DISQUS

Mobilitysite: Celio RedFly in Action

  • Pony99CA · 1 month ago
    Good review, but I do have to pick one nit here.

    The RedFly has no processor nor any internal storage.

    Like almost any electronic device today, I'm sure the RedFly has a processor. It needs one to drive the I/O at the very least. If you want proof, turn the RedFly on without a device connected and you'll see a graphic on the screen and the system tray will pop out (and then disappear). That requires a processor.

    Likewise, it also requires a minimal amount of internal storage to (at least) store the graphics.

    The basic computing power is provided by the attached device, of course.

    Steve
  • Diego Samuilov · 1 month ago
    You are correct, however the processors that the different modules use in the RedFly draw minimal power and I was referring to a CPU. The RedFly has no CPU.
  • punchcru · 1 month ago
    It is ashame that early adopters of the device can not ugrade the firmware to use blackberry.
  • Diego Samuilov · 1 month ago
    Actually the people that purchased C7 and C8N models (they have been around for a while now) will be able to upgrade the firmware in their devices. People who own the first model released (the original RedFly was released over 18 months ago) won't be able to. This is because the hardware has changed slightly and the current firmware would not work on the discontinued devices.