VisorCentral.com - Ethernet Cradle Functionality?

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Posted by aquaboy on 06-20-2001 05:46 PM:

Ethernet Cradle Functionality?

Does the Portsmith Ethernet Cradle provide full ethernet functionality? Or is it for just hotsyncing? What protocols does it support?

Posted by imabug on 06-20-2001 06:05 PM:

A read through the PDF datasheet Portsmith provides on their website seems to suggest that the cradle offers full connectivity. I would love to get my hands on one to play with, but their press release gives a price of $199 for the M50x series cradle.

If it really does offer full ethernet capabilities, I suppose it would be a reasonable substitute for a wired ethernet module. Carrying around a cradle just to get your PDA on the net seems a like a bit of a pain to me though.

Couldn't find any other info about the Handspring cradle on their website.

Can't wait to see the VisorCentral review on this one.

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Posted by ethos on 06-20-2001 06:30 PM:

Looks like they only support Visor, Visor DLX, Platinum. What happened to Prism????

Posted by MPM on 06-20-2001 10:46 PM:

VPR?

quote:
Originally posted by ethos
Looks like they only support Visor, Visor DLX, Platinum. What happened to Prism????

The Prism needs a differently shaped cradle. Same goes for the Edge.

Posted by ethos on 06-21-2001 12:00 AM:

Re: VPR?

quote:
Originally posted by MPM
The Prism needs a differently shaped cradle. Same goes for the Edge.

When I asked what happened to the Prism I wasn't asking why it woudn't work with the cradles, I was asking why they didn't create a cradle specifically for the PRISM.

Posted by Thunderbird291 on 06-21-2001 02:14 AM:

I suppose you could modify the cradle for the Prism, just like the GoType modifications previously talked about on VC.

Posted by icthus on 06-21-2001 04:18 AM:

This will be nice, but I would still like to see an ethernet module, so I could use my keyboard at the same time.

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Posted by geekforhire on 06-23-2001 12:28 AM:

cool....but $199?

I have never been real shy of spending a premium price to get a cool gadget....but a $199 cradle for a $199 PDA? Damn. Pretty spendy.

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