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802.11b Memory Stick for CLIE

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-no-strings-to-hold-me-down dept.

prostoalex writes "InfoSync talks about a new MemoryStick card with wireless 802.11b support. The launch date is Dec 1st, the price is $130." Update by J : It's for Palm OS 5 devices like the CLIE, and not made by Sony.

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  1. Picture by r_glen · · Score: 4, Informative

    A picture of the card is here, which was developed by Hagiwara Sys-Com (and simply name-branded by Sony).

    1. Re:Picture by penguin7of9 · · Score: 3, Informative

      I think that comparison between the Bluetooth stick and the WiFi stick speaks for itself. What you don't see is that the WiFi stick will also suck your battery dry very quickly.

      WiFi makes little sense for PDAs--it's too big and too power hungry. If you really must have something like that, get one of the Enfora WiFi cases (search on Google), which at least includes its own battery.

  2. Re:WiFi storage? by cloudmaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've found that my cameraapearently writes to an internal buffer and then copies from that buffer to the memory card. Moving to higher-speed cards hasn't affected the delay between shots (or tha maximum recoardable video size) because the buffer, I'm guessing, was designed with the speed of slower flash memory in mind.

    Do with that what you may, but the wireless "virtual file system" wouldn't help much in that case.

  3. Re:WiFi storage? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond2h/

    already done.

    "Optional WT-1 Wireless Transmitter (802.11b) - This is significant news, the ability for the D2H to transmit images directly back to a laptop or server is an important step forward for the implementation of this camera in a fast moving environment (such as sports events). The WT-1 unit connects to the camera via the USB 2.0 port and tripod screw, connectors on the camera base provide power from the camera's battery. The camera uses the WT-1 to send images back via FTP, they are written to the card first and sent in a selectable format (JPEG/RAW) to the designated FTP server."

    scary part is that this camera can do "8 fps up to 40 images"

    add up those file sizes over 802.11b

  4. Re:What kind of DRM by epall · · Score: 2, Informative

    Um, it's not a sony product. Thus, there's no DRM crap. This is a 3rd party trying to circumvent Sony's stranglehold on which CLIEs have WiFi.

  5. Re:Typical Sony by epall · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fortunately, Athena America (previously EruWare) had made a CF memory driver. Now, despite Sony's annoying attempt to cripple their CF slot, you can use CF memory cards!

  6. Re:Wow, Sony's Memory Stick is still behind by owlstead · · Score: 2, Informative

    and it's large enough to have IBM Microdrives.

    No it is not. You need a double thick CF slot to put a microdrive in. Besides, microdrives will be out of the picture it flash memory keeps scaling the way it does.

    Microdrives currently are only interesting for professionals. And even those would be carrying something to copy their digital photo's onto anyway.

    Note that every Sonly memory stick is priced about 30 euro's above comparable memory slot devices in NL. IMHO, they can stick it up ...

  7. Effective Range/Bandwidth? by xanthines-R-yummy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Tom's has an article detailing the poor range and dreaddully slow connection rates of the SD Wifi card. Anyone know if the memory stick is going to be plagued by the same problems? I can't imagine Sony will have solved them for "the stick."