"Smartphones have laptop power in a pocket-size design. But the pocket-size design has a natural limitation in the size of the keyboard and screen. Celio Corp extends the Smartphone with the most valuable features of a laptop. The REDFLY Mobile Companion is a sleek clamshell design that includes an 8" display, a full function keyboard, and a touchpad mouse. Measuring just 1x6x9 inches and only 2 pounds, the REDFLY Mobile Companion offers over 8 hours of battery life and boots instantly! It also adds three new features - instant VGA output, access to USB flash drives, and the ability to charge your smartphone via USB. REDFLY is very unique - it changes the resolution of your smartphone display so that applications, web sites, email, and attachments all have more room to play!"
With a keyboard, touchpad, display, USB, and VGA-out, it really doesn't take much to view the
Redfly Mobile Companion as a compact laptop. But it's not. Think of it as an extender for your Windows Mobile device. It's a neat concept, although it's questionable as to whether it's a practical one. There's already a discussion brewing at our sister site,
Smartphone Thoughts, where readers are questioning why consumers would settle for this $500 device over an actual laptop? Your thoughts on this one?
On a different note, our own Jason Dunn will be walking the floors of CES, so expect to hear more about this product over the coming days.