Hagiwara Sys-com WiFi card vs. UX50's WiFi

[JAmerican]

I'm a former UX40 user and during my time using th UX40, I convinced my parents to get me a Hagiwara Sys-com WiFi card ($45.99). When my UX40 broke, I got a UX50, I used the WiFi and banished the WiFi card. When my WiFi started to act up, I did some tricks to fix the problem. They ultimately destroyed my WiFi. So now, I'm using the WiFi card again and I must say that I love it. Its way better than the UX built-in WiFi. It connects much quicker and holds the connection better than the UX WiFi. I know that the card is big at the side of the UX and the audio jack is blocked, but I must say my pages load faster with it.

All those with UX40s and WiFi cards, just to let you know, you have a better setup than us UX50ers. Trust me. Be glad that you got a UX40 and WiFi :)

JAmerican

[palo1]

Well tbh I haven't had the opportunity to compare the two setups as you have but I have to say I have no problems with the built in Wifi of the UX-50, unlike yourself - perhaps you just got a bad one

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[rcxAsh]

Thanks for the word of encouragement, JAmerican! However, I was almost certain that when you got your UX50, you were liking it more than your UX40 + WiFI MS combo?

Or is this now in retrospect?

Either way. It's nice to know that I have something quite comparable to the UX50. Minus a headphone jack lol..

[JAmericanUX50]

Thanks for the word of encouragement, JAmerican! However, I was almost certain that when you got your UX50, you were liking it more than your UX40 + WiFI MS combo?

Or is this now in retrospect?

Either way. It's nice to know that I have something quite comparable to the UX50. Minus a headphone jack lol..

There is a greater power drain, but in retrospect, its better. I saw the built-in WiFi as cool, so I immediately promoted it without comparing them first.

JAmerican

[rcxAsh]

It's a trade off I suppose. Battery life for ultimate convenience.

The convenience of having WiFi built-in is amazing. I can see that much. When I want to get online, I have to pull out my card holder from my back pocket, remove my memory stick, take out the WiFi memory stick and plug it in. Then put the regular memory stick away and the card hold back in my pocket.

Then off I go.

I'd imagine that with built-in WiFi... I just skip down to "Then off I go."

Battery life? Well.. all our home-brewn external batteries, that doesn't bug me as much anymore. If I really need the uptime, I'll just grab my battery pack from my backpack.

The headphone thing does get to me a little though. Sometimes, i think that it would be nice to listen to music while surfing (which would also require a free memory stick slot).

Oh, that's another layer of complexity. If I'm listening to music, I'll have to stop, remove the headphones, wrap them up nicely and put them away before I can continue with surfing the internet.

Haha. But, it's all I got, and it's a world of difference from my previous TG50. (No internal media memory = messy work arounds for email attachments and other downloads)

[Cyker]

I wish the WiFi-enabled Clies had external aerials for the wireless - The signal reception really is pretty pathetic compared to the crummiest PCMCIA WiFi card.

I'd love to mod the Stylus into being an extendable aerial, but I don't wanna risk breaking my beloved TH ;)

[mastershake]

The battery life is already pretty bleek with Wi-Fi use anyways, and most of the time im listening to online radio stations, haha, so thats a no. Nice idea though, never thought of that, because thankfully my Ux's built in wi-fi still works.

~Andrew

[Harry Tuttle]

So does the WIFI stick use more power or less than the built-in? Assuming you have a decent battery 30min. of surfing will leave you with what percentage of battery life left? Using one or the other.

[JAmerican]

I have an extender so I can use WiFi for longer than 30 min. I rarely use WiFi for long on my UX because I'm usually home when using WiFi. I mostly use Bluetooth.

JAmerican

[Harry Tuttle]

I guess I didn't phrase it right which will use more battery the stick or the built-in. I don't use wifi that much on my Ux50; but I do see that it drains the battery very quickly but if the stick uses less battery I might buy one for prolong use. What I am asking is what is the difference in power usage of the built-in vs the stick.
Thanks