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Summary: Poor, Slooooow Preformance
Review: I have a Cassiopeia E-115 Pocket PC, which comes with only a serial sync base unit. I sync my E115 to my laptop using MS ActiveSync 3.1. I recently bought a Socket USB card in order to sync my E115 to my laptop's USB port, which I thought would be much faster than using the serial sync. I followed the quick setup instructions that were shipped with the Socket USB card, but I have found the sync rate to be as slow as the serial sync. I've also tried copying files over the USB sync cable (using MS ActiveSync's explore button) and the transfer rates are again as slow as serial. My experience with the Socket USB card has been highly unsatisfactory. It does not even come close to meeting my expectations, nor the claim on their website of "Perform ActiveSync at speeds faster than a serial cable". I've contacted Socket about my issue, but they seem to not have tested this product (they could not indicate how much faster the USB should be than serial) and I am still waiting for a satisfactory response. A definite "Do not recommend". I need to get my money back.
Rating:
Summary: Poor, Slooooow Preformance
Review: I have a Cassiopeia E-115 Pocket PC, which comes with only a serial sync base unit. I sync my E115 to my laptop using MS ActiveSync 3.1. I recently bought a Socket USB card in order to sync my E115 to my laptop's USB port, which I thought would be much faster than using the serial sync. I followed the quick setup instructions that were shipped with the Socket USB card, but I have found the sync rate to be as slow as the serial sync. I've also tried copying files over the USB sync cable (using MS ActiveSync's explore button) and the transfer rates are again as slow as serial. My experience with the Socket USB card has been highly unsatisfactory. It does not even come close to meeting my expectations, nor the claim on their website of "Perform ActiveSync at speeds faster than a serial cable". I've contacted Socket about my issue, but they seem to not have tested this product (they could not indicate how much faster the USB should be than serial) and I am still waiting for a satisfactory response. A definite "Do not recommend". I need to get my money back.
Rating: 
Summary: Faster than a speeding Pocket Rocket
Review: The Socket USB Sync Compact Flash (CF) card is great for speeding up PocketPC synchronizations, or for reducing the amount of supporting equipment you need to carry around to AutoSync while on the road. The USB Sync CF card give me much faster ways to AutoSync than the standard RS-232 connection in my Compaq Aero 1550's base station. I can just plug the USB cable into the USB Sync CF card (which I usually leave in the PocketPC) and AutoSync starts up almost immediately. The included USB cable is small enough, and light enough, that I can carry it around in my PocketPC's case with no problem. And it is a real breeze when hooking up with my laptop. The improvement in AutoSync speed is really noticeable when transferring large music files. This was a painful 15 to 20 minute exercise with the RS-232 connection but is now just 2 to 3 minutes. I have both Socket's Ethernet CF Card and their USB Sync CF Card. While both the Ethernet card and USB card speed up synchronization there is one annoyance with using the Ethernet card. With the Ethernet card there is a delay while the PocketPC searches the network for my PC that is running AutoSync (make sure to have a WINS server or specify the IP address of the PC as explained in the documentation). While Socket will send you a crossover box so that you can directly connect a laptop's Ethernet adapter to the PocketPC's, it is more stuff to carry around. Also I have had more trouble locating a convenient place to attach to the network than I have in finding a convenient USB plug. While the Ethernet card has its uses, I give the USB card the nod for ease of use, less stuff to carry around, and easier connections when away from home. With the USB CF card I can leave the Aero's base station behind and just take my power adapter and my Socket USB Sync card when I travel, or just leave the USB cable sitting by my PC ready for a quick sync. In sum, the Socket USB Sync CF Card addresses the annoying problem of slow AutoSync times and it works exactly the way one hopes that it would.
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