07-26-2005, 02:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Is Spectec's miniSD Wi-Fi Card Pocket PC Friendly?
One of Dave's iPAQ's forum members managed to acquire a Spectec miniSD Wi-Fi card (SDW-822) and got it working with an iPAQ hw6515. For the majority of you who own Pocket PCs, you either have a device with integrated Wi-Fi, or you have a CF or SDIO Wi-Fi card, so a solution such as this doesn't seem to be all that grand - for now, anyway. With the iPAQ Mobile Messenger series now sporting a miniSD slot, and rumours that many more phone-enabled Pocket PCs with miniSD slots are on the way, a solution like this may be a little more enticing than first thought.
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07-26-2005, 02:33 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Nice! If I wasn't waiting for the Universal, I may have gotten one of these. I didn't even know a miniSD wifi was in the works! The device is a killer with 5 wireless techs! (BT, GSM/GPRS, GPS, IrDA and now WiFi!)
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07-26-2005, 02:49 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Just an FYI... It was rumored that the mini-SD version of the Spectec Wi-Fi card was not going to protrude out of a standard mini-SD slot or an SD slot with the SD adapter, but these pictures and those discussed on HowardForums show that both versions will protrude a small bit. If you have a case on your Pocket PC that folds over the SD slot, it will still likely not be able to close properly.
Unless you have a mini-SD slot such as those in the Windows Mobile Smartphone or the iPAQ HW6500 series, it wouldn't have any advantage over the SD version.
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07-26-2005, 03:18 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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That would mean I would have to give up my 1 gig SD for the price of WiFi - not going to happen, for what I need 1x is sufficient enough for me and storage is far more important.
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07-26-2005, 04:53 AM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by szamot
That would mean I would have to give up my 1 gig SD for the price of WiFi - not going to happen, for what I need 1x is sufficient enough for me and storage is far more important.
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Hey szamot, how do u have 1x , do u mean EDGE, i just got confused!! :?
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07-26-2005, 06:41 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by saru83
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Originally Posted by szamot
That would mean I would have to give up my 1 gig SD for the price of WiFi - not going to happen, for what I need 1x is sufficient enough for me and storage is far more important.
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Hey szamot, how do u have 1x , do u mean EDGE, i just got confused!! :? |
You can easily have 1xRTT if you have any of the Sprint or Verizon PPC phones. EDGE, on the other hand, you can't get, since none of the existing PPC phones (or WM Smartphones) have EDGE support.
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07-26-2005, 04:51 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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That's correct I have the CDMA flavour of Blue Angel which is the AudioVox 6600 and it comes with 1x which is what Telus runs, but apparantly they are supposed to have EVDO in 2006. Time will tell.
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07-29-2005, 04:19 AM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by szamot
That's correct I have the CDMA flavour of Blue Angel which is the AudioVox 6600 and it comes with 1x which is what Telus runs, but apparantly they are supposed to have EVDO in 2006. Time will tell.
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So, whats the difference between EVDO and 1x :?
Regards,
Sarwat
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07-29-2005, 04:49 AM
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Pontificator
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1xRTT is the standard CDMA data service, which offers speeds up to 12 KBytes/second downstream. EVDO is a third-generation data service, available now in parts of the US, that offers speeds up to 60 KB/s.
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07-29-2005, 04:59 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Originally Posted by ADBrown
1xRTT is the standard CDMA data service, which offers speeds up to 12 KBytes/second downstream. EVDO is a third-generation data service, available now in parts of the US, that offers speeds up to 60 KB/s.
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OH crap, so why the heck did they tell me in TELUS that 1x is 150kb/s :evil:
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