My first thought when I saw Telstra’s new Elite mobile broadband card: “Wow, Expresscard isn’t dead yet?” My second thought: “Really? It isn’t dead yet?” My third thought: “Come on, surely it’s dead and this is a joke.” My fourth thought: “Okay, this joke was kinda lame to begin with, but now it’s just plain embarrassing.” More »
The new ExpressCard 2.0 standard launched at Computex, and promised transfer speeds of up to 5 GB/s. The new spec will support adapters for PCIe, eSATA and USB 3.0, among other things. More »
Something about plugging accessories into card slots feels kind of, I don’t know, 90s to me. That is, unless the accessory is a 128GB, hardware-encrypted SSD.
While we USB is our interface of choice for 3G laptop cards, ’cause it’ll work on anything and we switch laptops a lot, some people might still wanna leave a USB port free and fill up a standard PCMCIA slot instead. So Novatel’s EX720 Rev-A ExpressCard for Sprint, one of the first Rev. A ExpressCards, has been refreshed and now comes up with a PCMCIA adaptor for $US70 after rebate—the adaptor alone would run you $US50. It’s also got one touch activation, though you’ve still gotta install from a CD, unlike newer 3G cards. [EVDO Info]
The ViDock Gfx is an Express Card/34 card and video box combo that can drive two external monitors. Nothing unusual there, except that the manufacturer claims this one is extremely fast and, quite frankly, seeing it in action in the photo above looked cool enough to be worthy of an entry in the Best Giz Readers’ Computer Rigs contest. The ViDock Gfx will be available in April in 128- and 256-MByte flavors. Full press release after the jump.
Unlike yesterday’s unquestionably, uh, questionable 64GB and 128GB USB Micro Vaults, this solid-state disk is as real as the subject of any press release. It’s a 32GB drive that slides right into that mostly unused little ExpressCard 34 slot on your newish laptop, and could very well make you oh-so-happy by holding, oh, say, your entire OS. How about a speedy flash-based boot up? The US rep says it works with Vista and supports Windows ReadyBoost. He also says that as a low-power drive, it could boost your battery life. The release that you can see below is an announcement for production and not for retail, but we have connected with the company, and in spite of the funky shot above, this appears to be a go.
Belkin has just released a way to add 802.11n connectivity to your laptop with Express Card or PC Card slot, so you could easily get all those streaming porn HD clips where it really matters: in the bathroom. Destined to become obsolete as soon as you change your notebook, the Belkin N1 Wireless goes for $120 for the Express Card flavor and $100 for the regular. [Belkin via Krunker] More »
Trascend has just upgraded to 32GB their Solid State Drive for ExpressCard/34 slots. It will accelerate your laptop PC using Vista’s Ready Boost, but it’s also compatible with Linux and Mac OS X, which will be specially useful once Leopard comes out. Why Leopard and technical specs after the jump. More »
With all the USB stuff we post on here, you’re bound to be running out of ports on your laptops, desktops, and everything else that has slot for USB. That’s why this ExpressCard USB hub is so convenient.
Instead of using an external hub, this ExpressCard slides into your computer and gives you four extra ports before you can say “Hmmm, I’m out of USB ports for this humping dog.” More »
