QuarterSwede Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) Just looking at my new popular science magazine and found a little news on this sweet little Wirless USB stick. Yes you read right, it's a USB stick that is basically a wi-fi card (IEEE 802.11b compliant)! This particular version (201) also includes either 32M,64M,128M, or 256Mb of Flash Memory but you can also get the version that doesn't have extra memory storage (the GN-WLBZ101). It doesn't look like this is available in the US yet but can be bought in Australia, France, Israel, Italian, New Zealand, and the UK. Price should be around $90 USD for the 201. Specs: GN-WLBZ201 Type: Storage/ Wireless LAN Card Key Features: . Flash Memory: 32M/ 64M/ 128M/ 256Mbytes . Two dimenional rotation of maximum 180 degree . Host Interface USB1.1 . Built in chip antenna . Frequency Band: 2.4 to 2.4840GHz . Radio Technology: DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) Communication Standard: IEEE802.11b Network Operation System: . Station Mode: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP . SW AP Mode: Windows XP LED Indicators: Read/ Write, Link and intensity of received signals Operation Environment: . Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 50 deg C . Humidity: Max. 90% Non-condensing Dimension (Wx LxH): 126mm x 25mm x 16mm (device only) Weight: Gross Weight 27 ?? 1g Operating Rangei>: up to 91M(300ft.) up to 457M(1500ft.) The rang may vary by different environment More can be seen at: www.giga-byte.com Edited February 22, 2004 by Jstphish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted February 22, 2004 Author Share Posted February 22, 2004 I'm pretty surprised no one has responded. I thought this was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetGX Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Yeah well I want one anyway :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 hmm, that swivel joint looks pretty flimzy; given that a USB thumdrive will get bumped around quite a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 i would LOVE THAT. i could take that to school with my on my laptop. then hold my data on the memory, access one of my teachers wi-fi's. ohhhh hoo hoo yeah. i want it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted February 22, 2004 Author Share Posted February 22, 2004 Now that's more of the responses I'm talking about! Yeah, I would love to get my hands on one of these too. It's especially great for people who have older laptops who don't want to buy a PCMCIA card to do the job and have other computers around they could use with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstroud Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 I would love that for my laptop...I already have a 128 meg memory key, but that would still be awesome for wireless. That and I'm kinda partial to Giga-byte products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intensityx Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Linksys, Netgear, Airlink and D-link make similar products I have a linksys one and it works great :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted February 24, 2004 Author Share Posted February 24, 2004 Linksys, Netgear, Airlink and D-link make similar productsI have a linksys one and it works great :D Hmmm, I didn't know that. I'll have to check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiglet Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 cool. nice find Jstphish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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