Thursday, July 11, 2002
Compact Flash FM Radio card for your Pocket PC
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 10:30 AM
http://www.prolink.com.tw/new_web/news/fm201.htm
I've seen requests for a card like this for a few years, and here it is. It is a CF-I card, so all Pocket PC's can use it. The user interface supports scanning, auto memory preset, 18 memory presets, soft mute, volume and more. It claims Windows CE compatability, so I see no reason it wouldn't work with a Handheld PC too, but I would check on that before getting one. No word on pricing or availability.
It is a neat idea, but not one that makes sense to me. I rarely listen to the radio though, much preferring Audible content or MP3/WMA files. If this is a $100 card, I would rather spend that on a 256MB CF card which will get close to 8 hours of music, but that is me. How many of you would want FM radio on your Pocket PC?
They also have a PCMCIA-II radio card for your laptop, though you could just use the CF card with a PCMCIA-CF adapter. Source: Pino Paparone
I've seen requests for a card like this for a few years, and here it is. It is a CF-I card, so all Pocket PC's can use it. The user interface supports scanning, auto memory preset, 18 memory presets, soft mute, volume and more. It claims Windows CE compatability, so I see no reason it wouldn't work with a Handheld PC too, but I would check on that before getting one. No word on pricing or availability.
It is a neat idea, but not one that makes sense to me. I rarely listen to the radio though, much preferring Audible content or MP3/WMA files. If this is a $100 card, I would rather spend that on a 256MB CF card which will get close to 8 hours of music, but that is me. How many of you would want FM radio on your Pocket PC?
They also have a PCMCIA-II radio card for your laptop, though you could just use the CF card with a PCMCIA-CF adapter. Source: Pino Paparone
