Sunday, June 15, 2003

Socket to Deliver SD 802.11b card for PocketPCs

Socket Communications will begin shipping SDIO WLAN card for devices with SDIO-capable (Secure Digital Input Output) slots. The SDIO WLAN Card plugs into any SDIO card slot in a Pocket PC or Pocket PC Phone Edition running BSQUARE Corporation's SDIO Now! software and enables wireless Pocket PC connectivity to 802.11b networks. The tiny WLAN card uses the Intersil PRISM 3 chipset. The Socket card has an MSRP of $149.


The SDIO WLAN Card is one of three products in Socket's SDIO family, which includes a connectivity card with Bluetooth wireless technology and a bar code scanning card.
http://www.socketcom.com