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I hope by now a lot of you know about the new "unconference" portion of Synergy 2008, Geek Speak Live. Part of Geek Speak Live is the Geek Speak Lounge (GSL). Basically is an area to meet at during the Live event and meet with other members of the Citrix community and discuss and share new ideas and topics. It's also where you can see some demos with a twist, more on this later!
First, here's the proposed GSL layout: 
There are 4 main demo areas. The twist is that the demos are intended to let you experience future Citrix technology more interactively, possibly using some applications and devices that aren't what you'd usually see us demo.
So here's the rundown:
Cool Devices - This section of the GSL features gadgets that can be today, or may be enabled tomorrow with the ICA client to become your XenApp or XenDesktop ICA end points. Customers are using cell phones and PDAs today to do this, but we have some new devices that are starting to change the game and starting to reach Nirvana Device status as described in Chris Flecks post. You'll get to try them out in the GSL, in exchange for you opinion and comments on how use of such devices can add value to your business, or not! Hopefully this demo area makes you think about app and desktop delivery in some new ways. For a quick preview of some of the devices that will be present, check out the Nirvana Devices Invade Synergy Geek Speak Lounge post. (Note: we originally had a BarCamp session on this topic, but due to the great response we've gotten from others willing to present, we've removed this from BarCamp. But you can still get the hands on experience and knowledge in the GSL on this subject).
Project Alice Demo - Haven't heard about project Alice, also referred to as Reverse seamless? It fits in very nicely with our XenDesktop story and is a sneak peak at some new technology we are working on to allow the user to leverage local applications running on the end point device in the context of their XenDesktop seamlessly. Image having those favorite apps you have on your laptop seamlessly showing up as part of your Corporate XenDesktop environment with out needing to switch between the local desktop and XenDesktop.
Project Apollo Games - You've probably seen some of the blogs on project Apollo. Apollo does a great job of enabling the new graphics intensive features of next generation applications in a Citrix environment (preview at Derek Thorslund's blog). Well this is the GSL twisted version of those demos. We're going to have 8 Dell XPS 710 gaming systems running an early version of Apollo, remoting an action game to Wyse Thin Clients. You've seen the CAD demos, now it's your turn to actually sit down and give the power of project Apollo some hands on time, in true Geek Speak fashion. While you probably won't be publishing games to your end user's any time soon, you should be able translate the power of this demo into how project Apollo can help you move to the next generation of graphic intensive applications in your Citrix deployment in the future. We'll have some of the apps Derek has blogged on with Apollo as well, for those non-gamers like myself 
Apollo Media Center - To further show off some of the new video capabilities the Apollo team is working on, we will also have an Alienware Area 51 system running Media Center in the GSL. And you guessed it, the Alienware system will be "Apollo-ized" and remoting videos out to a large screen monitor via a Wyse thin client. Again, maybe not what you'd do in production, but you should be able to translate this demo with a twist into better ideas on how to deliver some of those training videos and other multi-media out to your users in the future.
The GSL should be a great place for you to meet with other members of the Citrix Community, discuss new ideas and hopefully come up with some new ones!
Thanks to Intel for sponoring the event, and the list of other partners supporting the GSL effort:
Alienware, Dell, Wyse, Nokia, Sprint, Celio, i-Mate, Impatica, Icuiti
We look forwared to meeting you there!
Adam
Wanted to do a quick post on some of the cool gadgets we will be demoing in the Geek Speak Lounge at Synergy 2008 sponsored by Intel. Alot of the devices are the ones you may have seem me blog on earlier, and a few are potential candidates to add into the mix down the road. Here's your chance to get hands on with some of these next generation access devices, and BYOG (Bring Your Own Gadget) that you think would make a good Nirvana Device candidate for use with Citrix:
If you look close you'll see 4 of these devices actively connected to a XenDesktop, and 2 of them remoting that desktop from the device out to a larger screen in true Nirvana Device fashion!
Devices shown starting in the front and moving counter clockwise:
- i-Mate 9502
- Impatica Showmate
- Nokia 810N
- HP iPAQ 210 - accessing a XenDesktop
- i-Mate 6150 (behind the iPAQ) - accessing a XenDesktop connected to the 22" Dell Monitor
- Celio Redfly Mobile Companion
- Sprint Treo 700wx (on the Redfly) - accessing a XenDesktop connected to the Redfly
- Nokia E90 - accessing a XenDesktop
- Nokia E61i
All of the devices shown currently work with XenApp and XenDesktop except for the Nokia 810N. Intel will also be providing some prototype devices to show off as well.
