Comments | alendres: Bah!

alendres

Bah!

Jan 29, 2007 10:46

So, I ploughed ahead and picked ip the T-Mobile web'n'walk package, and card. It arrived Saturday morning, and I eagerly tore the packaging off, and grabbed the card... only to discover it was a CardBus card. Cardbus is PCMCIA Type 2.1, introduced in 1995, and widely available from 1997. That's 10 years ago ( Read more... )

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alendres January 29 2007, 16:40:12 UTC

Bugger. Reply below.

alendres January 29 2007, 16:36:01 UTC

What's a 'PC card'? Doesn't that cover the entire range from PCMCIA type I up to ExpressCard?

They will refund me, thankfully. I've got a SIM card for it, yes, but I haven't found anything that will 'do me' for it to plug into. *sulks*

ghost_girl January 29 2007, 19:32:48 UTC

Well, how lame. Is there any way to get a USB one off of ebay for a decent price? :)

alendres January 30 2007, 18:16:34 UTC

None that I know of. It seems this whole 'cutting edge communications technology' thing has rather missed the point of what it's likely to be plugged into.

Damn! maxrealism February 19 2007, 14:28:25 UTC

That's just stupid on T-Mobiles front. Haven't they heard of technology evolution? ... and "...get a another laptop..."? WTF! Slap in the face for T-Mobile Luddites.