Registered: Mar 2001
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Ethernet Cradle Functionality?

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

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Misplaced Canuck in Charleston SC
Posts: 257

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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Registered: Oct 2000
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Looks like they only support Visor, Visor DLX, Platinum. What happened to Prism????

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Posts: 216

VPR?

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

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Re: VPR?

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

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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.

Registered: Feb 2001
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I suppose you could modify the cradle for the Prism, just like the GoType modifications previously talked about on VC.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Pullman, WA
Posts: 130

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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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: So California
Posts: 17

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.