Hi, I am a user of Redfly Celio and i have a question. I was wondering what is more important on a windows mobile device that pair up with a Redfly unit. I tried asking Celio but they didn’t reply me…so i figure maybe you could help.

This is because i experienced slight lag when using winmo applications over the redfly terminal. If i used a winmo device with faster processor or greater RAM, would it improve the peformance? this is crucial, a favorite application, Docs to go suffers from severe lags when i used it over Redfly.

Between RAM and processor speed, which is more crucial in improving Redfly’s speed?

Also, is USB 1.1/1.0 a bottleneck issue? does it mean no matter what i do, i cannot increase the speed anymore?

Lastly, have you tried Softmaker products such as Textmaker and planmaker on Redfly. Does it suffers the severe lags that i see in Docs to go?

Having said that, Docs to go is a cool software and perfectly suited to be used on my smartphone.

Thanks, Hear from you soon!

Not really related to your review which I look forward to hearing more about but just a semi-random thought since I travel a lot. Based on the one published instance of the TSA response to the Mac Book Air, I wonder how they would view the Redfly? Part of their argument was size and lack of external connections (read lack of education).

How does this device compare to using the HTC Advantage alone with just a paired BT keyboard and mouse. I use mine this way and it is phenomenal. I sacrifice very little with email, word processing, excel, even powerpoint (Using Softmaker Office), and internet. The keyboard and mouse run $150-200 together vs $500 for the Redfly. Plus the advantage offers VGA output and I convert to touch mode very easily. Between the price and my HTC Advantage with GSM, I cant say that I will be buying.

I will say that If you do the math…the Redfly does come out cheaper than buying the Advantage with BT keyboard and mouse ($500 vs $800-1000), so it maybe a good option for those of us that havent already forked over the $$$ for the Advantage. Touch screen and “tablet” conversion would be pretty enticing.

I don’t think I have seen particular mention in any of the JKontherun reviews about the great convergence in time of the move to the cloud for office apps and storage and the introduction of the Redfly. I would like to see how you could leverage your cloud experience with this device and if it would actually prove its utility.

As for printing, didn’t you guys point out that the Tilt now has bluetooth printing:
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/09/htc-tytn-ii-off.html

Steve

Sure, ‘almost’ full experiece of the redfly can be obtained by using special software for pocket pcs, but, those apps cannot increase ur device’s resolution. Also, the laptops dont have such great battery life. Also, the redfly has VGA output port so you dont need to copy the files from ur ppc to your laptop to make them project to the projector because the redfly itself has a VGA out port

now we need a driver to print from windows mobile device

BAH! I should have known a Fiend like you would make me do work!! YOUR work!! Ha!

A similar experience is possible and I already have software in mind that I’ve used before. More to follow on that topic in the near future… I’d like to spend more time using the review device before I suggest an alternative solution. It would be short-sighted of me to do so.

Couldn’t essentially the same experience be created by connecting the phone to a laptop computer with some special software, avoiding the need to pay $500 or so for this device?

I think you guys should state the specs of that phone you’re pairing with. There must be a lowest-limit where using the Redfly wouldn’t work due to too-little CPU power. Do you guys have other WM phones hanging around that you can try to make work?

I still say FAIL!

Did someone say Slingbox?

Why yes, they did!