Because of Apple's decision to abandon the PCMCIA expansion slot that is pretty much the norm throughout the laptop industry today, the lack of wireless cards has been a little more than vexing for owners of Apple's new computers.

Addressing the need for a selection of wireless cards, IT Wire is reporting that a San Francisco-based company by the name of Novatel Wireless is planning on making available, "The industry's first CDMA 1x EV-DO and WCDMA HSDPA cards in the Expresscard/34 format." Some early samples of the products have been shown and the company is continuing to develop the use of these cards in future notebooks.