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Palm Bluetooth SDIO Card Available

Posted by michael on from the sufficiently-advanced-technology dept.

boredadmin writes "It looks like Palm have finally released (a few weeks ago) their Bluetooth SDIO card to allow SD-Slot equipped Palms communicate with cellphones, PC's, access-points, etc. Now if only I could find somewhere in this sad little corner of the world that I'm stuck in that actually stocks them."

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  1. Where are you? by Paul+Bristow · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try http://www.expansys.com ,who seem to have them in stock in the UK and will ship everywhere.

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  2. Where to buy... by gmanske · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here with a link to sales info outside the US here.

  3. of course by Hadlock · · Score: 3, Informative

    heaven forbid that you're an existing palm user, with, say, a m100, or a IIIex (the cheap model), that were the last models to come out before the SDIO slot was standard. i guess this is the "killer hardware" to get people to upgrade. I'd still like to see a bluetooth "chip" that i can plug into the serial port of my m100.

    there's a serial -> USB adaptor.... i'm sure that + a bluetooth card from Apple + lots of time and effort = a usable solution. of course; it won't work with any of palm's new spiffy bluetooth apps, such as "bluechat" (aim over bluetooth, essentially), and blueboard (networked "whiteboard" app)

    personally what i'd like to see is a USB bluetooth adaptor like apple's d-link one, that has the driver software on it (linux, mac, windows) on 64k of flash memory, + java aim/jabber chat, lynx web browser, and dhcp built in. plug it into your ipaq, laptop, or school computer.

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  4. Re:next.... by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Informative

    wireless recharging has been around for at least 30 years.
    I had a electric toothbrush that used a field coil (example: take a transformer and cut it in half put 1/2 in the device the other 1/2 in the base. when they are close enough the circuit is coupled.) and you had to only set it near the base in any position.

    I was working on making my webpad recaharge in the same way except for that it only needed to be placed on one certian end table in the living room. The problem I had with that was you had to be sure NOT to leave metal objects (or floppy discs) on that table. as they would heat up.

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  5. Bluetooth SD Cards Available Here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    They are available and in stock at FranklinCovey of all places!

    http://shopping.franklincovey.com/html/ibeCCtpIt mD spRte.jsp?section=19962&item=8387

    There are 20 available as of this posting.