09-09-2003, 12:28 AM
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BostonPocketPC Reviews SanDisk Connect+ 128MB WiFi CF Card
Steven 'fyiguy' Hughes, one of the most prolific and "everywhere at once" people in the Pocket PC industry, has written up a solid review on this new Sandisk product:
"If you are an owner of a PocketPC with only on CF slot and are begrudgingly switching out cards for WiFi access at the loss of additional memory, the folks at SanDisk have come out with an all in one solution called the Connect Plus 128MB + Wi-Fi CompactFlash� This card combines flash your standard Compact Flash memory and 802.11b wireless communications into a single card giving PDA and notebook users, the freedom to quickly transmit and receive data, images and music from thousands of hotspots worldwide."
I really like the idea of this card, but the more I think about it, I'm not convinced it would fit with the way I use my Pocket PC: I'd tend to only want the WiFi card with me when I was sure I'd have WiFi access, whereas I'd always want my data with me - so I'd probably install apps to the SD or CF card I'd want to keep in the unit all the time. What about you? Does this product appeal to you?
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09-09-2003, 12:43 AM
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I'm not much on these 'combo card' dealies. When the flash dies it becomes an expensive wifi card.
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09-09-2003, 12:53 AM
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Can this be used in a card reader? If so, it would be good temporary storage when out and about with the WiFi card. Why only 128MB, though? :roll:
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09-09-2003, 01:18 AM
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Although I have a PPC2002 device, I wish they'd develop PPC2000 drivers as well. There are still some of us out there!
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09-09-2003, 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by qmrq
I'm not much on these 'combo card' dealies. When the flash dies it becomes an expensive wifi card.
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How often do Flash cards die though? I've heard of the very rare case involving airport X-Ray machines, but that's it...
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09-09-2003, 01:55 AM
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The combo cards are great. Let me explain.
I don't want to clutter my SD card or my main memory with network based applications (IRC, FTP, PIE alternatives, Pocket Outlook alternatives, etc)... instead, I install those applications in the 128mb that comes with the WiFi. Then the applications I don't need without WiFi do not take up precious space and when I install WiFi, I have the apps I need and want.
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09-09-2003, 01:57 AM
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I saw a poll here recently about where people keep their PPCs. I'm too lazy to search for it, but I think that the majority of people keep it in their pant's pocket.
I can't think of many applications where I'd be OK with having the card sticking out of the top of my PPC. Even with a case that accomodated it, it would still be something that would get in your way or might break off.
Hopefully in another 5 years we'll have combo SD memory and 802.11x cards that fit flush inside the device! Even a CF version would be cool.
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09-09-2003, 02:01 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by qmrq
I'm not much on these 'combo card' dealies. When the flash dies it becomes an expensive wifi card.
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I took my old iPAQ 3850 and CF+ with a DaneElec 256MB CF card abroad and after going through the X-ray machine, I had to do a soft reset to get it back, (it could still see the CF+ sleeve), it didn't happen again though.
The card still works 18 months after I bought it, now in the h2210.
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09-09-2003, 03:58 AM
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How often do Flash cards die though? I've heard of the very rare case involving airport X-Ray machines, but that's it...
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All flash dies. You get about 10^5 rewrites, though new controllers supposedly give 10^6 rewrites by spreading out wear evenly across all cells.
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09-09-2003, 04:03 AM
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I really like the idea of this card, but the more I think about it, I'm not convinced it would fit with the way I use my Pocket PC: I'd tend to only want the WiFi card with me when I was sure I'd have WiFi access, whereas I'd always want my data with me - so I'd probably install apps to the SD or CF card I'd want to keep in the unit all the time. What about you?
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This is exactly what I said when I talked about this card on my site ( http://goodthatway.com/news_arc/?id=49). A combo card might make sense to me if it was a GPS/memory card, because map data takes up a lot of space. But what data would you only need when you're using your Wi-Fi card. JonnoB gave some examples, but do those really take up 128MB of memory? I think you made a good case for a combo Wi-Fi/32MB card, but I'd feel like I was wasting my money and/or memory with a 128MB/Wi-Fi combo card. With memory prices getting lower every day, perhaps this will be a moot point when a dedicated 128MB CF card only costs $10 or so. But right now, 128MB still seems pretty big to me.
Scott
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