i hope this is not OT. I need to port an application for pocket pc on a single board computer. The huge problem is gprs connectivity, on the pda(eten p300 gsm/gprs) i can easily connect using pocket pc API. How can i reach this on a sbc? Is there a ready to use solution, with integrated gprs(with wince installed)? Maybe a pc104 sbc with a gprs pc104 module? Thanks in advance Andrea
Can't you attach a GPRS-capable cellphone via USB, or perhaps a PCMCIA GPRS card?
Recently did some looking on the subject if you look for GSM/GPRS modules you can find PCMCIA, PC104, serial external and many other variants. However my basic view is
PCMCIA and USB are commodity products don't expect the same software and/or hardware model in 6 months time. A software version control and maintenance nightmare. PCMCIA on PC104 means getting an adapter board which are not always supported under wince.
PC104 are available but are expensive 5 - 10 times the cost of USB/PCMCIA but likely to be around longer. Not seen much wince support for them.
Serial external, minimal software and with TCP/IP stacks on some, likely to be around for longer and 2 - 3 times cost of PCMCIA/USB devices.
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Thank you for the reply, after hours of research on google i think i will use a via mini-itx with usb or cf GPRS modem. Thanks again Andrea
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