Celio Plans Support for Windows Mobile 6.1 and 12 New Phones; Announces Availability of REDFLY Mobile Companion Demo Units.Customer Response Driving Support for Additional Smartphones SALT LAKE CITY -- Celio Corp., an innovator of seamless and efficient mobile solutions for the smartphone market, today announced it is planning support for Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. 6.1 and 12 additional smartphone models during Q2 2008. New smartphones include leading Windows Mobile standard models, including the Motorola Q The Motorola Q is a Windows Mobile smartphone first announced in the Summer of 2005 as a thin device with similar styling to Motorola's immensely popular RAZR. Motorola in a partnership with Verizon Wireless released the Q on May 31, 2006[1]. and Samsung Blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. II. A list of compatible smartphones is available at www.celiocorp.com/smartphone. Pre-orders for the REDFLY begin immediately, and companies interested in purchasing REDFLY can order evaluation units for demo or testing at www.getredfly.com. Measuring just 1x6x9 inches and less than two pounds, and offering more than eight hours of battery life, the REDFLY Mobile Companion is a ground-breaking new device that extends the smartphone platform to a larger display, keyboard, and touchpad A stationary pointing device that provides a small, flat surface that you slide your finger over using the same movements as you would a mouse. You can tap on the pad's surface as an alternate to pressing one of the touchpad keys. See mouse, trackball and pointing stick. mouse, using REDFLY's universal software and hardware technology. REDFLY is a critical new solution to the enterprise mobile market because it gives greater functionality to the smartphone without increasing the security risk of data loss or network access, because all data and applications remain on the smartphone. "The REDFLY makes maximum use of the smartphone without requiring the setup and configuration or the backup and management of an ultralight ul·tra·light n. A recreational aircraft constructed of lightweight materials such as aluminum, graphite composites, or high-strength plastics, having an engine of roughly 15 to 40 horsepower and often resembling a hang glider with wings. mobile PC," said Kirt Bailey, Celio president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Its influence on TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. and Data Loss Prevention in the enterprise is profound, and for corporate customers these are typically some the largest factors that are driving their purchase decisions for REDFLY." Company officials noted that Windows Mobile 6.1 compatibility is particularly important due to the new features of Microsoft SCMDM SCMDM System Center Mobile Device Manager (Security Center Mobile Device Management). This new functionality allows enterprise IT managers to manage these mobile devices much more easily within the corporate environment, and to push applications, security settings and transparently manage devices out in the field. With today's announcement, the company reported plans to add the following 12 new phones to its list of supported smartphones. Beta release See beta version. dates will be announced during Q2 2008.
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Note: The Palm Treo 750 software is complete and will be available with the previously released list of compatible smartphones at www.celiocorp.com/smartphone. "As a result of the high demand for the REDFLY Mobile Companion, Celio Corp. is dramatically extending the list of phones entering beta test A test of new or revised hardware or software that is performed by users at their facilities under normal operating conditions. Beta testing follows alpha testing. Vendors of packaged software often offer their customers the opportunity of beta testing new releases or versions, and the . Because of the variation in smartphone designs and the sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. of the REDFLY software, each phone requires individual development and testing," said Bailey. "Celio will add phones quickly, based upon market conditions and volume opportunities. Many of the additional phones are in beta today and software will be released for individual phones during Q2 2008." Customers who wish to inquire about other phones or participate in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the can apply at sales@celiocorp.com. About Celio Corp. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Celio Technology Corporation (www.celiocorp.com) is a mobile computing technology company with a wealth of expertise in the smartphone industry. As a company, Celio Corp. specializes in the development of innovative new solutions for the smartphone community, beginning with the REDFLY Mobile Companion that launched at CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. 2008. The REDFLY Smartphone Interface is a CES 2008 Innovations Awards Design and Engineering award honoree. Celio Corp is backed by vSpring Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. |
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