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Jan/Feb 2006
Wi-Fi card for handhelds
As public Wi-Fi hotpots become more widely available, and hence more viable as a primary means of sending and receiving data, their appeal is extending to handheld computers as well as laptops. However, few come with Wi-Fi capability built in, so there is a lot of appeal in plug-in Wi-Fi cards. Which is no doubt why energetic supplier Socket Communications had now launched a high-speed 802.11g card for Windows Mobile and Linux handheld devices. The Go Wi-Fi! P500 Card fits into a CompactFlash expansion slot, and is said to find all available Wi-Fi networks in the area. It also offers security to AES,WPA2-Enterprise and CCX v1/v2 standards, and there's an automatic power-saving mode to reduce battery drain. Socket is also offering a software development kit to enable third-party suppliers to add their own features. 
The card should be available by the time you read this, and the US price is expected to be $99.
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