Celio Redfly Review: Life Application and Conclusion
So the big question is... "Brian, are you happy that you shelled out the cash for this device?" My answer is of course... yes! I can see you scratching your head already so I'll go ahead and preemptively address your questions and confusion (because I'm a prophet and can read thoughts. Duh). I purchased this device for $200, which is way less than the current asking price of about $400. I think for what I paid, I'm getting a good amount of usability for my money. I work with spreadsheets all day long, in an emergency I have a perfect way to email edits to word and excel documents while out and about. While the browsing is less than satisfactory, at least it's there, and if you sign up for LogMeIn (which is free) you can take advantage of a full computing experience, including browsing, whenever you need one with some obvious rendering speed drawbacks, but they're not significant with the right settings.
The real benefit to me is the larger screen and keyboard with portability. This IS available with netbooks, but I don't want a 3rd computer to have to sync my data with. I want to take my notes, bring them home and have OneNote import them without me thinking about it. I want to be able to have all the files on all my computers synchronized without any extra steps. A third computer would likely draw me to abandon using one of them eventually because of this. Also, a netbook is $400 vs. the $200 I paid. Extra features like USB and VGA-Out ports are very nice, but not likely to see much use from me save for the occasional emergency file transfer or mouse usage. For me, the idea was to get something that would allow me to type faster and more accurately, rendering apps and data on a larger screen making them easier to use, while not creating an additional place to store data. For those of us who are tech savvy, one thing we will always be if we keep multiple devices, is tech redundant (i.e. Always having more than one device that can play mp3s, videos, store files, type documents, browse the web, or clean your shoes…. Ok... I'm wishing with the last one).
What I needed, was a cheap way to do my emails, blogging, note taking, and reading. While leaving some things to aspire to, the Redfly fit the bill… quite literally.
Labels: ceilo redfly, Hardware, review, smartphone, software, wireless application
posted by Brian Tate @ 11/06/2008 10:00:00 AM
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2 Comments:
I'm really digging this review. There's a lot that can be learned from this. It seems though that you have still some ways to go in terms of getting comfortable with it.
Now, I know that you are half and half with this; but I really see this as a better long term solution for folks who need blogging and a few mobile office features, than something like the Eee. With the latter, you'd still need a solid mobile for somethings, and syncing is just a bear (even with iTunes or BES running things). One device means less to manage, and therefore you can concentrate more on the work, instead of getting things to work so that you can.
True, for me, I think I only pine for that netbook experience when the glaring shortcomings rear their head. For instance, I'm typing this response from my Redfly.. nice eh?... until I tell you that i'm only using the Redfly to remote into the PC in my office so I can use a full browser and having multiple windows open.. it works well, but when you think that I wouldn't have to do this if I just had an asus. LOL.
OR
I LOVE using Windows Live writer for blogging... no such tool for windows mobile... so again.. i remote into my PC for my blogging needs.
The internet browsing issue is pretty much resolved with opera 8.65 and logmein.
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