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CES Celio Roundup

We’ve received a lot of requests from the media and customers for more information about Celio Corp’s new products and CES announcements so here’s a summary of everything new condensed down into one blog post.

New Product:

REDFLY PC Software

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The REDFLY PC Software was highly requested by customers and is all about giving people options. It gives you many of the benefits of a REDFLY Smartphone Terminal on your existing Windows-based hardware.

“If you already have a Windows XP or Vista device, and don’t mind all the maintenance or software licenses that go into a separate stand-alone device, then the PC Software will let you do much of the same stuff a REDFLY Smartphone Terminal will let you do. If you like the idea of a (nearly) zero-maintenance, low Total Cost of Ownership, and highly secure, instant on device, then the REDFLY Smartphone Terminal is for you. There are other PC software packages out there that will let you view your smartphone screen on a PC. Where Celio really stands out with the new PC Software is that ours is the only software that (just like on a REDFLY Smartphone Terminal) will actually change the output screen resolution and give you a lot more screen ‘real estate’ in that window on your PC desktop. REDFLY PC Software should be available sometime in March 2009.“

Concepts:

REDFLY Smartphone Dock

docksmThink of the Smartphone Dock as box about the size of a pack of cards with the guts from the REDFLY Smartphone Terminal stuffed inside. There’s no battery, screen, touchpad or keyboard like a REDFLY Smartphone Terminal, but it works just like a Smartphone Terminal allowing you to work on your smartphone at higher resolutions so you can see and do more vs. your phone’s native screen resolution. You connect your phone to the dock via USB or Bluetooth. Plug any USB keyboard and mouse into any of the dock’s 3 powered USB ports. Plug any monitor into the dock’s VGA out port and you are set to go. The idea is that when on the road, you can connect to a REDFLY Smartphone Terminal for portability, and/or use the Smartphone Dock when home or in the office using any old monitor, a mouse and a full-size USB keyboard.

Android Proof-of-Concept

Here is a proof-of-concept video showing the Android operating system on a REDFLY Smartphone Terminal. Speed and stability will increase as the concept is developed. The Android device’s output resolution is changed to 800×480 then video output is routed to the REDFLYs 8-inch screen. REDFLY also allows the use of its built-in keyboard and touchpad to control the Android device. We’ll have more info about Android on a regular basis so stay tuned.

It’s been an incredible 12 months since we launched the original REDFLY Smartphone Terminal C8 at CES 2008. We’ve come a long way in just one year and can’t wait to unveil all we have planned in the months to come during 2009. Thank you to all of our current customers for your great support and valuable feedback.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

7 Responses to “CES Celio Roundup”

  1. K.E. Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    What’s the chance of getting involved in the beta testing for the G1 driver?

  2. Jonathan Cohen Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    The PC software version looks great. I think a lot of people have been waiting for it. There are similar solutions, but they force you to run the Windows Mobile software in a 320 x 240 window.

    Full-screen WinMo apps running at a reasonable rate would make those of us who live in tethering-unfriendly countries (Canada here) very, very happy.

  3. R. Fernandez Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    I assume you’re working on native Windows Media Player video capabilities on Redfly. Is there a timeline? Are you also working on other WinMo media players (TCPMP Core Player for example)?

    Is a new form factor, such as what’s been going around with the Mio WinMo Book, coming out? If so, when?

    I’m waiting to see developments on above before purchasing. Thanks.

  4. Fletcher Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 1:53 am

    Wow, I’ve been expecting something like this to come out for years. Maybe, years in the future, these could replace laptops completely. I’ll be upgrading my phone soon and when that happens, you can be sure I’ll be buying one of these devices.

  5. Manson Beaty Says:
    January 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Do you have an expected relese date for this drivers yet? I am really looking forward to this one!!!!!!!!

  6. David Rowe Says:
    January 28th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    I’m looking forward to the pc software. The solution I use is pretty laggy doing screen refreshes.

  7. Terry Benson Says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 10:23 am

    I really hope that this can be implemented over usb. using bluetooth seems like a little bit of cool feature overkill - but that said I am sooooo desperately awaiting the android version, that I wouldn’t care.

    Presumably you could retro fit the older models to work with an android version? I really hope so.

    Any update on any progress would be amazing!

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