We'll also be following up to this post with a full rundown of all of the cool stuff that you can see and use in the GS Lounge early next week!
Look forward to seeing you and hearing your comments in the Geek Speak Lounge at Synergy 2008
PS: You might even have a chance to one of these cool devices home with you from the show to use with your own XenApp and soon XenDesktop environment!!!
Day 2 of my search for the Nirvana Deviceat CTIA 2008 ended a few hours ago, and we have some cool products to talk about. Let's see how they do when we replace my OQO Model 2 with Nirvana Device candidates from the show.
This entry focuses on one of our newest Citrix Alliance partners, Celio Corp and their recent product launch of the Redfly Mobile Companion (http://celiocorp.com).
Pic 1: Celio Corp booth at CTIA, including Citrix collateral at the booth.
Pic 2: Redfly demo at the booth connecting to XenApp 4.5.
The Redfly is a definitely a device cut from the cloth of Chris Fleck's original Nirvana Devicepost. The Redfly is a portable docking station for Windows Mobile devices, thus a Mobile Companion, and has a built in mouse, keyboard and monitor. So you wanna run those BIG win32 apps from you WinMo device, but want a bigger screen, checkout the Redfly. It doesn't have a CPU, memory or an OS. You connect your WinMo device to the Redfly by either USB or Bluetooth. If connected via USB, the battery in the Redfly will also charge your WinMo Device (8 hours of battery life), if it allow USB charging. Once the Redfly software is installed on your WinMo device, it will detect when it is attached to the Redfly, change the effective screen resolution to 800x480 and enable the Redfly's mouse and keyboard transforming the user experience similar to that of a lot of UMPCs.
Pic 3: Redfly attached to an ATT Tilt in my hotel room at the Today screen.
In this scenario, the ICA client is installed on the ATT Tilt, and all processing involved and required storage is provided by the Tilt. Again, think of the Redfly as a docking station with a built in mouse, keyboard and monitor that you carry on trips as a companion.
The 800x480 resolution of the Redfly easily enables me to connect to a virtualized Citrix desktop or published application, in this case a published Microsoft Server 2003 desktop with the Luna interface enabled. As you can see from the picture below, this device has very good potential for use with both published applications as well as XenDesktop connections when using a WinMo device.
Pic 4: Picture taken as I was working on the text for this entry.
The Redfly has a number of other very useful features that really enhance its usability in my opinion.
First off, there is a VGA out port on the back of the Redfly that enables you to output the screen to a larger monitor, overhead projector or hotel TV as shown in the picture below.
Pic 5: Redfly using its VGA output to the hotel's flat screen TV.
You'll notice that the entire screen of the TV is not used and that the 800x480 resolution is maintained even when output to a larger monitor. Basically, you can use the Redfly as a VGA output device for you WinMo device if you like, very cool. But I would like to see the Celio guys enable you to change the resolution being displayed when VGAing out to a larger monitor. Well see what happens in subsequent releases.
So you can use the Redfly's native screen or output to a larger screen, what about upping to a bigger keyboard and external mouse? Well, they've thought of this as well. There are also 2 USB ports on the back of the Redfly that you can plug in USB mice and keyboard. Even cooler IMO is that I can plug a USB stick into this slot and the device will associate this new storage as "remote storage" on the WinMo device. And you may have guessed it, ICA will now have access to this USB drive as part of its client drive mapping. For those concerned about security of such a use case, you can always disable this virtual drive mapping from the XenApp admin console.
Pic 6: Shot of the USB Flash card reader files maped into the XenApp desktop session via virtual client drive mapping. This is the actual flash card that contains the pics in this post plugged into the back of the Redfly with a USB flash card reader.
There are a number of other cool features on the Redfly, such as special function keys that are mapped to normal phone functions like Send and End calls, but I'll
let you check out their site for these. As I stated in my initial post on my blog, when I look at devices in this space, my first thoughts are how Citrix customers can leverage such technology to enhance their use of Citrix products. So how to I rate this one, I like it. I see it as a true enabling technology when used with mobile devices to access XenApp or XenDesktop. IMO, the Redfly Mobile Companion enables a lot of the concepts that we discuss in the Nirvana Device concept. While it's not a Nirvana smartphone, IMO it takes a lot of today's WinMo devices and gets them a lot closer to the Nirvana use paradigm. Having the option to use the Redfly as a companion to provide a bigger screen with its mouse and keyboard, or use it as a VGA output device with an even larger external mouse and keyboard is an interesting advantage if this is what you are looking for.
