PalmOne Bluetooth SDIO Card, US

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Summary: Print from your Palm -- up to 30 feet away!
Review: As a heavy Palm user -- for calendar, memos, to-do lists, and word processing -- I found the Palm Bluetooth SD Card to be the perfect accessory. With it, I can print up to 30 feet away to my HP 995 Bluetooth printer.

By also adding Docs To Go (from Dataviz) and BtPrint (from ISComplete.com), I can also print MS Word documents, as well as items from the major Palm applications (calendar, memo, address book, to-do lists and e-mail).

(For additional printer flexibility, I can also switch to IR mode which will allow me to output to any infrared capable printer -- such as my HP DeskJet 350, 990, 995 or Photosmart 1315 printers -- up to just 12" away.)

With the above capabilities, I can now sit in my favorite chair, write or modify documents on my Palm, and then "beam" them across the room to my printer -- without ever having to leave my seat or go upstairs to sync with my desktop computer! Being able to print from my Palm (via Bluetooth) allows me to work more independently (since I'm not tied as much to my PC) -- and it allows me to output a copy of my documents so that I can check my work more readily (since reading a sheet of paper, obviously, is much easier to review than my Palm's small screen).

Here are some of my favorite things to print:

- MS Word documents (or drafts) that I've written or modified on my Palm.

- Other documents which I've saved in my Palm that are useful as references in meetings.

- E-mails, which I find to be very handy, especially when I work from home.

- Address book entries to share with others who don't have a Palm.

- A copy of my calendar for today, so that I can refer to it (and write notes on it) without having to look inside my Palm.

- Meeting notes that I've just written (using my Targus fold-up keyboard), which I can then file immediately.

- A copy of my to-do list which allows me to keep working while my Palm is syncing.

Being able to print from my Palm allows me to use it -- as if it were a mini-PC! (I wouldn't use my regular computer, for example, without being able to print from it. Why should working on my Palm be any different?)

With my Palm Bluetooth SD Card, I can now utilize my Palm to its fullest. I love it!

Rating:
Summary: pretty cool
Review: I use this card w/ my m505 to interact with my Sony Ericsson T68i. Works real well to provide GPRS data access to the Palm, also for SMS and phone dialing. I have also printed to a Bluetooth-enabled HP printer which was pretty cool. I plan to Bluetooth-ify my laptop and printer at home and have Bluetooth talking between Palm / Phone / Laptop / Computer - cool!

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Summary: Alas, not for Treo600
Review: Unfortunately, this device will not work with the palmOne Treo 600, despite the Product Specification sheet for the Treo 600's specific claim that its SDIO port could be used to support a bluetooth card... This is apparently because of an incompatibility between the Palm OS5 operating system used on the Treo600 and the palmOne bluetooth card.

Beyond that, the form factor is "problematic" at best, as the "antenna" on the bluetooth card sticks out quite a bit from the edge of the phone.

Rating:
Summary: Lovely Product.
Review: When I first was introduced to bluetooth I found myself looking for bluetooth devices. The first one that came to mind was the Palm handheld. I decided to fork out the [money] and buy one of these cards for my Palm m505, and I don't regret it. The card is extremely small, and fits in my Palm carrying case.

The card works well with MacOS X and my D-Link Bluetooth USB Adaptor. I can sync my m505 wireless using this bluetooth card, and better yet, I can be 30 feet away from my computer, I can sit on the couch and sync my m505.

The card should also work with bluetooth compliant phones, this is another nice touch.