Comments on: REDFLY – The First Android Netbook?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:46:51 +0000

The claim that it doesn’t have a CPU, memory, etc… is silly. Of course it has those things. They are just used to manage the communications interface (data compression, bluetooth protocol, remote control protocol, USB, battery state-of-charge, etc). I agree with most people here. This device is DOA. As an investor in Palm, I was around through all of their business rationalization of the Foleo. It was an unmitigated failure and pulled before mass production. For the gPhone it makes even less sense. The constant connectivity of the OS / Google apps means that your life is already sync’d to Google’s servers on the web and accessible in real-time from anywhere (ESPECIALLY my laptop). Business users carry laptops for many reasons. I would argue that “a bigger screen than my phone” barely rates on the list. Consider, you need a laptop running Windows or Linux to run many business-specific applications (engineering programs come to mind). If you work on the road, the phone simply isn’t an option no matter how big the screen and keyboard get. Further, the phone doesn’t have the battery life or processing power to do real work and if you have to carry your laptop anyway you get the larger screen for “free”. The only “pain” they claim they eliminate is the need to sync your laptop and phone, but Google solved that problem for us the day Android became publicly available.

By: Felix H. Cat

Felix H. Cat — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:27:13 +0000

I think the android community is in err to only look at one technological development — android — and pretend to hold insight into the future of mobile technology.

When a bunk concept like this excites you — it’s time to check yourself.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:09:22 +0000

@ Rob,

You must go through a LOT of pants when you get updates!

Perhaps investing in DEPENDS when going through your feeds and emails ;)

,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/

By: blog.celiocorp.com » Android Netbook

blog.celiocorp.com » Android Netbook — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:36:53 +0000

[...] Jackson over at phandroid.com has some insightful comments about our Android proof-of-concept. In the title of his article he asks, “REDFLY – the First [...]

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:06:07 +0000

The point is that you never need to lug your laptop around. You not only get a bigger screen but a 10 hour battery and keyboard. It only weighs 2 pounds and has a instant on/off. The product is targeted towards the enterprise and companies that have multipl users. If your a business this means less support and lower costs. It saves you tons of money on duplicate softwar. If you need to access your PC just logon with RDP or logmein.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:41:41 +0000

I don’t get the point… I mean I only spent 180 bucks on my G1… Can you imagine how cheap this netbook would have to be for people to buy it? I bought a phone because I wanted a phone. I already have a super-powerful laptop that syncs with my G1… What will actually drive me to buy this? Just a bigger screen? Screw that.

By: John

John — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:57:41 +0000

If only it came in a convertible/tablet form factor.