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Originally Posted by GQ19
I have an iPAQ 3955 and would love to see nothing more than a sleeve that had both bluetooth and wifi (802.11b) support built in.. plus a CF expansion slot..
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I don't think you'll ever see such a beast. The size of it would be enough to put off all but the most serious customers (much like the dual PCMCIA sleeve). I can't see HP justifying it because of the size of the niche. Maybe some 3rd party vendor will make it. Maybe I'll have to eat my words; I'm just speculating.
Last I recall, there was a company starting on a dual protocol 2.4GHz chipset (802.11b and bluetooth), but I haven't heard anything lately. If/when this sort of chipset hits production, we should see some dual-function PC cards (then CF cards, then maybe SDIO cards).
Of course, then the iPaq would have to support the dual-function card, which might be another battle.
If this hypothetical 802.11b/bluetooth PC card did exist, then a dual-PCMCIA sleeve fulfills your goals (using a PCMCIA/CF adapter).
On the other hand, a 3900 series iPaq with a bluetooth SDIO card and a dual-slot PCMCIA sleeve also combines your requested feature set. A bit pricey, of course.