SPECTEC SDIO Wireless LAN Networking Card WLAN 802.11b, Internet Connection for PDAs, Notebooks and PCs

by SPECTEC Computer Co., Ltd.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000BD9PBQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 13, 2005

Product Description

Wireless LAN Networking

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great card for PDAs, January 17, 2006

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John Vanek "javanek" (Oklahoma City, OK, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SPECTEC SDIO Wireless LAN Networking Card WLAN 802.11b, Internet Connection for PDAs, Notebooks and PCs

I recently purchased this card and was a little concerned as my PDA was not on the list of compatible devices. (Viewsonic V36) I had read some reviews on other sites that basically gave me the impression that it either worked or didn't. Fortunately for me I just plugged it in the slot, installed the driver via Active Sync and was ready to go.

I have had no problems over the first week of use. I am running PPC 2003 and everything works perfectly. The only thing that I wish they included were some programs for using it. But there are plenty of apps available on the net.

Signal strength has been good everywhere that I have used it although I haven't really had a chance to check to see what the range is. Most reviewers have stated 70 feet which seems pretty fair to me. In my home I have two walls between my front room and the access point and transmission was always in the 70-80% range at about 30 feet. Up at the office I have picked up an access point on the floor above me. So I can't fault performance in that area.

Battery usage is fair, I can get about 1 1/2 hours with constant use on a full charge. That is compared to about 2 1/2 without it. But when I am using the card I tend to run a few more apps at the same time so that may account for the reduction in battery life.

Overall an excellent product. I does not ship for the US but is shipped from Taiwan. Again, not a problem. I had mine within two weeks and that includes a holiday. If you are looking for a wireless card for your pda this will definitely fill the bill. Make sure that you do meet all of the OS requirements and that your slot is SDIO not just SD.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SPECTEC SDIO, April 12, 2007

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P. Barnes "Untergeek" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SPECTEC SDIO Wireless LAN Networking Card WLAN 802.11b, Internet Connection for PDAs, Notebooks and PCs

I paid over $100 for a San Disk SD card for my iPaq 2200, and it NEVER worked right. This card was $35, and worked great from first plug-in. Faster, too.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works better than EVDO for PALM TREO 700 WX, July 15, 2007

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Nelson Panicker (Philly) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SPECTEC SDIO Wireless LAN Networking Card WLAN 802.11b, Internet Connection for PDAs, Notebooks and PCs

The Spectec SDIO card is simply superb. I have sprint palm treo 700wx, and i had used their data plan for $25/month...I always thought that this is too much, so I bought this WIFI card for the first time for $33 (with shipping).. from BUYGPSNOW.. they sell the cheapest and the best card out there...
I got the installation cd..provided by the seller, i installed it, and i was good to go. The battery usage is the same as if I had used the EVDO technology from sprint.. I believe SPECTEC consumes the least energy, is the most reliable, cheapest WIFI card... and yeah.. also the smallest.. just a little bit longer than my sandisk sd memory card...