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Compaq iPAQ Expansion Pack PCMCIA Card

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In case you're wondering, the PCMCIA (PC Card) expansion pack costs more because it's got its own rechargeble battery (PC Cards need more juice than CF cards). I assume it recharges from the cradle along with the iPaq. It's bigger the the CF sleeve, of course, but if you want to be the first on your block with proper wireless web access (none of the Palm web clippings nonsense), you'll have to take the PC Card expansion route.

Until the recent release of low power CF wireless lan cards, this was your only option for going mobile with you iPaq Pocket PC. I've used the sleeve extensively with a Cisco Aironet 340 WLAN card and it works great. Want to go wide area? Slap in a Seirra Wireless Aircard and truely go mobile.

While the sleeve is a bit bulky, the heft definately is out weighed by the usefulness. With new Pocket PC 2002 iPaq's (or the pending upgrade from Compaq for current owners), you can use VPN features while away from the office. The nice thing is Compaq seems very commited to the current form factor, meaning that even if you buy a new iPaq, the sleeve will still work for some time to come.

I've got an ipaq 3835. I'm using the PC Card sleve with a Sierra Wireless CDPD modem, which draws very little power. Perfect tool for the remote sysadmin.

I work for a CDMA PCS carrier here in Puerto Rico, it works great with the Gtran Dot.Surfer PCMCIA card. Speeds of 50 to 60 and bursts of up to 144 kbps are common. If you are outside the 3G coverage area, it still works 2G at 19.2 kbps speeds. If you need to connect via mobile to the net or your business, this is a must!!

This element it's great: it provide power to the iPAQ when it has no more batery and, of course, it let you attach devices like LAN and Modems (I'm using a 3Com LAN Card in order to see my e-mail account and to synchronize it with my Computer with ActiveSync.

However when I tried to attach the Mini disc of Iomega (PocketZIP) doesn't work... and I read about the Dual Expansion Pack... it seems to be better than the single expansion pack and it provides mor time of power and lower consumption of power.

I bought a TRENDnet 10/100 Mbps PCMCIA Fast Ethernet Card to use it with a Compaq Notebook. Can I use this card with the Compaq iPAQ PC Card Expansion Pack in a pocket PC iPAQ 3630?

This sleeve is bulky. There are reasons though. For one, you get a battery built-in that powers the adapters or storage devices without draining the main iPAQ battery source. This pack also has a power port that allows you to plug-in and charge the PDA battery and its own.

I bought this expansion pack to run the Compaq WL110 wireless LAN adapter, so I am a bit envious of the Toshiba e740 Pocket PC that has wireless built-in. Even the latest iPAQ does not come standard with wireless built-in. I suppose Compaq wants to continue the Expansion Pack sales.

There is a wide variety of Compaq Flash Card adapters. I would consider getting the CF card sleeve over this one if I had the choice over. The reasons would be the smaller size of the adapter cards, the standard CF memory cards which I use for a number of reasons such as digital photos and file storage, would fit natively without a CF card to PCMCIA adapter. Compaq makes a dual PCMCIA and CF card Expansion Pack. If you have the dough, that is the probably the ideal way to go.

IPAQ PC Expansion pack totally rocks. If you have an IPAQ 3700 series or higher this is a must have accessory. When you spent so much money on your pda, its pointless if you can't do some sleek stuff, like wireless internet. This is just the thing for it. Buy it Now!

...if you extra money left to burn, GET IT NOW! You made the right choice by buying an IPAQ, now make another one.

What is the size and weight of this item? Does it make an iPaq too big and heavy? There's a battery included with this, if I don't use a PCCard much, does it significantly increase the battery life of the iPaq itself? How long does it take to charge, and how long will a PC Card run on it? Thanks.

I have a 3Com LAN+56K global modem cardbus pc card(3CXFEM656 C). It doesn't say that it is NE2000 compatible. Is there any possible that I can use this PC card expasion with this modem card?