if you’re lucky enough to have a laptop with remote wipe functionality, it usually can’t be wiped until someone actually connects it to the Internet.
Kirt Bailey
President and CEO
Celio Corp
Tags: DLP, TCO
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July 3rd, 2008
Welcome to the Flyspots blog where we discuss everything related to the REDFLY Mobile Companion. Check back often or subscribe to the RSS feed and stay in the loop on product info, firmware updates, news, announcements, industry insight, and general musings from the REDFLY team on mobile enterprise computing.
This is an exciting time for me personally at Celio Corp. In the short time since we officially released REDFLY, enterprise orders for evaluation units and REDFLY pilot programs have far surpassed expectations. We’re currently ramping up production to meet REDFLY demand.
I’m particularly grateful for the entire REDFLY team and all of the long hours and hard work that went into getting REDFLY to market. Not content to just sit and savor our accomplishment, we’re now hard at work testing REDFLY compatible smartphones and applications; improving drivers and firmware; and adding functionality.
We truly believe the smartphone will one day be your only computing device. We’re working towards that day knowing there’ll be a need to access your smartphone at home, at work and on the road with larger screens and keyboards in an inexpensive, secure and efficient fashion.
We’ve got some really great stuff in the works and I can’t wait to share the news with you through this blog as we progress.
We’re just getting the Flyspots blog started and would appreciate any input or feedback you may have for us. Feel free to post questions in the comments or drop us a line using the main contact form located here.
Kirt Bailey
President and CEO
Celio Corp
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