Reality check: note that this entire post was produced using the ATT Tilt phone, 3G WWAN network, from the Redfly's mouse, keyboard and native monitor connected to a XenApp published desktop. And it worked really well! Albiet, I'm used to using UMPC devices with smaller screens and keyboards, it will take some getting used to for some. So if you looking to lighten your load when traveling, and would like an ICA companion to go with you mobile phone so you can leave your laptop behind, you might want to check out the Redfly from Celio Corp.
We'd appreciate your thoughts on the use of these types of devices with XenApp and soon XenDesktop. I'm sure the Celio guys will also be interested in your input, pro or con. At the end of the day, there is no one Nirvana solution for everyone, but is the Redfly going down the right path for Citrix users looking to further leverage ICA on mobile devices?
Our search for the Nirvana Device has led me to Las Vegas and CTIA 2008. Citrix has been working with a number of partners around the concept of the Nirvana Device, and a lot of them are here this week. The plan is to try and get as many demo devices that I can and report my findings in my blog as related to their use from my hotel room at the show. So let's start off with my current baseline config of my remote office in my hotel room in Vegas.
Device: OQO, maker of the Model 2 UMPC (www.oqo.com), and a Citrix Alliance partner. You may have seen them at iForum or Citrix Summit over the last year.
I've actually been using OQO Model 2 as my primary device over a year now, and UMPCs such as the Model 2 used with Citrix App Delivery work great. In the FTL office, I dock the Model 2 and the doc has 2 VGA outputs, so I run a dual monitor setup and drive a 21" and 19" monitor from my desk. I also have a doc at home connected to my home office monitor via a KVM switch. So when working from home, I simply KVM from my home PC and use the same device that I use from work. At the CTIA show, I'm docked and connected to the Philips flatscreen TV in my hotel room. Of course, the form factor of the Model 2 is also great when attending meetings at the office, or working from home on the couch (note: I'm over 40 and have no problem seeing text on the OQO's native screen, but some will have issues clearly seeing text on a device this small, reading glasses may be required by some J). The Model 2 I have has built in EVDO Rev A from Verizon, which works great when on the road or at home (using it from my hotel room as I type this entry). I can see this type of devices being used by others like myself that just prefer a small form factor UMPC, as well as some good tactical usages with Citrix customers, where a standard sized laptop is just to big. Some pics of the baseline remote office setup below:
As you can see, several of the Nirvana Device concepts that Chris Fleck mentioned in his original post (Original Nirvana Device Post) are already in play. Being the Model 2 is a UMPC and not a smart phone, I'm cheating a little, but:
- I am docked and using the hotel's flat screen TV as a larger monitor
- I am using an external Bluetooth mouse and keyboard
- I am using a WWAN connection for my network
- I am using Citrix App Delivery to do my work
While I don't plan on giving up my OQO any time soon, I am going to see what I can find at the show that I could use in the same basic configuration that I'm using the OQO in.
Off to my 2nd meeting of the day, and hopefully will return tonight with some more Nirvana Device candidates to try out.
Citrix has partnered with Nokia on ICA clients for their Symbian devices for years. I recently did an interview with the Nokia team on use of the Citrix ICA client for Series 60 3rd Edition devices such as E61, E70 and E90 devices for their Nokia Forum Pro. These ICA clients can be downloaded from http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/details.asp?dID=2755&downloadID=165587&pID=186.
Snippet from the interview below:
Helping enterprise IT departments
The Citrix XenApp Client for S60 3rd Edition devices offers some very clear benefits to IT departments as well, Marano adds. "From an IT perspective, the flexibility of mobile devices can be scary," he says. "How do you encourage people to use them, but also make sure that they are used properly and securely? With this solution, the same infrastructure being used today for external laptops and desktops can be used to deliver applications to the Series 60 3rd Edition devices. Minimizing the number of technologies used to deliver business-critical data to end users regardless of device type, by standardizing on a single platform, is a key factor to consider."
The interview gives a good overview of use Nokia S60 devices, but also provides a pretty good overview on the use of mobile devices as a whole with XenApp.
