Treo 700P and WiFi?

As ridiculous as this sounds, the Palm® Wi-Fi Card works only with the following Palm devices:

• Tungsten E2, T3 or T5
• Zire 72
• Palm 700w or 700wx

It specifically does not work with the otherwise expandable Palm Treo 600, 650 or 700p. There is no third party solution that I am aware of this will. So while the Missing Sync for Palm OS will support 802.11 Wifi synchronization and internet sharing, it will only do so with Palm models which either have WiFi built in or support this card or a third-party equivalent.

As one who has traveled a great deal with both a PowerBook and Treo, and can attest that I believe that both are indispensable. I would always opt for my PowerBook when WiFi was available, for a number of reasons, including the easier to use keyboard, the better browsing experience and the substantially faster connection speed.

The 700p will definitely do everything you want, but offer WiFi connectivity. The EvDO data connection is no where near as fast, though much faster than second generation technologies. Fourth generation network technologies are beginning to appear already to replace EvDO, and WiMAX will be available widely for client use is less than twelve months. WiMAX is real broadband speed using extended ethernet technology, though it will not be initially deployed as widely as cellular technologies like EvDO.

What you want to do at the moment just cannot be accomplished with a Palm smartphone other than the Palm 700w or 700wx. It's too bad, because Entourage is not the only issue - you should take a look at the Windows Mobile Explorer browser before ever seriously considering the use of such a device. And Windows Mobile defeats AvantGo synchronization, internet sharing and synchronization via WiFi as a security measure, and even the Missing Sync for Windows Mobile cannot override this inherent limitation.