Hagiwara Sys-Com HNT-MSW1 802.11b Memory Stick Wireless Lan Card for Sony's CLIE Handheld

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 0.2 x 1.4 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0001ZIYQ6
• Item model number: HNT-MSW1
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 30, 2004

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY GO WIRELESS WITH YOUR OLD CLIE, September 9, 2004

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The Helper - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hagiwara Sys-Com HNT-MSW1 802.11b Memory Stick Wireless Lan Card for Sony's CLIE Handheld (Office Product)

This item gives wireless capability to Clie users, and it's the only option if you dont have a wireless integrated handheld.
It is compatible with the models PEG-TJ27, PEG-TJ35, PEG-TJ25, PEG-UX40, PEG-TG50, PEG-NZ90, PEG-NX70V, and PEG-NX60.
The WLAN card works great and I recomend this for every Clie user who wants to go wireless

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but it has little problems., January 31, 2005

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J. Huang (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hagiwara Sys-Com HNT-MSW1 802.11b Memory Stick Wireless Lan Card for Sony's CLIE Handheld (Office Product)

I got this card last month and I've been using it heavily. Its been great. Its sturdy and can has great range. There are a few problems though.

#1 There is no case for the card.

#2 The included browser only lasts for 30 days and its horrible. Luckily I had NetFront 3.1

#3 Memory Stick LAN software will occasionally error, but a soft reset will fix it.

Otherwise its a great little expansion card.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, March 1, 2006

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Michele (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hagiwara Sys-Com HNT-MSW1 802.11b Memory Stick Wireless Lan Card for Sony's CLIE Handheld (Office Product)

This adaptor is great, especially for the price. Installation was as easy as it gets, right out of the box. I had it up and running through a WEP-enabled local network and surfing the web in 2 minutes. It locked on to the network in under a second and never dropped the connection. Both FrontPage and ClieMail ran fine. Speed is maybe 80% of what I get on my laptop running a 333 MHz. Celeron and a PC card 802.11b adaptor. Just be sure your PDA is on the (small) list of supported devices.

Negatives: it's not the sturdiest looking thing in the world. I wouldn't leave it in the Clie when not in use and I sure wouldn't want to drop it on the floor.

It does chew through the battery, but not any more than the backlight. I did a test with my UX40, with the backlight set at minimum (ie. not off entirely) and using CliePet's UnderClock app to slow it down to 96 MHz. This is a good combination of power saving and usability.

Then I got on the net and loaded pages non-stop. Starting from a fully charged battery, it ran 55 minutes before the first alarm. I was able to get another 20 minutes of intermittent use out of it after that. I consider that perfectly acceptable. With an EB40 extended battery you should easily be able to get 2 to 3 hours of use out of it.

Overall, a great add-on for a fraction of the price of a UX50.