Spectec SDW-821 WiFi 802.11b/802.11g 54Mbps SD SDIO Wireless LAN Network Card
by Spectec
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Category: CE
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Manufacturer: SpectecModel: SDW-821
Product features:
- Add 802.11g or 802.11b WiFi to a PDA
- Works for Windows Mobile 2003/5.0 Windows CE 4.2/5.0
- Supports 40-128 bit WEP, TKIP, WPA
- 54Mbps data rate supported
- UltraLow power consumption
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Spectec SDW-821 WiFi 802.11b/802.11g 54Mbps SD SDIO Wireless LAN Network Card
Customer Review: Palm E2 users: don't bother
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this for my Palm Tungsten E2, and you know what? It doesn't work. This card doesn't work with *the most popular model* of *the most popular brand*.
It seems like business-suicide to put out a product that isn't even usable for a really huge chunk of its target consumer demographic. The technician at Spectec says that they'll post up a driver for Palm when they've created it.
Frankly, that doesn't do us any good. When you buy a product and spend a lot for it, you generally expect to use it straight away, then and there, without needing to wait for a phantom driver that may or may not ever be created. The least they could do in this scenario is begin working on a driver, and then inform its customers when it would be available. If you paid good money for this, you should be getting specific dates. And, it should be clearly marked on the package with which systems this product works. I need specifics so I can know whether or not to return this item for another one. "Maybe" and "in the future" are terms that do not suit a professional vocabulary.
But even if you don't use Palm, you might have difficulty with this product. To start with, the user manual is in very broken English, very flawed in words, grammar and syntax. It's hard to understand -- and I'm someone that has had a lot of experience speaking with people from other countries. I can understand through very thick accents, yet it's taking me a while to decipher what the user manual says. It's truly that bad. This again is ludicrous. Now, I understand that the makers of this item are in Taiwan, and Chinese is the language there; but if you plan to sell the product in English-speaking countries, you really need to cater to those linguistic needs. It isn't hard to just go out and find someone who speaks English well and ask that person to comb over the manual to make sure things make sense. English-speakers are not hard to come by in that part of the world.
The company really needs to shape up if it wishes to make progress. I'm really don't like to get hard on people like this, but the problems with this product are ridiculous. Even as patient as I usually am, the service with this company is just so inferior that I'm giving this item a 1.5-star rating.
The only plus I can think of is that this card doesn't stick out awkwardly. That's it. Its only bonus for me is that it won't take up much space while I wait for the ruddy driver to be published.
Description of Spectec SDW-821 WiFi 802.11b/802.11g 54Mbps SD SDIO Wireless LAN Network Card
Key Specifications: ? Network Standard Support IEEE 802.11b / g Network Architectures Infrastructure, Ad-Hoc Date Rate <11g mode : 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54 Mbps <11b mode: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps Modulation Techniques BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, CCK, OFDM, DSSS Security 40-128 bit WEP, TKIP, WPA; ? AES, WPAII, LEAP, PEAP (COMPATIBLE) Receiver Sensitivity <802.11g: 73- 91dBm <802.11b: 89- 97dBm Power Consumption < Avg. Operation: 120- 125mADigital Cameras & Photo Categories
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