Guest Rog42 Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 According to a mobile webtailer I use regularly, the new SANdisk SDIO WLAN card is compatible with the MS Smartphone. Check out the link here. They even list the Samsung, Mitac, and Motorola Smartphones. Surely if the drivers work with those phones, they should work with the others, after all it's the same platform. Imagine how cool that would be. Pick up email, and MSN Messenger for free on the WLAN at home/work, then use GPRS out and about. 8) Has anyone out there tried this/got it working yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Err it states Supports Pocket PC 2002 and Pocket PC 2003 devices It will not work with Smartphone 2002 devices, as for 2003 devices? who knows at the moment :-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maverick Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Ah.. Finally a topic subject with question marks :-)... I would have probably screamed if I saw another topic with the subject "Wi-Fi for the Smartphone" !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rog42 Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 But in Specifications (and I checked this on the Sandisk site too) it states: Compatible with the following: Viewsonic V37 Viewsonic V36 iPAQ 3950/3955 iPAQ 3970/3975 iPAQ h2210/2200 iPAQ h1920/1930/1940 iPAQ h5150 Samsung i700 Smartphone Samsung M400 Smartphone Legend SP200 Celvic (JTEL) N110 Mitac Mio 8210 Mitac Mio 339 Mitac Mio 558 As far as I remember the Samsung, and the Mitac's are all MS Smartphones. I agree with you. My experience of SDIO in Smartphone is barren. The desert of hw without the oasis of a driver. But here comes Sandisk claiming compatibility. I figured this forum would be the place to find the "Alpha" user. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Will Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 mitac models listed there are pocketpc? 8380 and 8390 are the mio smartphones ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sabio_proeliat Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hmmm what's the 8210? :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rog42 Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 In retrospect (the problem with posting at midnight, sleep deprivation) all of the models listed are PPC Phone edition devices. Bummer. I was thinking if I couldn't get Bluetooth (for connectivity) wi-fi would be battery-draining, mind numbingly, awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maverick Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Maybe someone can persuade Sandisk to write drivers for Smartphone ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rog42 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Yep or Socket - they do one too. And perhaps we can convince QTEK (HTC) to produce extended batteries . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smart-UP Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Maybe a large mfr of WiFi hardware is working with a major mfr of phone hardware to bring a Microsoft powered phone with integrated BT and WiFi access, and maybe this hardware is not too far in the future, there might even be prototype phones around that are being tested as I type this. Maybe ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rog42 Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 From what I know the large mfr is bringing out a PPC with all the integration, and the timescale is looking like next April (all pure speculation of course) But not a Smartphone with Wi-Fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maverick Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 PPC with built in WiFi AND bluetooth are already in the market. There could be number of reasons why they arent there on the smartphone - Battery consumption etc. Also, Network operators may be reluctant to sell such phones because it will take the GPRS revenue away !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rog42 Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Well yes, there are WLAN and BT integrated PPC's (the first was the iPAQ 5450) and there are PPC Phone Editions with GSM/GPRS (but not Wi-Fi and BT). But there are no devices with all three at the moment. The first reason you mention is part of it. Getting the chips small enough and the batteries powerful enough is the part of the problem The second reason is not really part of this at all. Most of the telco's in the US, UK, Europe and even here in Aus are all setting up WLAN hotspots and generating further revenue from that anyway. An integrated device will go a long way to increasing overall spend. Nope, Wi-Fi is notorious with battery life. Therein lies the problem. But there will be a fully integrated device early next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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