Thursday, December 11, 2003

Older Palms Won't Get Wi-Fi

According to this article on Wi-Fi Planet that SDIO WiFi card from Sandisk will have palm drivers but only of OS 5 devices.
According to an e-mail from a company spokesman, it will provide Palm drivers in the first quarter of 2004, but only for Palm OS 5.X. SanDisk will not offer Wi-Fi support to makers of units running Palm OS 4.1 or earlier at all. ... The SanDisk SD Connect Wi-Fi Card is based on silicon from SyChip, namely its WLAN 6060. While SyChip's Web site still says it will support Palm OS 4 and higher, SanDisk says SyChip's Palm OS 5.x drivers are still in the very early alpha testing stage. With the recent split by Palm into two companies (palmOne for hardware and PalmSource for software), SyChip has to enter a new legal agreement with PalmSource before it can go forward with future driver development.

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