HELP- Palm for Surfing Internet Via Ethernet Connection?

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In article <a3f90977.0411030912.2eb7b9e0@posting.google.com>, Mario King wrote:
> I want to buy a Palm with Ethernet ready so
> I can plug into my Company Ethernet and surf internet.

No Palm does that built-in. The (discontinued) Handera 330 and TRG Pro can
use Compact Flash ethernet cards, and there are "ethernet cradles" for many
models of palms. The cradles aren't cheap, though you might find something
on eBay.

For handhelds, 802.11 seems the be the way to go.

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Sincerely,

Ray Ingles (313) 227-2317

"Character is taught at home, but not by a purple dinosaur
or a big yellow bird." - Jacob White

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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:40:56 GMT, "Tony Clark"
<curiousgeorge1964@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Ray Ingles" <sorceror@dmc22317.local> wrote in message
>news:slrncok8lm.v1d.sorceror@dmc22317.local...
>> In article <a3f90977.0411030912.2eb7b9e0@posting.google.com>, Mario King
>> wrote:
>>> I want to buy a Palm with Ethernet ready so
>>> I can plug into my Company Ethernet and surf internet.
>>
>> No Palm does that built-in. The (discontinued) Handera 330 and TRG Pro can
>> use Compact Flash ethernet cards, and there are "ethernet cradles" for
>> many
>> models of palms. The cradles aren't cheap, though you might find something
>> on eBay.
>>
>> For handhelds, 802.11 seems the be the way to go.
>>
>SNIP
>
>The Tungsten C has WiFi built-in so you could plug in if you have a wireless
>access point. Also several of the newer Palms can take a WiFi SD card. You
>could also get Palm with Bluetooth and a BT dongle for a PC and connect
>that way. IMHO it doesn't make much sense to used a wired connection with a
>Palm.
>
>TC

Forgive me if this sounds like a rebuttal but...
I regularly use my TRGpro with a "wired connection" for both network
activities and modem connections... not to mention using it as a "dumb
terminal" for equipment setup.
Unless you have some sort of smart adaptor (computer/specialized
hardware) to act as a go-between for your "wireless" pda and your
target system, a PalmOS device (or ppc for that matter) without
ethernet and serial capability is really just a fancy address
book/game machine.