Clarinet Systems a provider of wireless infrared connectivity for handheld devices has developed a software driver to take advantage of the 4Mbps speed capabilities in the Compaq iPAQ series 36xx and 37xx and NEC MobilePro P300.

"Its incredible to see our MobilePro P300 finish downloading 100 pages of text from the Internet in 12 seconds through Clarinet's IR access point", said Larry Miller, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Solutions Division, NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

Initial FTP testing of the FIR (Fast Infrared) driver with the iPAQ models has, according to Clarinet, proven to have a significant increase in speed of up to 8x faster than with standard SIR (Standard Infrared) capabilities. Performing a 1MB file transfer, the iPAQ driver finishes in 14 seconds vs. 112 seconds with the manufacturer SIR.

Clarinet said one Market segment that's looking to take advantage of the FIR speed capabilities is the healthcare industry. "PatientKeeper continually evaluates promising, new mobile technologies that have the potential to benefit our healthcare clients and business partners," commented, Stephen S. Hau, founder and VP Platform of PatientKeeper, Inc. "Clarinet System's 4Mbps FIR represents a dramatic improvement in hardware throughput that can help certain users accelerate the exchange data between mobile devices and existing enterprise information systems."