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treocentral.com >> Stories >> Hardware >> No Treo WiFi: "'Following market and development-cost analysis, palmOne wanted to develop a Wi-Fi card that will be applicable to its Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 handhelds.� These solutions require very tight integration between hardware, firmware and custom software, as well as access to propriety technologies for the level of tight integration necessary to give the customer an excellent experience.' The unofficial explanation is that the Treo 600 is unable to provide enough power to the SD slot to create a useable 802.11b radio, making it physically impossible to create a WiFi card for the Treo 600. " *cough*bullshit*cough* I'll bet you money that the cellular service providers have a lobby to keep wifi away from the phone so that we have to buy network time from them.