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Posted on 12 January 2007 by Judie Stanford

One of my favorite laptop accessories is�the Newton Peripherals MoGo, a�palm sized mouse which stores and charges in�a laptop’s PCMCIA slot.

But what if you�use a laptop that has given up the full-sized PCMCIA slot for its Express-sized cousin? Well up until last week, you would have been out of luck. However…

Jack at Experience Mobility recently posted about the MoGo Mouse X54, the�solution for those whose laptops didn’t�come with�the full size PCMCIA slot.

According to Jack:

The MoGo Mouse X54�, introduced today, is a Bluetooth-enabled wireless mouse designed for mobile computer users whose laptops are equipped with an ExpressCard/54 slot, including those manufactured by Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, NEC and Toshiba. It folds flat, stores and recharges in the ExpressCard/54 slot, and delivers a full range of user benefits, including:
Built-in center scrolling capability through an integrated scroll pad;
Integrated battery that recharges when stored in ExpressCard/54 slot;
No software drivers required;
More user-intuitive feel, with deeper finger depressions for more natural operation
�Auto-on� functionality when the mouse is removed from the laptop�s ExpressCard/54 slot

What? Did I read this correctly? This version has scrolling capability?!!

Be still my beating heart…

Clever. Ingeneious. Perfect. Love it!

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ctmagnus
Now this is what I’ve been waiting for! I shyed away from the first version due to the lack of scroll capability.
My only questions are, does this charge in a PC card slot? And does it even fit in a PC card slot? Just wondering for those of us who still have PC card-equipped devices.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie
Chris, I think they must be planning to release a PCMCIA version with the scrolling fuction – surely that’s next.
OH! Did you check out their BT plug? Smallest (& cutest) I have ever seen.
http://www.experiencemobility.com/ Jack
The X54 will charge in the ExpressCard/54 slot. I believe (but this is not written in stone) that they will have an upgrade to the first rendition of the MoGo.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie
Hi Jack! So is it correct that an Express Card would not work in a PCMCIA slot?
Can you tell I have no experience with Express Cards?
Mitchell Oke
Yeah the connector on Express Cards is diferent to the PCMCIA/PC cards of the past. They don’t use the same kind of pins, and the size of the connector is different. Here is a comparison of the connector on my SD PCMCIA reader and SD ExpressCard reader.
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg8119xk9.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg8120un8.jpg