I just bought a B130 laptop not being aware that the slot for external cards are for express cards only. Really perturbed me off that Dell did'nt mention this on the menu. I have TMobile and they said the express cards are coming out some time in July. The PCMCIA CARDS ARE GOING TO BE A THING OF THE PAST, so I'm holding on to my B130 and praying that the new cards work.
I purchased the Novatel U730 card not realizing that I had ordered a B130 with an Express card slot. Very "preturbed" to say the least!!! Dell told me that the GPRS(or cellular phone) express cards would be available at the end of March.... Well we are near the middle of April.... and NO CARDS!!
I emailed somebody at expresscard.com and sierra wireless. A lady at Sierra says that the cards will not be available until 2007!!! Unreal
Synchrotech's newest line of USB Flash Memory card read-writers pack big features into a shirt pocket size. With models for today's most popular flash memory cards, the Mini series plug directly into USB 2.0/1.1 ports. With next generation power management these readers use minimal bus power. Hot swap cards in the reader or the reader itself on the device bus, the Mini series provides maximum flexibility in an ultra portable design. This multi-card model presents a cross platform solution for Secure Digital Card, MultiMediaCards, and Memory Stick Media.
The device utilizes the speedy USB 2.0 bus for transfers to host computers of up to 480Mbits/sec. (2.0 connections only). The reader is fully compatible with USB 1.1 equipped systems adjusting to the lower bus speeds automatically. The cross-platform unit draws power from USB and you can hot swap cards in the reader or the reader on your device bus. Backed by Synchrotech's one year limited warranty and highly trained technical support, the only thing you will have to worry about is finding new uses for the device
nobhill101
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April 12th, 2006 18:00
I just bought a B130 laptop not being aware that the slot for external cards are for express cards only. Really perturbed me off that Dell did'nt mention this on the menu. I have TMobile and they said the express cards are coming out some time in July. The PCMCIA CARDS ARE GOING TO BE A THING OF THE PAST, so I'm holding on to my B130 and praying that the new cards work.
And That's That
jay1789
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April 12th, 2006 22:00
I emailed somebody at expresscard.com and sierra wireless. A lady at Sierra says that the cards will not be available until 2007!!! Unreal
Anyone hear any other news?
nobhill101
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April 13th, 2006 13:00
nobhill101
13 Posts
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April 13th, 2006 13:00
nobhill101
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April 13th, 2006 14:00
The device utilizes the speedy USB 2.0 bus for transfers to host computers of up to 480Mbits/sec. (2.0 connections only). The reader is fully compatible with USB 1.1 equipped systems adjusting to the lower bus speeds automatically. The cross-platform unit draws power from USB and you can hot swap cards in the reader or the reader on your device bus. Backed by Synchrotech's one year limited warranty and highly trained technical support, the only thing you will have to worry about is finding new uses for the device