connectivity

[hopeful]

i am very interested in owning a Palm, but my only setback is this. are there any Palms out there that i can connect to a 802.11b wireless internet account service. My school and many other places sponsor wireless actitivty and i was wondering which palm or pda would be able to use this. I really like the Palm i705, but i do not want to get the palm.net service. would i be able to get access to my email and special websites with this device and not the palm.net service? thanks

[biglig]

Nothing running PalmOS has 802.11b out of the box, but you can purchase 802.11b adaptors for various models. There are sled-like ones for the M500 series, and there's been talk for a while about an SDIO card version that would work in most modern Palms.

There are a very few PocketPC's that come with 802.11b built-in, but even these are unusual. Bluetooth, with it;s smaller size and reduced power requirements, is more popular.

[Ben S]

There are at least two SDIO 802.11b cards in the works, one of which should be released by 03Q2.