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Well, I got this in the mail about a week ago. I immediately ripped off the packaging, and turned on the computer to install it. That's where I ran into my first problem. Having built many computers, i've seen lots of "instruction booklets", but this one is just terrible. Lacks organization, and is hard to figure out, even for someone who's seen lots of manuals. That aside, finally figured the instruction booklet, popped in the CD and tried to install the software. Here came problems number 2 and 3. :angry: First off, it has two different Pocket PC drivers, which you have to decide between. Both installed properly, neither worked on Pocket PC 2003 (more on this later). After finishing the installation, and putting in the card, the Axim, of course, can't find it. So after a little bit of freaking out, and some research (I had only had my Axim for about a week then) I decided to try someone else's driver. After downloading Netgear's driver for their Compact Flash Card, and installing it as well as the Trendware software, the card finally decided to work. I know there are a lot of discussion topics about getting some of the wireless cards to work with PPC 2003, but at the time I was still very new to the PDA world and it was (still is) a very easy fix for the driver compatibility issue. Anyways! The card seems to work fine after the installation nightmare. Haven't had any major issues with it to date. My only other final complaint would have to be that the setup utility provided by Trendware (to change the settings of the card etc) doesn't launch at all! :angry:
I would definately NOT reccomend this card just because of the installation nightmare. Support from the company is also not great. Price is decent ($50.00 on Newegg, not sure where else) but again, i'd rather pay more and avoid the problems this has.
-Chris
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