As I noted earlier, my experience this week traveling with just my iPhone, iPod shuffle and Sony Reader has served to reinforce my appreciation of the iPhone’s power. Once I located a free WiFi spot here at the resort in
Jamaica I’ve been able to check email, keep up with my RSS feeds, and touch base with my assistant as the clarity of a vacationing mind has allowed numerous upcoming tasks to become clear. Using SugarSync I emailed myself some pertinent travel info I accidentally left on my iMac at home. I have even been able to send a few choice beach photos to a few friends. All with my iPhone… Amazing.
Yesterday I read James Kendrick’s initial thoughts on the Redfly, a device similar to the vaporware Palm sidekick device intended to bring keyboard and screen to the Treo. While the Redfly looks like a mini Eeepc-esque laptop it has no processor or memory of its own. Instead with the push of a button it connects to a Windows Mobile device and provides easier to use keyboard and screen real estate. It us a one trick pony and, if initial reports are accurate it does that trick quite well.
It got me thinking about how useful such a companion device would be for the iPhone. Since the iPhone is so very useful on its own I can only imagine the possibilities a larger screen and keyboard would bring.
Instead of going out and buying a new device like Mike Cane’s iPod Air or the long-desired iTablet the best "iPhone next step" is a device that leverages the power and storage the iPhone already has.
Just imagine the possibilities. You need to get some serious reading or writing done so you pull out your iPhone and push a button on the iNote. Within seconds the iPhone’s screen appears on the iNote’s 7-9 inch screen and the inboard keyboard is taken control of by the iNote’s hardware keyboard. Or better yet, you slide the iPhone into a special docking bay on the iNote and now have a mini notebook.
The possibilities are endless.
Just a thought …
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