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PalmOne Bluetooth SDIO Card, US Review

PalmOne Bluetooth SDIO Card, US 
Manufacturer: Palm

Model#: P10832EFI
Weight: .35lbs
Height: .63"
   Width: 5.75"
Length: 7.56"

Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars


Retail Price: $182.99
Online Sale Price: $125.99
A discount of $57.00!
* Price is subject to change.
Features:
  • Wirelessly link your handheld to any other Bluetooth-enabled device located within a 30 foot (10 meter) radius
  • Connect to other Palm handhelds, mobile phones, laptops, printers and a host of wireless LAN access points
  • Send SMS messages to friends and co-workers, schedule meetings, send documents to a printer
  • Communicates with: Bluetooth-enabled products from industry leaders, including Ericsson and Motorola cell phones, Toshiba laptops, and HP and Epson printers
  • Compatible with Palm m125, m130, i705, and m500 series handhelds

User Submitted PalmOne Bluetooth SDIO Card, US Reviews (cont...)


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Date: 2002-03-27
wireless chat and LAN for Palms - very cool
This is a very good addition to my Palm m505. A few other folks in my office have the same setup now and we use the Palms for chat in the office using the BlueChat app. We also picked up a Bluetooth printer (HP 995) and so now we have a way to easily print out notes taken on the Palm -- very cool!

We also purchased a Bluetooth access point from Pico Communications...Using the Bluetooth Access Point, we can connect our Palms to internet, surf the web, check email (I use Message Agent), and send and receive Instant messages (Yahoo Messenger). This is very cool as I can chat with anyone as long as I'm in range of the acess point which, in our office, is about 100 feet (the one access point covers the whole office -- it's a pretty small office).

I have not tried using it with Bluetooth Phones but hope to as soon as I can get an Ericsson T68 from Cingular.

I've read that Bluetooth power consumption is supposed to be very low and that has been the case in my experience. My cradle is at home (I sync over Bluetooth at the office) and I've been able to use the Palm all day at work with intermittent periods of connection to the network, frequent chat and syncing once or twice. I notice the backlight reduces battery life so if you want the best results, try to keep it off.


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