Celio Corp: Driving Smartphone Computing

Celio Corp’s REDFLY Mobile Companion is a wireless Smartphone Terminal with a large screen and full keyboard with no OS, no CPU, and no storage. REDFLY wirelessly attaches to your smartphone and lets you easily do email, read attachments, view web sites, and use applications that reside on your smartphone. By enabling anytime, anywhere full-screen access, REDFLY connects you to Web 2.0 and line of business applications that reside on your company network or the Internet.

Market Opportunity

According to IDC, shipments of Converged Mobile Devices (smartphones and wireless handhelds) will grow from 124.6 million in 2007 to 376.2 million in 2012 (3/08). These powerful devices bring a capable computing experience to sleek pocket-size designs with access to applications on the Internet and corporate networks. The smartphone continues to evolve into the primary mobile computing platform, providing access to all of a user’s applications and data, but it lacks three fundamental aspects — a large screen, touch-type keyboard and all-day battery life. REDFLY addresses all three of the smartphone’s shortcomings. REDFLY delivers to the mobile workforce a solution that unleashes the power of the mobile device by providing users expanded visibility and access to their device.

A Disruptive Vertical Solution

An organization’s success is increasingly predicated upon its ability to enable its workforce to be as effective and productive on the move as it is at the office. The smartphone is quickly becoming the primary mobile computing device not just for executives and government officials, but also for sales, real estate, legal, service, financial and healthcare professionals. These users require increasingly capable mobile devices featuring persistent network connections with access to remote servers and cloud- based IT solutions. REDFLY allows users in these markets to fully utilize the power of their smartphones.

Key Enterprise Benefits

REDFLY is brilliantly simple. Since it has no CPU, OS or storage, it operates as an extension to the smartphone — not a separate device that syncs with the phone. This patented architecture gives REDFLY many benefits vs. sub-compact laptops, notbooks and UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs).
The lack of CPU, OS or storage translates into zero configuration, minimal management, lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and lower security risk through data loss protection. REDFLY is an instant on, small, 2-pound device with an 8-hour battery, two USB ports, and one VGA port for presentations. REDFLY can use its battery to charge a smartphone when connected via USB. Beyond the user benefits, the REDFLY terminal architecture gives CIOs and IT Managers a game-changing way to reduce data loss, security risks and management costs lowering TCO and opening up the opportunity to broaden an organization’s mobile user base.

Company Management

Celio Corp was started by former Intel and Avocent executives with a wealth of expertise in the mobile device industry and is backed by vSpring Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm in Salt Lake City, Utah.