Software driver developers are tasked with device specific development, which takes considerable time and resources. As mentioned, due to the transition of Palm Inc. SyChip has now reached an understanding with PalmSource for the rights and support required to develop Palm OS drivers but the Legal Agreement needs to be finalized and signed. The second issue involves the electrical design of some Palm Powered devices such as the Treo Since Wi-Fi capabilities were not an original design requirement for these devices, the majority of them use components with maximum power specifications below Wi-Fi needs.
It is technically possible to use the SD Wi-Fi card but its usage may damage the device and void the warranty. A number of handheld computer manufacturers have assured SanDisk that they will modify the designs of their SDIO devices to correct this problem.
SanDisk remains fully committed to offering the widest support for its SD Wi-Fi cards and is looking forward to resolving these issues as quickly as possible in order to provide the products that meet the company s strict requirements for quality, reliability and performance.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience that this delay may cause. It seems that SanDisk is truly trying to expedite the process in order to release Palm OS drivers for its popular SD Wi-Fi card, however it seems that there are numerous complications in this process. As new updates become available, we will be sure to post this information here at BargainPDA. SanDisk was previously advertising that the company would make the card compatible with Palm OS 4 and above.
Just recently the company removed the OS 4 driver release from it's product page. Previously , Hagiwara Sys-Com, a Japanese semiconductor company, had announced they are developing four wireless cards for Palm OS devices.
Thier cards will work with Palm OS 4 and higher. The SanDisk cards was previously scheduled to be available in March. SanDisk posted an update to their product page in May, indicating the card will not be ready until the Fall. The Wi-Fi SanDisk did not respond to questions for this article. The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. PalmInfocenter is not responsible for them in any way.
Please Login or register here to add your comments. Comments Closed This article is no longer accepting new comments. Nobody ever said that any piece of gear will be supported past that version, let alone for years to come. But they have a business to run. Yes, it's too bad, and life goes on.
What is the delay? I would have thought these guys would be working flat out to get this to market! But if they are already giving up on OS4 gawd knows how long we'll have to wait for the integrated card. Come on guys, you're missing a great market here! RE: What is the delay? That Sandisk - likely the 1 vendor of SD cards - is having trouble getting their device to market is a great indication of this difficulty. This is one of the issues that I face every day in trying to sell Palm OS-based business solutions.
Everything is "just around the corner" or "so-and-so just announced" and there are precious few actual deliveries of anything, with nearly nothing released before it's obsolete or the platform it runs on is obsolete, witness Handspring and HandEra.
Before somebody mentions "but HandEra did! Their market was limited the moment it hit the shelves. Then there's the OS licensing controversy. Happy now? I wonder how far it sticks out of the case? The problem I have with the SanDisk card is that there looks to be no good way to carry it. You can't leave the card in the PDA for fear of breaking it.
The antenna thingy also makes it too thick to fit in a card slot of a PDA case. Scott RE: What is the delay? An example of this application would be a sled design or some kind of clunky cable contraption. Hopefully the Treo uses this architecture -- I'm not sure because I'm still waiting for Amazon.
If it might, but maybe not by SanDisk's designs, that's good news I suppose. I've pretty much written off SanDisk anyway, because they have repeatedly deceived their customers. What do you folks think? The currently available Wifi implementations use a LOT of power like my TC and the article says that they Treo couldn't support it.
However, there are new chips being developed that are intended to greatly reduce the power required by an I don't remember off the top of my head which company was testing new, low-power chips Philips?
But don't hold your breath. It uses the same connector as the treo , as the treo , as the treo c and g, and as the treo So any Wi-Fi that would come through that way would have to be made peticuraly for the treo. Besides, I have the with unlimited imternet from Sprint, so I really don't care about having Wi-Fi, though it's faster.
Could this enable someone to use high speed internet at home? I realize that it may be an expensive proposition, especially for those of use who already have I'm just throwing out possibilities for getting wireless internet on the Treo without dialup That card will work with:.
I don't want a card - I want a sled! I'd prefer to leave my SD card slot available for all my apps and dB's and avoid sucking my battery dry with a power-hungry WiFi card. As it is, my PPC-toting colleagues can do this with their handhelds, but I have to use my laptop.
I'd love to have a solution for my TT to keep up with them. Features I'd like: 1 slim design with internal rechargable battery 2 support for full power mW The good news are thet the firmware on the sled is upgradeable so we can make a driver for OS5, sound to me like a very interesting sourceforge project in wich I would like to participate.
Related Articles Article Comments 35 comments The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. Too bad First post : Too bad, I really wanted a SD wifi card soon. Do you think it is because there is no future in What about Bluetooth's limited range?
PS: Just so no one assumes that class 1 devices will work only with other class 1 devices, you can mix and match different BT devices, but the range will be limited by the weakest device. All of them play nicely with each other :. The Which Is Better debate reminds me of the Apple vs.
If this is the full story and it sounds reasonable The entire foundation which Palm devices were built upon is to be simplistic, easy to use, long lasting and dependable.
It certainly doesn't cost anything to make WAGs as to who's at fault. But where licensing issues are concerned, there are at least two parties involved.. Great,first a wifi delay for my Zodiac, and still no wifi for my tg Has any one tried the Enfora case? I have the enfora case and use it with a T3. My Enfora case has worked flawlessly with WebPro on my T3. Has anyone posted a variety of websites shown on the T3 sreen via WiFi? While there is some armwaving here, I see a lot of "port from PC" mindset here by needing CPU speeds and power consumptions.
This is sucks! I have very little credit left for Palm on this Wi-Fi issue! O hope this would wake those Palm Boyz up. Who I am? Show us some of your evidence. I knew Palm was somehow involved in the delay! The problem belongs to PalmSource and not PalmOne. I hate it when that happens. I don't know if I buy into the T C conspiracy theory. Thanks for the news, Ryan. The idea that the Treo's maximum power spec is too low for SDIO was an assumption made by the readers posting comments.
The Treo doesn't use Palm's universal connector. How about this combination
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