At 9/17/2000 12:26 PM-0400, M. Edward Wilborne III wrote:
The web pages are "active" and interactive and having to point a device at
something to hotsync isn't sufficient.
The system has been designed totally web based, and it works great on web
browsers, and now we're charged with making it portable, so wireless http
seems like a good possibility to require the minimum work.
It doesn't seem like too unreasonable a request to have standards based
interface technology built into the Palm device. The TRGpro has a CF slot,
but there is no wireless support using it.
With the PocketPC I can buy 802.11b equipment and start using my wireless
LAN.
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I'd be interested to find out more about your solution: are you looking to
use a PCMCIA Wi-Fi card with a HandheldPC device or a CF 802.11b (a.k.a.
Wi-Fi) card with a PocketPC device?
If the latter, do you have any links to any CF-Card format hardware? There
have been a plethora of Wi-Fi PC-Cards on the market lately, but CF...?
For the PalmOS, Xircom is developing a Wi-Fi Springboard for the Handspring
Visor with an announced availability of "Fall 2000", so this could be a
viable alternative:
http://www.xircom.com/cda/page/1,1298,0-0-1_704-704,00.html
Also, with all of the activity in the Bluetooth arena, wireless-connected
handhelds will certainly be with us before too long.
Cheers,
Dan
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