Expresscard: memory, communication and other modules for your computerCreative announces the Sound Blaster X-FiExpressCard
The card comes bundled Wireless Receiver. This can be connected to speakers and receive the music wirelessly from the laptop. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook card comes bundled with one Wireless Receiver and remote control for $269, while individual Wireless Receivers will go for US$79.The X-Fi uses a proprietary algorithms to boost higherand lower frequencies which are lost in MP3 or similiar formats.
QuickerTech WiFi ExpressCardThe latest ExpressCard features a powerful external antenna with 5dBi of RF power. Because it is external to the MacBook Pro case, it can be placed for optimum signal strength and speed. The antenna itself easily clips to the MacBook Pro case when open, but is also easy tio transport.
Sonnet announces professional two-port eSATA ExpressCard/34Sonnet's new device is a Serial ATA (SATA) host controller card, and it features two external SATA (eSATA) interfaces. Using those interfaces, you can attach external hard disk drives that come equipped with eSATA. The devices will be released on October and cost 300$.
Option ships HSPA ExpressCard designed exclusively for VodafoneOption today announced
that it started shipping a new, stylish and high performance wireless
broadband ExpressCard to Vodafone.
Exclusively developed for the Vodafone Group and its Partner
Networks, the new ExpressCard is designed to achieve peak HSDPA
download speeds of 7.2 Mbps with HSUPA uploads at up to 5.76 Mbps -
depending on the network availability. This is the first commercial
device in the market based on Qualcomm's state-of-the-art MSM7225
chipset. The new ExpressCard offers the best combination of upload
and download speeds available today, and uniquely, can support high
speeds in downlink and uplink concurrently.
Synchrotech has introduced the ExpressAdapt, a new CardBus-to-ExpressCard adapter
It's available for 45$.
Macworld's ExpressCard/34 buyer's guideNotes:
MacWorld has a nice buyer's guide for ExpressCard/34 modules. They focus on storage and connectivity (no communication devices mentioned).
Axesstel Launches HSUPA Mini ExpressCardAxesstel launches the EU230
HSUPA Mini ExpressCard/34 for High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
networks. The EU230 Mini Card enables mobile broadband access to
advanced HSUPA networks from any device with ExpressCard/34 slot, USB
connector, or Wi-Fi capability (using an additional Smart kit), and
allows speeds of up to 7.2 megabits per second (Mbps).
“This advanced modem is our first UMTS-based product and is one of the dozen new devices we are launching in 2008,” said Clark Hickock, chief executive officer for Axesstel.
DIGITAL-LOGIC offers PC/104 Express Adapter for ExpressCard
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