Ok, over 2 weeks has passed, and altho I've been busy with a lot of stuff, I did get to use my Jornada and this card now and then. So it's time to do that final verdict:
I think my new avatar says it. It is indeed much better than my old WCF12 because now I don't worry about bending it
(at least not as much
). And as I said before, it looks great, with its color matching the 728's base, and now I notice even the Linksys logo is a good match to the 728's blue decorations.
As for performance, I do take back what I said. It is no worse than the WCF12, maybe even better in terms of range. I used to be able to affect the CF card's signal strength simply by orienting the device differently, or resting my hands close to it. Not so with the WPC11; the signal remains mostly unaffected by the device or my hands. I have not noticed a difference in battery consumptions either, which is a good thing.
For anyone with a Jornada 728, I *highly* recommend this card. It looks great and works great, plus you can use MiniStumbler. I think it should be similar for the 720, and some of those owners have also had success with this card, altho I do not know how well the colors would match up
However, some users with different devices, such as j6xx and MP7xx, have had issues setting this up. I do not know if it's because of the hardware, the OS version, the driver compilation, or other specific issues of the user or their network. So for owners of other HPC models, I would suggest this card only if you can return it, in case it doesn't work for you.
