C550 wifi

[Guest DarkSniper]

Does the C550 Support mini WIFI SDIO cards and if it does, what Wifi Card works with it ;)

[Guest mini_man]

nope sorry, i reckon there will be an update though.

[Guest Tech]

an update of what? ;)

C550 or any smartphone for that matter can have a wifi miniSD card

[Guest mini_man]

I read that it didnt work? I was thinking of an update to make the phone compatible with the card so the phone will recieve wifi.

[Guest Tech]

not as far as I know - it probably needs drivers or something like that which should be bundled with the hardware device ;)

[Guest mini_man]

You just said it works though?

C550 or any smartphone for that matter can have a wifi miniSD card

[Guest Tech]

no no - you mis understood ;)

from what I read - you can use almost any SD/miniSD wifi card which fits into your smartphone - wether this is true or not I am not sure but have heard that it works fine for C500 - and C550 is just a "facelift" for a C500 so pretty much it generally should work I believe - again dont quote me on this.

if the hardware is there, and the software/drivers are bundled - no reason really on why it should not work ;)

Edited March 4, 2006 by Tech

[Guest mini_man]

Ok i get you, they have to release some drivers soon dont they? so many people would use it.

[Guest Tech]

that is correct, but I would assume that the drivers/software would be bundled WITH the miniSD wifi device

[Guest pd.ryder]

BIIIIG problem - where will the tiny wee antenna go that pokes out the top of the WiFi card? There isn't any room with it being an internal mini-SD slot. This would never be a problem with devices like the E200 which left the antenna poking out the side of the device ;)

And... does the 550 have an SDIO cpacity?

[Guest mini_man]

Oh yeh thats true, and people used to hope these would work in a smartphone

(tv card for ppc)

[Guest mini_man]

Ok I remembered nedge trying out the wifi card in his c500 and I remembered that hed written an article about it.

I dug it out so have a look.

http://www.msmobilenews.com/?cid=947

[Guest Tech]

Ok I remembered nedge trying out the wifi card in his c500 and I remembered that hed written an article about it.

I dug it out so have a look.

http://www.msmobilenews.com/?cid=947

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interesting - well there you have it ;)

[Guest mini_man]

but is the c550 sdio?

[Guest agent.m]

but is the c550 sdio?

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judging by this site it doesnt :cry:

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:ELJO5H...en&ct=clnk&cd=2

[Guest mini_man]

Bluetooth version 1.1

Infrared (IR) Yes

PC Sync ActiveSync

SDIO -

USB version 1.1

Wi-Fi -

it doesnt say no though

[Guest agent.m]

it doesnt say no though

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it dont say yes either ;)

[Guest mini_man]

yes but ontop of everything is still doesnt say no ;)

[Guest agent.m]

yes but ontop of everything is still doesnt say no  ;)

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yeah but it doesnt say no to wifi either and we no it doesnt have it. hence the reason for the topic lol