Bluetooth SD card for Palm OS 5

Bluetooth SD card for Palm OS 5

Have you heard any news of a Bluetooth SD card being developed for Palm OS 5?

    Requires Free Membership to View

    SearchMobileComputing.com members gain immediate and unlimited access to expert guides for mobile deployment, management and security, industry trends, and more-- all at no cost. Join me on SearchMobileComputing.com today!

    Kate Gerwig, Editorial Director

    By submitting your registration information to SearchMobileComputing.com you agree to receive email communications from TechTarget and TechTarget partners. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy which contains important disclosures about how we collect and use your registration and other information. If you reside outside of the United States, by submitting this registration information you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Your use of SearchMobileComputing.com is governed by our Terms of Use. You may contact us at webmaster@TechTarget.com.

Palm has told me that they have no plans for such a card but that third party solutions may be in the pipeline. PalmOne's current Bluetooth 1.1 SD card offering will not work on OS 5 devices, and it has reportedly said that it has no plans to develop the software drivers to make it compatible with OS 5. There were reports over the summer of a Palm tech support employee answering a request by saying "Please be assured that our engineers are very hard at work and are preparing a Bluetooth card for the Palm Zire 71 handheld. As of now, I am not in a position to comment on the release of the Bluetooth card." Since then, however, all news about the potential card has been quiet, except for the Palm spokesperson that said, "Palm's tech support people have been instructed to no longer mention this product."

This was first published in October 2003