Any one found mini pci that has 802.11 a/b/g and bluetooth yet? i’m waiting for that and upgrade it to my tr. :mrgreen:

No such device currently exists. Perhaps Intel will release one near the end of this year. Supposedly, Intel will be adding a Bluetooth antenna to the Centrino line…but there’s mixed messages regarding this. Intel will finally have ABG in the Centrino line by the end of the year so perhaps Bluetooth support may be pushed to next year.
802.11a is sorta out the door so you really just want 802.11g + Bluetooth which is more likely to be designed. Perhaps another vendor will come out with such a product…and also have very full featured drivers for it.

ok what about b/g and blue; i know that i’m not gonna use a anyway.

Just to add to this, I heard that GSM/GPRS might hit Centrino’s late this year to early next year. In a way it makes sense but it’s still behind the times. 2.5G networks are on the way out, 3G is on the way in at least in Europe.

We have 1 3G network in the UK right now but 3 other major telephone companies should be rolling it out in the second half of the year. More like wireless broadband where ever you go, don’t you just love technology

oh wait, g is backward compatible with b so u ‘re right groovy. G+bluetooth.

I have been testing a pilot 3G network in the UK (not “three”, another one) and the data rates are pretty good: 200-300kbps sustained either via bluetooth or datacard.

it seems that if the tarrifs are competitive enough, I’d happily use 3G for *general* browsing and email when out and about, and only use wifi when at a fixed location for some time… like at work/home OR if I need to send/receive a large file from a hotspot.

defaulting back to GPRS when roaming abroad (in the US for instance) is a fair compromise.

all-in-all the ability to get 200kbps on a train is very cool.

mick.