The PC Card I have been testing with	A top look at the @migo, on the bottom is the PC Card slot

-PC Card Slot

        The main feature of the @migo, and its method of expansion, the pc card slot. One great advantage to having a PC Card slot rather than Compact Flash is the fact that pc cards have been around for a while, the prices of the cards have already dropped significantly and it has saved me some cash because of it. The @migo’s PC Card slot takes type II cards, but it will accept freakish cards like the Iomega Pocket Zip drive, which is a type II size with type III rails. I currently am using a 448MB Flash Card in my PC Card slot; I have not noticed it running warm or chewing down batteries. Of course this is a flash card and as you may know it is the nature of flash cards to use almost no power. I have, on the other hand heard reports of it running quite warm while using a microdrive or Kingston datapak.

A shot of Deuce Bigalow playing in PocketTV.

-Multimedia

        As PocketMatrix.com is all about the multimedia and gaming on PocketPC’s its only natural that I judge the @migo in this category. I must say that it scores pretty high in this field, in my opinion it is unmatched by any other device. With the high-res 65K screen and beautiful button layout I can play some serious games. While the gameboy like controls do make it easy for playing most games, PocketQuake is an exception. The key to success in PocketQuake is using the on screen “mlook” with your stylus and move and shoot with your other hand. This is almost impossible on the @migo, although I can still have fun without mlook. In fact that’s the game I play most. The speedy 206MHz processor really does wonders for the games to; even in PocketQuake I find playing as a very smooth and enjoyable experience. I should also mention that Jimmy Software’s overclock utility works with the @migo beautifully, even at 236MHz. I have noticed that while running at this speed the back of the unit gets warm, but I suppose I should expect that. For video testing I used two movies, Gone in 60 seconds and Deuce Bigalow. Deuce Bigalow was encoded at a higher quality than Gone in 60 seconds (the bitrate was 408) and I received 24 FPS in landscape mode. The bitrate of Gone in 60 seconds was 350 and I received 28 FPS (nearly full frames) I noticed no glitches in either videos and the quality was near original.

-@migo video

        Using my web cam I have prepared a video to give you a good idea of how the @migo looks and a nice shot of the PC-Card slot and all the sides. I highly suggest you take a look at it. And don't worry, the quality of the video is more than you might expect from a webcam.

-Related links

        Here are some links that I thought you would find useful:

• URThere.com Go here to buy yourself an @migo

• PalmaxTech.com Manufacture of the @migo

• Brighthand.com's review I do not agree with some aspects of their review, but it is always good to get another opinion and they have some great pictures comparing the @migo to different PocketPC's

• DaleCoffing's Thoughts Dale gives his thoughts about the @migo, including a nice benchmark section

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