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Palm Finally Announces SD WiFi Card

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

Estranged42 writes "After years of waiting, Palm announced today that it will release an SD 802.11b card for its Tungsten T3 and Zire 72 handhelds. This comes after years of anticipation and speculation about this card ever happening. It should be arriving sometime in September for $129. I think I'm still looking forward to getting one. The Register and others are carrying the story."

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  1. $129? by benzapp · · Score: 3, Informative

    I bought a Linksys one for my WinCE PDA over two years ago for half that.

    What a rip off.

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  2. Re:Will it work with the Treo too? by datastalker · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to this story at TreoCentral, it will not work with the Treo 600. But since you (and I ;) ) get Internet anywhere there's a cell signal, it shouldn't be too much of a loss. All I can say is I'm glad I have the unlimited data plan. ;)

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  3. Re:still using palms by CyberDave · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bzzzzzz...wrong. Methinks you got your As and Bs confused.

    The PowerBook (or, more correctly, Apple's AirPort Extreme MiniPCI card) supports 802.11b and 802.11g.

    802.11g is backwards compatible with 802.11b (despite what I overheard some idiot salesman say to a customer at Best Buy once). You can use 802.11b cards with 802.11g access points and 802.11g cards with 802.11b access points. I do this al lthe time. Part of the reason this is possible is because 802.11b and 802.11g operate in the 2.4 GHz range. The backwards-compatibility is also built into the 802.11g spec (IIRC).

    802.11a, on the other hand, is 54 Mbps (like 802.11g), but operates in the 5 GHz range and is not compatible with 802.11b or 802.11g.

    Some manufacturers make combo cards that work with all three protocols. Apple is not one of them.

    CyberDave

  4. PalmInfocenter WiFi Card Review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    PalmInfocenter has a good Review posted

  5. for T2 owners: by Lawmeister · · Score: 3, Informative
    from the palminfocentre's article:

    So why is the card only available for the T3 and Zire 72, and not other models with SD slots? The official answer from palmOne is: Following market and development-cost analysis, palmOne wanted to develop a Wi-Fi card that will be applicable to its Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 handhelds. These solutions require very tight integration between hardware, firmware and custom software, as well as access to propriety technologies for the level of tight integration necessary to give the customer an excellent experience. In other words it sounds like the differences between other models SD slots and other factors such as power draw and battery capacity, made is cost prohibitive to develop it for other handhelds.



    hmmm, I'm thinking they are just pushing their newer products.