The full PDF interview can be found at: http://www.nokia.com/NOKIA_COM_1/Developers/Success_Stories/Enterprise_&_productivity/Dev_succ_Citrix_SC_v1.0.pdf
Like a lot of folks in the industry, I consider myself somewhat of a gadget guy. But after 10yrs of working at Citrix, thoughts of application delivery start to run through your veins and every time I get a new RRS post from Engadget or similar site, the first thoughts that go through my head are:
- Is this the Nirvana Device for connecting to XenApp and XenDesktop (See Chris Flecks post on The Nirvana device a Smartphone as a PC alternative)?
- Are there a particular Citrix customer segments that this device would provide a unique solution for?
- Could I use this device on the road and leave my laptop at home?
- And then, this thing looks pretty cool!
Citrix has long had alliance partnerships with a number of the main mobility players, both on the carrier side and the device side. Given the recent advancements in both WWAN bandwidth and small device capabilities, it's made a lot of the conversations much more interesting than in the days of no QWERTY keyboard and Edge level connectivity. As the devices get better, so does our solution with them.
The demand for access to corporate apps and data from mobile devices also seems to continue to grow, which is driving the concerns about enabling this scenario by IT administrators. CMP Research recently published a paper on this trend entitled The State of Mobile Device Management that hit both on the growing trend and concerns caused by the trend.
Berfore I contine, I'd like to do a quick poll (note you must be logged in to participate):
| 1-Did you know that Citrix offers ICA client for cellphones and PDAs? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Yes |  |
| No | |
| 2-Have you ever used/tried the ICA client on a mobile device (cellphone/PDA)? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Yes | |
| No | |
| 3-How would you rate the experience? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Great | |
| OK | |
| Bad | |
| Don't want to talk about it | |
| N/A, based on answer to #2 | |
| 4-What type of OS did the device have | Choose |
|---|---|
| Windows Mobile | |
| Symbian | |
| Blackberry | |
| Other | |
| N/A, based on answer to #2 | |
| 5-Do you or your company use cell phones or PDA with the ICA client today? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Yes | |
| No | |
DID YOU KNOW?
Citrix has for years offered ICA clients for mobile devices on its Client downloads page, and we have worked closely with Rove (formerly Idokorro Mobile) on the development of an ICA client for BlackBerry. ICA clients that can be downloaded from the Citrix download site include variants for Windows Mobile devices and well as select Nokia Symbian based devices and have been used by customers for years to securely access data in their data center, helping evolve it into a Citrix Delivery Center.
Citrix Access Gateway as well as Secure Gateway offer clientless access to XenApp servers, so yes, there is a way to securely connect such mobile devices to your XenApp server. CAG boxes need to be configured to allow what is referred to as "Secure Gateway" mode to provide such clientless access. No SSL/VPN software is required on the phone when the connecting to a CAG box in this mode.
UNDERSTANDING THE USE CASE
So the Citrix Delivery Center concept does provide the solutions to allow you to use mobile phones to access corporate applications and data, but there are still a few things to discuss. First I probably need to appropriately set some expectations. Below is a slide I commonly use when discussing this use case with partners and customers:
What this basically tries to convey is that there will still be cases where a user will need to pull out a laptop. If the user needs to produce a large amount of data, or make a lot of changes to data, they most likely will still prefer to pull out a larger device with a full keyboard and large screen to perform the task.
Data Production: For example, I would not try and produce this blog posting from my cell phone, even though I technically could by launching a browser from XenApp to get full functionality of the blogging software on my phone.
Data Consumption/Response: But I would and do frequently consume blog entries from this site, and post simple replies from my cell phone. Or respond to email I get from the SAP system to approve a request by launching SAP into IE published on XenApp, just so I can hit the Accept button without having to pull out my laptop.
So without moving into the Nirvana Device concepts discussed on Chris Fleck's blog post, there are a lot of tasks that can be accomplished using today's devices and today's XenApp technology.
YA, BUT WINDOWS APPS ARE BIG, AND THE SCREEN IS SMALL
For all of you that answered YES to poll question #2, you probably are familiar with the below scenario:
Your device's screen is 320x240 resolution, but XenApp is sending you an application running 1020x768 resolution. And you spend way too much time panning/moving the app around the screen to get to the data you need. You even need to pan to the right or bottom, just to get to the apps scroll bars. This is where most people start giving up because of usability issues.
