Friday, January 20, 2006

It works... but less battery life.

I'm pretty happy with my Wi-Fi card. It works fine, but your Palm's battery runs down much faster when it is in use.

That's a typical result any time you run Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on PDAs or laptops.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Got the card today


The card arrived today.

It comes with a CD and a slim Getting Started guide. The software on the CD is already out of date with a new version available at the Palm web site.

The card fits into the SD slot on my Palm E2. Unlike a regular SD card, the Wi-Fi card sticks out a bit from the top of the Palm. I guess the bit sticking out is acting as an aerial.

Once you install the software onto your Palm you can swtich on Wi-Fi in the Palm's Prefs settings. The card flashes a tiny LCD to show it is operating.

Buying the card

I've finally decided to buy a Palm Wi-Fi card for my Palm E2 PDA. A few weeks ago they were $170 here in Sydney, Australia but I saw one advertised for $78 so I went ahead and bought it. It should be delivered in a day or two.