A few months ago Palm started to talk about the mobile companion. They
would launch a new market segment with there new product called the
Foleo. At first people didn't get the idea but at the end of the start
of bringing out the Foleo, people start to get it but it was to late.
But others based on Palms original idea started making small compact
devices just to help people out to view there mail, surf the web, edit
some documents. Things that didn't need powerful laptops. Here came
the eeePC looking all original. Then the Redfly saying we are the
first. But all of theses have a cost, Foleo was at 600 dollars, Redfly
at 500 and eeePC at 400. But I tell you now that before all of theses
mobile companions and before Palms great eye opener concept, there was
one very cheap software solution, yes not hardware, that you can
install on your Windows Laptop and your PalmOS device and have this
mobile companion features much like the Redfly at the price of 49
dollars. And has existed for sometime now and has been talked about
here, your truly Palmaddict site. Its call PDAReach. Its a app that
makes a connection between your Palm and your computer. Everything you
have on your palm will be seen on your big screen, be it a monitor or
a laptop screen. If its a palm treo or centro you will be able to
receive calls and send SMSs. This apps makes everything much larger
then that you are used to on your mobile device or you can see it at
the same resolution. The connection is made through your hotsync
cable. Now think about it, a Redfly has no Operating system, nor a
processor and costs 500 dollars. Take a eeePC which you can install
Windows XP lite with a Celeron 800 mhz like chip and install PDAReach
and you get two worlds, a laptop with full Operating system and a
connection to your Palm with all its apps and documents for 450
dollars, much like what the foleo was going to be. So Redfly you will
have to lower your price because making a mobile connection software
is more cheaper then buying your plastic keyboard with a screen.
