Communication devices

Silicon Power announced a new USB3.0 Express card today. Silicon Power’s hi speed USB3.0 express card uses the Express/34 interface that is compatible with majority of laptops on the market. It provides up to 5Gb/ sec maximum transfer rate

Features:

• Adds two USB 3.0 ports to laptop with an ExpressCard/34 slot
• Connection bandwidth up to 5Gbits per second (USB 3.0 mode)
• Installs easily in Express slot
• Compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices
• Supports plug and play and hot swapping
• Compliant with Intel’s extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) specification revision 0.95

AT&T says that they will start selling the Sierra Wireless AirCard 890 3G modem in May. It's an expresscard/34 module that also include a housing for older computers that only has a PCMCIA (PC-Card) slot.

The 890 can reach up to 7.2Mbps downstream and has both GPS and VPN support. It will start selling on May and will cost $50 (with a 2-year data plan and a $100 rebate).

Via Electronista

Belkin announced a new USB 3.0 ExpressCard module. It supports plug and play and hot-swap functionality and can connect up to 127 USB devices (through cascading additional hubs). It will cost $80.

Via Crunchgear

Buffalo has released a new ExpressCard module that includes 2 USB 3.0 ports. The speed is 5Gbp/s, and it supports Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit).

No US release date yet...

Israel's Altair Semiconductor announced the immediate availability of its FourGee LTE USB ExpressCard. The card supports download speeds of 100Mbps (Upload of 50Mbps). This is more of a trial and testing tool for LTE networks, at least in this stage, and also a reference design for companies.

Altair LTE ExpressCard

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Fresco Logic has announced a new ExpressCard module that provides a USB 3.0 slot. The USB 3.0 bus has a 5Gb/s speed...

Newton Peripherals introduced a new Bluetooth headset today, the MoGo Talk, the can be stowed and charged in an Expresscard slot. The headset uses a flexible, thin rubber eartip. They say it is more comfortable than an earbud or earloop.

The MoGo Talk is available now via their online store, and they hope to sell it via laptop makers such as Dell, HP or Lenovo.

Back in 2007, Newton has released the MoGo mouse - a mouse that fit inside an ExpressCard slot...

Nova media has released a new ExpressCard modem, the GlobeTrotter Express 441. The card offers quad-band 3G internet access for MacBook Pro computer with an ExpressCard slot.