At last: an external Wi-Fi antenna connector mod for the Dell Axim x50v / x51v!!

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=140665

Unfortunately, no consumer Pocket PC comes with external Wi-Fi antenna connectors and, as has been pointed out in many of my related articles, the same stands for Compact Flash / Secure Digital / MiniSD / microSD Wi-Fi cards. None of them is known for being able to be hacked either, as opposed to some "hackable" PCMCIA Wi-Fi cards. There have been some hacks for other devices; for example, the iPAQ 4150. They have been, on the other hand, using normally-sized connectors (ones that you can find in Wi-Fi access pointes with detachable antennas) and, therefore, really ugly (and making the headphones socket inaccessible). The x50v / x51v mod, however, is using a mini socket and, therefore, isn't very nice-looking. The x50v / x51v mod is completely different. Of course, now that there are pretty cheap and easy-to-configure Wi-Fi repeaters (of which I'll soon publish an all-in-one tutorial), the need for external Wi-Fi antennas have decreased. Still, it's nice to know attaching external antennas to the Axims is doable. All in all, if you do need an external Wi-Fi connector for your Axim, don't forget to check out this thread! UPDATE (11/03/2006): PPCT frontpage