Changes to Web Interface 4.5 have been posted on the Citrix support forums that can greatly help this scenario (http://support.citrix.com/forums/thread.jspa?forumID=136&threadID=91629&tstart=0) These changes can be added to the .ASPX code of Web Interface to make the launch of the XenApp application more device aware. Rather than launching Excel or some other application on my device at 1024x768, wouldn't launching the session at a resolution more native to the devices screen be better to limit the amount of panning required? That's what this code basically does.
- When the user clicks on an application icon in Web Interface from a mobile device (Windows Mobile and Nokia Symbian S60 devices recognized today), the device's OS type and the device's screen resolution are sent to Web Interface as part of the transaction.
- When Web Interface creates the ICA file to be sent back to the phone to launch the requested application, it changes the session resolution parameters in the ICA file to a resolution more compatible with the device's OS and screen size.
Again, both the OS type of the device and the size of the devices screen size (Treo=WinMo,240x240, Cingular 8525=WinMo,320x240, Nokia E61i=Symbian,320x240) are used to determine the session resolution of the application.
You can read more details on this by following the above link to this posting on the Citrix support forum (http://support.citrix.com/forums/thread.jspa?forumID=136&threadID=91629&tstart=0) But I also do want to mentaion that the session resolution that is assigned can be defined on a per-application basis. So you can run Excel at 320x285 (the current default in this code) on an 8525, but then have SAP running in a published IE browser run at 450x300, because the SAP UI simply demands a slightly larger resolution. Running a cell phone at 450x300 is a lot better than 1024x768. It's all about limiting the amount of panning and scaling (zoom-in/zoom-out) the user needs to do to perform the necessary task with the application.
The screen shots below represents how the same spreadsheet above would appear on a Cingular 8525 phone, with the Web Interface changes made. Excel would be launched on this device at 320x285.
Once the user opens the desired document, they can pan the file menu ribbon up and off-screen to maximize the available screen space for the actual spreadsheet data. The can then pan back down if the need to access the file menu ribbon again.
Note that at this resolution both the right and bottom scroll bars of the app are present on the screen, so the user does not need to pan the application, just to get to the scroll bars. The defaults in the Web Interface code have been optimized for a lot of "standard" windows applications such as Excel and Word 2003, based on the "normal" size of a file menu ribbon. The defaults are completely configurable in the code.
SO WHY USE XenApp WITH MOBILE DEVICES
Below is a snippet from the CMP paper mentioned earlier on the key concerns of enterprises and use of mobile devices:
Numerous Citrix customers today are using Citrix solutions to solve a lot of the same issues with laptops and home desktops. So why not use the same infrastructure to help solve these problems with mobile devices. A lot of applications do not need to be "mobilized", and you can simply deliver the same app that you deliver to your lap/desktops to the mobile device, just running in a smaller window (yes there will always be some apps the just don't make sense).
SUMMARY
So if you've been investigating a strategy to enable mobile device access to your corporate data, I hope this summary helps you understand how the technology in the Citrix Delivery Center can help. While it may not be the 100% solution, it can help you establish a common infrastructure to base you solution on.
Associated blog with video at http://community.citrix.com/display/~adamma/2008/03/21/Citrix+App+Delivery+to+an+ATT+8525+using+WWAN
Actual use of such devices with Nirvana Device Concepts from CTIA 2008:
In Search of the Nirvana Device at CTIA 2008 (OQO Model 2)
Nirvana Device Search (Celio Corp Redfly Mobile Companion)
Nirvana Device Search (i-mate Ultimate 6150)
The Nirvana Smartphone as a PC , Thin Client , Desktop Appliance ...
As Smartphones become more capable, and fast networks pervasive, plus now with Virtual Desktops going mainstream ( like Citrix XenDesktop ) , the practicality of using a Smartphone as a laptop/desktop alternative is closer than ever. The use case's for this model are many fold. It's is not intended to replace a PC or laptop ( at least initially ), rather the early adopters of this "Nirvana" Smartphone would likely already have a laptop for work and a PC at home. The general use case's revolve around enhanced mobility with broader access to applications and desktops. So even though most users already have access to apps and desktops from PC's and laptops, most of us would prefer to travel locally ( including the inside the office ) or on selective trips without a laptop if it was practical.
So what is missing from today's Smartphone's in a single device ?
