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Janak Parekh
07-25-2003, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.brighthand.com/article/SanDisk_SD_WiFi_Card_Reviewed' target='_blank'>http://www.brighthand.com/article/S...i_Card_Reviewed</a><br /><br /></div>Finally, it seems as if these things are becoming less and less vaporware. Steve Bush over at Brighthand has written up an informative review that looks very promising; the only thing I find annoying is the amount to which the WiFi card sticks out of an SDIO slot, but this might be needed for range.

mjhamson
07-25-2003, 06:35 PM
It would have been nice to have seen some battery life comparisons. I have been thinking about moving away from WiFi for my PDA and small devices in exchange for Bluetooth for the sake of battery life.

-Michael

Jerry Raia
07-25-2003, 06:49 PM
I wonder how long it would take to snap that card in half the way it sticks out.

JackTheTripper
07-25-2003, 06:57 PM
I could probably do it in about half an hour. :p

But I'm gonna try it. Can't afford a new PDA and I only have an SDIO so...

davin1378
07-25-2003, 07:09 PM
If you don't need WiFi right now, wait a few months. Sandisk will be releasing it's 256MB/Wifi combo card, a MUST if you have only one slot (especially with less than 64mb units).

I for one am waiting for the 256/BT module so i can use bt on my e755. :wink:

sting0r
07-25-2003, 07:50 PM
I think I remember hearing the socket one is smaller for some reason, can't wait to get my hands on one for my 1945. I just got another battery for 29.99, so I am not too worried about battery life, plus the size of the card/lack of memory doesn't bother me too bad since I will only leave the card in when I am surfing wifi, otherwise I will use my 512 meg card.....

Cortex
07-25-2003, 08:21 PM
its a shame they didnt make it squatier by widening the base.

there is no need to keep the card the same width once it extends outside the slot....

Excalliber
07-25-2003, 08:27 PM
That thing is ugly! Maybe for 256 megs plu WiFi, but that sticks up way too much for only WiFi. And even if it's not in the device, it's length makes it easier to break. Hopefully, before 2004, we'll have one that doesn't stick out more than 3/8 to 1/4 of an inch.

Paul P
07-25-2003, 10:15 PM
It would have been nice to have seen some battery life comparisons. I have been thinking about moving away from WiFi for my PDA and small devices in exchange for Bluetooth for the sake of battery life.

-Michael

Battery life looks very good:

http://www.pocketpcpassion.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34484

EnsignRam
07-25-2003, 11:34 PM
So which Pocket PC's have SDIO? I own an IPAQ 3850...

codesmith
07-26-2003, 01:45 AM
The newer Mobile 2003 iPAQ's, the 1940 and the 2210, have SDIO slots.

Kirkaiya
07-26-2003, 02:53 AM
Hi -

I know there's the ongoing issue of the yellowness of the hp 1940's screen (or the 1945? I can't remember what the difference is).

Has anybody done any benchmarking on the 1940/45 yet? It's the first PPC I know of to use a new processor (the Samsung Arm-based one), at 266 MHz, and I'm very curious as to how it does compared to other PPCs, like the Viewsonic Xscale 300 MHz one (the V37).

I assume that the 1940/45 also has a faster-than-100 Mhz bus, like the newer PPCs? I have an ipaq 1910 right now, with turbo-tray @ 300 MHz, which is fine for what I use it for, although I miss the snappiness of my old 3650 sometimes.

thanx, and sorry if this wasn't exactly on-topic (i mainly want to know about the performance, because if it's a significant improvement, I want to get it, since it has SDIO, and my 1910 doesn't, and I'd like the option to have WLAN sometime in the new few months, but I'm loathe to move from the tiny, beautiful form-factor of the 1910)

dcharles18
07-26-2003, 03:01 PM
The newer Mobile 2003 iPAQ's, the 1940 and the 2210, have SDIO slots.

So do the 3900 and 54/5500 ipaqs

R K
07-26-2003, 07:55 PM
So which Pocket PC's have SDIO? I own an IPAQ 3850...

The list grows longer but generally, if you have an older device, it probably doesn't have SDIO.

iPAQ H1930/H1935, iPAQ H1940/H1945
iPAQ H2210/H2215, iPAQ H3950/H3955
iPAQ H3970/H3975, iPAQ H5450/H5455
iPAQ H5550/H5555
Toshiba e310, Toshiba e330,
Toshiba e350, Toshiba e740
Toshiba e750, Toshiba e550G
Viewsonic V35, Viewsonic V36
Viewsonic V37
Samsung SPH-I700

I might be missing something in there but someone else is always free to fill it in.

Has anybody done any benchmarking on the 1940/45 yet? It's the first PPC I know of to use a new processor (the Samsung Arm-based one), at 266 MHz, and I'm very curious as to how it does compared to other PPCs, like the Viewsonic Xscale 300 MHz one (the V37).

I assume that the 1940/45 also has a faster-than-100 Mhz bus, like the newer PPCs? I have an ipaq 1910 right now, with turbo-tray @ 300 MHz, which is fine for what I use it for, although I miss the snappiness of my old 3650 sometimes.

The newer Pocket PC 2003 devices with the new XScale CPUs are still running at 100MHz bus. The 200MHz you keep hearing about is for the internal bus.
As far as the Samsung CPU goes, I think it's running at 133MHz but I'm not sure.

sweetpete
07-26-2003, 11:12 PM
Viewsonic Xscale 300 MHz one (the V37).

OT and FYI ... the V37 is 400 MHz

Dave Conger
07-28-2003, 11:02 AM
In case anyone is looking for another review of the card, I posted one as well over at davespda.com. Also included is a look at the output power of the card in comparison to other WiFi cards.

http://www.davespda.com/reviews/other/sdsdiowifi.htm

JonnoB
12-17-2003, 09:25 PM
Toshiba e310, Toshiba e330,
Toshiba e350, Toshiba e740
Toshiba e750, Toshiba e550G


None of the older Toshiba (pre e4xx and 8xx) are SDIO compliant (SDIO Now!) and thus will not work with the SanDisk WiFi unit from what I can understand.