Celio REDFLY Mobile Companion

PCMAG has a review on the seemingly Palm Foleo-reincarnate Celio Redfly Mobile Companion, which was launched at the CES.

Like the Asus Eee PC, the Redfly has the form factor of a subnotebook, including an 800 x 480 screen. But unlike the former, it's really just a portable system of peripherals - the screen, keyboard, and touchpad - that conveniently attaches to Windows Mobile 5/6 -based smartphones so that users can do serious work without squnting and thumb-typing.

Right off the bat, there are potential problems. Foremost is the price. At $500, it is hard to justify especially, when "full-fledged, low-end notebooks, like the Asus Eee PC," (NOTE: PC Mag's term) are priced a lot lower. Celio's CEO responded by saying it is targeted at the enterprise market because it does not have any storage so it is very secured. It is supposedly truly dumb so if you lose it you're not compromising your data.

$500 for a dumb machine? Somehow that seems to be an oxymoronic phrase to me.