The new Ambicom wl54G is the latest one for the mPower. Annoyingly, you have to turn off the bn, put the card, then turn it on, and it will not fit in a PCMCIA card adapter because it is too thick. The cost is about $90 if memory serves, or maybe you can find it elsewhere for cheaper.
The Apex wifi takes battery like you would expect. I find that turning it off helps some, and if I never have it on my battery will last longer, though I have no exact numbers since I almost always have wifi on. I never use bluetooth so cannot comment on its toll on battery life. On 9/17/10, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > What wi-fi card is being recommended for MPowers these days? I have a > student who wants one and thought I'd ask here. > > On the Apex, how much does the wi-fi adapter drain the battery? If I'm out > on the road, say, or out of range of any hot spots and my Apex battery > charge is low, will turning off the wi-fi prolong the battery life > substantially? What about the bluetooth adapter? > Thanks. > > Tom > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> > To: "Crystal French" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:30 AM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] two more connection questions > > >> Tones will usually play, but in the web browser (which will be called >> keyweb on the list) sometimes they will not play and you think the >> unit has locked up. You also may experience the same bug I do, where >> the unit will lock for a minute or two, then suddenly display >> "linking" and load the page. Basically, when using keyweb, give it at >> least two minutes before you figure it is frozen and hit reset. >> >> There is no hotkey to toggle wifi. The fastest way is to hit space-o, >> c, w, n. This takes you to options, then connectivity, then wireless, >> then the n tells the wifi to turn off. Once you are used to this it is >> rather fast, but nothing like having a hotkey would be. Also, if you >> turn off the bn with wifi on, then turn it on within range of a >> network you have saved as a connection configuration, it will connect >> to that network automatically. To see what is going on, go to options, >> connectivity, then press a for active connection details. If you get >> "there is currently no active connection" then, well, there is no >> active connection, meaning either wifi is off or it has not even >> started to connect to a network. Otherwise you will see a list of info >> including network name, status (either "no information available", >> "connecting", or "connected"), a signal strength indicator (-37 is >> great, -85 is horrible), and some other info. At the end of the list >> is "test current connection", which lets you ping an address to see if >> you can reach the internet, or even a local computer, without using >> the browser (keyweb). >> >> As a side note, from the main menu you can just press lower f (2 3 5) >> to go into options, though space-o will work as well. >> >> On 9/17/10, Crystal French <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Thanks for all the help with the gmail settings. >>> >>> My Apex is working properly with sending and receiving email, and >>> connecting >>> to the web browser. >>> >>> I would prefer to not leave the wi fi turned on unless I am using it, and >>> was wondering how best to quickly turn that on and off? >>> >>> My other question is this: should I hear progress tones when the Apex is >>> first connecting to the web browser? >>> >>> I heard tones when I was testing the send and receive in Key Mail. >>> >>> However, when I connected to the offered humanware.com site to make sure >>> that was working I did not hear any tones. >>> >>> I thought the unit had froze, but waited, and in fact, it loaded the page >>> just fine. >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> Crystal >>> ___ >>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>> copy to the list as well. >>> >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>> [email protected] >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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