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The Smallest Wi-Fi SD Card Yet

By James Alan Miller
August 4, 2005

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Socket Communications stated selling a new Secure Digital (SD) Wi-Fi card, the Go Wi-Fi! E300, this week.

The $89 perpheral's tiny 40 millimeter length makes it the smallest Wi-Fi card for handhelds yet, much tinier than the company's previous offering. It weighs a mere 4 grams.

Wi-Fi! E300 bundles Socket's Wi-Fi Companion software application, a utility that helps users find, connect and manage Wi-Fi networks. It can find available Wi-Fi networks and performs network ping and trace route functions.

Additional features include:

  • Automatic Power Saving Mode balances battery life and throughput speed
  • Hardware level encryption WPA (AES) support
  • Open 40/64 and 128-bit WEP encryption, 802.1x authentication with EAP-TLS or PEAP
  • Works with WPA and WPA-PSK on the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition platform as well as on the original Windows Mobile 2003 with ROM upgrade (some devices)
  • Can handle infrastructure WLAN and Ad Hoc peer-to-peer connectivity
  • Let's users ActiveSync wirelessly
  • LED on the card shows WLAN connection status
  • Supports voice over Wi-Fi feature with Skype software

    The new WLAN card provides data transfer rates up to 11Mbps, with range and throughput optimized by Dynamic Scaling to 5.5,2. and 1 Mbps. It works at up to 300 feet in standard office environment.



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