Video-out - A few Smartphones have video-out like the Nokia N95 but the resolution is limited and it has no pointing device support. Some PDA's ( HP and Dell Axim ) have better screens and resolution with Video-out but they are not phones and are still too big. The upcoming i-Mates promise this functionality... we'll see. The iPhone also has some video out capability but it's still too limited. The resolution needs to be capable of 1024 x 768 to satisfy most users.
Keyboard & Mouse - The Smartphone user input options continue to improve, however to do "real" work a full keyboard and mouse will continue to the requirement when stationary. Many Smartphone's today do have bluetooth which can work fine for this scenario. Some new portable keyboards are making this more realistic as well.
Docking Station - This scenario works best if there is also a Nirvana docking station that recharges the phone at the same time as providing the VGA video interface and USB hub. The " Nirvana " Smartphone ideally would provide USB host functionally vs. USB slave that many have today. Additional / alternative functionality for the docking station include VGA/USB passthrough - so the docking station can plug into a home PC and use the same monitor and peripherals, as well as audio in/out for headsets. This docking station would also need to come in a portable dongle version as well as stationary.
Industry trends that are also working in favor of this scenario
Free seating / Office hoteling is a growing trend for mobile workers that occasionally work in the office. Today many cubicles already have a monitor for a laptop hook up, they would just need the docking station and keyboard to provide a full desktop experience. Similarly "real" hotels have office facilities with printers and monitors, they just need a "Nirvana" docking station to complete the solution.
LCD TV's are now pervasive and many have VGA and multiple Video inputs. This opens up hotel rooms, kitchens, family rooms, etc.
LCD's in general are getting cheaper and pervasive. They are showing up everywhere; cars, picture frames, book readers.
Digital Projectors - most conference rooms are already equipped and portable projectors are getting smaller and cheaper.
Virtual Desktops - Like XenDesktop ... hosted centrally but available everywhere.
Remote Desktops - Like GoToMyPC ... remote desktop connections to home or office PC's.
Application Virtualization - like Presentation Server .. apps hosted centrally available from any device.
Web based; apps / storage / photos / social networks - more and more of digital life ( work and play ) is available from any device on the web.
Consumer driven use cases
Most device companies we speak to about this concept are interested in the idea, however many are clearly driven by the consumer use cases vs business ones due to the huge volume that the cell phone market drives today. The assumption is that Smartphone's will continue to improve and excel in handling voice, video, music and cameras, but here are some additional consumer use cases that could exploit the unique features of the Nirvana Smartphone;
Web enable all the TV's in your house - most new LCD TV's are VGA capable but normally are only connected to a cable box and DVD player. Simply adding the Nirvana docking station would provide web connectivity without all the other complexity required in today's configurations.
Video conference from your TV - add a camera to the front of the Smartphone and use the TV to view and communicate with others doing the same.
Photo / Video Playback - many cameras already offer viewing from a TV, the Nirvana Smartphone will carry your photos and videos that could be viewed full size from the Smartphone Video-out to any LCD monitor or TV through the Nirvana docking station.
So how long is this going to take ? Why has this failed so far.
It's easy to project everything is going to be possible in the far future; wireless video, virtual keyboards, rollup video screens, etc. However, I am more interested in the next 12-18 months, the technologies to build this Nirvana Smartphone and use it as a Desktop Appliance are all available now, it just needs a leading device vendor to put together all the parts ( and embed some Citrix SW.. ).
So far there have been a few attempts to build full PC functionality into a Smartphone/PDA however they all come up short ( too big, too slow, too expensive ) because they try to replicate a full PC in a small device. Instead, if device makers can assume that a remote virtual desktop is accessible with all the apps you need and full size keyboard+mouse+monitors are readily available and connectible, then the Nirvana device could be built at a reasonable price, fit in your pocket, and provide the freedom to leave your PC or laptop at home.
| Who will build the Nirvana Smartphone ? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Apple | |
| HP | |
| Motorola | |
| Nokia | |
| I-Mate | |
| BlackBerry | |
| HTC | |
| Would you buy the Nirvana Smartphone ? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Yes, even if it's $400-$800 | |
| Yes, only if its less than $400 | |
| Not interested | |
Related links
Update : What is a Nirvana Phone video post
Adam Marano's search for the Nirvana Device posts from CTIA 2008
The Viewsonic ViewDock with an iPod looks like a perfect combination, unfortunately it still needs a PC to run and view.
John Dvorak's PC week article from 2003..
Nokia N95 TV-out feature review.
i-Mate 8150 with VGA out on youtube.
The RedFly Mobile companion announced at CES.
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