Wireless PC Cards

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Wireless PC Cards

• By
• Henry A Vasquez

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Outline

• The Wireless PC Card is the perfect solution for
  homes and small businesses that want to connect
  to wireless networks from a laptop.
• Make the most of the laptops in your home or
  office. Seamlessly connect to existing LANs at
  work, in class, or at home to retrieve data
  files, compete in multi-player games, share
  music, and utilize printers and other network
  devices.

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Pantech PX-500 PC Card (Sprint)

• Features Include
• The PX-500 is a true network card, functioning
  just like the network cards familiar to most
  business computer users.
• Once installed and configured, the card connects
  instantly to the CDMA network
• Compatible with the following Windows XP,
  Windows 2000 with service pack 1 or later with
  high encryption support
• Embedded dual band RX diversity antenna

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Sony Ericsson GC89 PC Card (T-Mobile)

• Features Include
• Quad Band GSM - 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• Compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 and XP
  operating systems
• EDGE/GPRS Max speed up to 247 kbps downlink, 123
  kbps uplink
• Phonebook, SMS, Online Services, IT Manager
  Customization applications

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Verizon Wireless PC 5740

• Features Include
• The PC5740 Card works anywhere Verizon Wireless
  BroadbandAccess networks are available.
• Using BroadbandAccess the PC5740 operates with
  typical download speeds of 400-700 kbps and
  bursts up to 2.0 Mbps.
• Dual color LEDs indicate service availability
  and data transfer. Wire-free and cable-free the
  PC5740 transforms your laptop into a mobile
  powerhouse.
• Speed claim based on our network tests with 5 MB
  FTP data files, without compression. Actual
  throughput speed and coverage vary.

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Availability

• Verizon Wireless NationalAccess is available in
  thousands of cities and town across the U.S
• BraodbandAccess is available in 242 major
  metropolitan areas covering over 200 million
  people, and is expanding coast to coast.

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Installation

• Most Wireless PC Cards come with a software
  installation CD that assists with the
  installation of the PC Card onto the laptop
  computer.
• After installation of the drivers and software
  the card is inserted into the PC card slot
  followed by a few automated steps for activation
  of card.
• Once this completed you can be online browsing in
  no time.

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How does it work

• PC Cards allow you to establish a connection to
  the internet using a laptop computer.
• The PC air card has an antenna and will pick up a
  wireless radio signal from the air much like your
  voice cellular phone.
• Verizon Wireless PC Cards are designed to work in
  any PC laptop computer running Windows 98SE,
  Windows XP or Windows 2000that is also equipped
  with a PC Card slot (PCMCIA Type 2).

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Productivity

• Helps a company gain a competitive edge by saving
  time and giving them the ability to submit sales
  orders.
• Reducing time-consuming paperwork
• Thereby, spend more time with customers and close
  sales faster than the competition.

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Mobility

• It has access to the internet, even when you are
  on the road, at customer locations, at the job
  site, in a taxi, on the train or anywhere within
  the NationalAccess or BroadbandAccess coverage
  area.

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