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The attention and praise we’ve received for the REDFLY Mobile Companion since its launch has been great, and we’re excited that more and more people are experiencing firsthand how the smartphone can become their primary computing device if only given the REDFLY Mobile Companion’s larger screen and keyboard.

Thanks to increased production volumes on the REDFLY Mobile Companion, we’ve been recently able to reduce the per-unit costs to make the REDFLY and we want to pass along the savings to our customers and retailers.

Starting now, the REDFLY C8N, with its 8-inch screen, 8-hour battery life, and media port will now have an MSRP of $249 (that’s a price drop of $50), while the REDFLY C7, with its 7-inch screen and 5-hour battery life, will now be priced at an MSRP of $199. We’ve been running a few promos off and on where you could get a C7 for $199 after a $30 rebate, but now you can get that price all the time without a rebate.

Both the C8N and C7 can be purchased here and at various web retailers.

Over the weekend, we posted an update to the REDFLY Mobile Viewer Beta software for Windows XP and Vista. This update is recommended for all REDFLY Mobile Viewer Beta users.

Please visit www.celiocorp.com/install to download the new REDFLY Mobile Viewer Beta build (build No. 192).

Changes in Build 192:

• A new feature called Event Notification is now available. If you have your phone connected to your laptop and RMV running and connected to your phone, any phone call or SMS text message you receive will pop-up a small dialog in your system tray with that notice.
• A new feature called Network Sharing is now available. This feature is not yet working for all smartphones we support, but when it is enable on many phones, you may choose via a setting in the Options dialog whether to use your PC network connection in the Mobile Viewer or instead isolate that connection and communicate outward through your phone’s data plan.
• Several small issues with scaling the viewer console window have been corrected.

Celio Corp also released new beta builds of the REDFLY smartphone driver software and REDFLY Mobile Companion firmware. All REDFLY Mobile Viewer Beta users or users of REDFLY smartphone driver beta software are encouraged to update the driver software on their phones.

Visit www.celiocorp.com/smartphone to download the new beta phone driver software.

We now have RAM mounting kits available in the REDFLY store. The installation process is fairly easy and you can do-it-yourself with simple tools without the need to drill any holes. The flexible and adjustable mounting post mounts to the front passenger seat rail. It takes about 15 minutes to complete the installation.

The kits come in 3 flavors…

1)
RAM Mount - REDFLY Kit ($79.95)
3 pieces needed to mount your REDFLY Mobile Companion (without a phone).

2)
RAM Mount - Phone Kit ($39.95)
2-piece, add-on kit to the above RAM Mount - REDFLY Kit in case you just buy the RAM Mount - REDFLY Kit and later decide you want to also mount your phone to the side.

3)
RAM Mount - REDFLY & Phone Kit ($119.95)
All 5 pieces needed to mount your REDFLY Mobile Companion and phone (just like in the picture you see here).

Check out this video of students at Trinity Intermediate School in Keller, TX. The school developed a program sponsored by the Pearson Foundation and the Mobile Learning Institute that included Verizon Windows Mobile phones, the REDFLY Mobile Companion and GoKnow!’s Mobile Learning Environment software. Pretty cool. The kids can collaborate on research, share documents, get info from Wikipedia, turn in assignments, and much more – all with their smartphones.

One nice feature of the REDFLY Mobile Companion is that it stores absolutely no data or settings on the device itself (everything stays on the smartphone). Because of this, it’s easy to have a small pool of REDFLYs shared amongst multiple users. Anytime a user connects, his or her settings, Today Screen, apps, etc. are all just there (since the REDFLY is just mirroring the smartphone itself).