Celio takes REDFLY franchise to docks and PC software

If you're crazy stoked about hooking up your X1 to a big ol' monitor and keyboard but you're not nearly as stoked about buying into one of Celio's dedicated REDFLY boxes, the company's announcing two new solutions that might fit the bill. First up, the aptly-named REDFLY PC Software brings all the spoils of your WinMo-based handset to any XP- or Vista-based system of your choice -- which, let's be honest, is probably a pretty limited-appeal solution unless you're dealing with some wild software package that's only available on your phone. Next up is the more interesting of the two -- the Smartphone Dock -- that basically takes a full-fledged REDFLY lappie and strips out all the human-interface stuff; in other words, bring your own keyboard and monitor. The dock's being billed as a proof of concept at this point, but the software hits shelves in March.

[Jon Nelson @ Jan 7th 2009 12:57AM]

Poor fuckin' Celio. They get all this crap when it comes to REDFLY, and now they're sitting five posts down on Engadget without a single comment.

[Zelatio @ Jan 7th 2009 1:26AM]

Looks like a SNES without the cartridge slot.

[Tony @ Jan 7th 2009 3:27AM]

Looks like a good car-puter starting point to me....

[LocalToast @ Jan 7th 2009 2:15PM]

I thought the same exact thing...

[Timerider @ Jan 8th 2009 3:24PM]

Same here.

[BChau @ Jan 7th 2009 3:29AM]

Now the SmartPhone Dock is very appealing for me. If I understand correctly, I can take my phone with the dock to a boardroom and hook it up for presentation on a data projector. And I can also take the phone and the dock to my office desk and hook it up for use with my larger monitor and full keyboard. I hope the dock doesn't cause too much.

[Charles @ Jan 7th 2009 2:57PM]

i think they have quite interesting and innovative products personally. I have a redlfy C8N and it is amazing, the battery life is much better than netbook or laptop, i have a constant internet connection, and granted the office applications are nothing like the desktop versions, it does decent word processing spreadsheets ppts etc. The only issue is that the keyboard is a bit on the smallish side, but its workable. i see a great potential for this new line of products, probably better than the Redfly if they can keep a handle on the prices.