The Pogoplug

Last night at the ShowStoppers event, the Gadgetell crew was frantically running around looking for something unique to highlight, and it seems that something instead found us, which came courtesy of an very enthusiastic booth representative. The product is called the Pogoplug and it allows the user to hook up an external hard drive via a USB connection and then be able to access that content from anywhere you may be.

While I have not set this up myself, judging from what we were told, it is very simple to get up and running. Simply plug the device into the wall, plug in an Ethernet cable and external USB drive and you are all set. After than the data is accessable through Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. Honestly, I cannot wait to get some hands-on time because it almost sounds like it is to easy.

Additionally, the Pogoplug is compatible with both a Mac or PC, and can use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE and Opera. They also have an iPhone app that is available in the App Store. Though nothing was mentioned as to when we can expect this, they did mention that some backup, priniting and file syncronizarion options were coming.

The Pogoplug is currently available online, and is selling (as a preorder special) for $79. No mention on how long the preorder special is valid until, however after that time the price is going to go up, but not by very much.