Pogoplug hands-on
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Jan 8th 2009 6:41PM
posted Jan 8th 2009 6:41PM
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heh. won....
That sounds uhhh.... awesome!
+1 For Billy Mays reference
Hire an editor for god's sake. Or at least read it once, after you type it.
It could be sarcastic, you know - like the south Korean currency...
actually, that's not half bad (assuming it doesn't suck). It's a novel and useful idea. May be slow for HD media streaming use, but for basic files and at $80. I'd buy one (won!) :-D
A quick google would have told you that his name is Billy Mays, not Maze.
Quality Journalism, init?
between that and "class of it's won" I have to agree.
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Does this thing turn your lights off when you clap?
^ Ha - that was great.
Ugly? :)
More like FUGLY.
Still, the great concept more than makes up for the poor aesthetics.
yeah Uber-FUGLY but you and I were both thinking the same thing - the features SEEM great, let's hope it works out all right and I may just get one (if they're available in the UK)... would be awesome if eventually you could hook up your external by FW400/800/eSATA too!
I'm getting real sick of stuff that looks slick but has serious design issues (MBP with Glossy screen, non-removable battery, no FW400 port - I'M LOOKING AT YOU!)... and that's coming from a self confessed apple fanboi.
thanks for rushing out the late breaking news. i rather well photographed and informative news fast. then well edited news slower.
"The Pogoplug USB to NAS adapter is really in a class of its won."
should be
"The Pogoplug USB to NAS adapter is really in a class of its own."
no biggie.
Not bad -- but I'd like to see a similar gadget with an eSATA port. I'd hate to have USB as a bottleneck in the data path.
No such bottleneck unless you're running wired gigabit ethernet, which is still uncommon.
USB 2.0 is rated at 480Mbps, typical ethernet is rated at 100Mbps. Though wireless usually runs at half its rated speed or less, 802.11 draft-N is still only rated at 300Mbps, 802.11a/g at 54Mbps, and 802.11b is rated at 11Mbps.
eSATA would be wasted capacity, though it might be convenient if you were stuck with an enclosure with only an eSATA connector.
Hopefully like many less than sightly girls, this will be smart with what it does.
Can I plug a USB Hub into it with a bunch of USB HD's and access all of them?
The Pogoplug dude says yes in this interview; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAF8zdxmXbU
Whats on the back a plug? .......... umm I think I will need a new power bar. Seriously though - are you supposed to plug this into a wall and have your HDD on the floor with a USB and Ethernet cable running from it?
maybe it has a built-in power-line networking adapter? that would be cool. or is it just imitating the apple airport express? seriously, how does this thing work? details, please!
That's Billy, Billy Mays.
Ron Popeil would be PROUD of this thing. It slices, it dices!
Engaget's WON-ton dishreguard for speling maeks me laf.
Is it what there was in the "bag full of laughs"?
What a manly bracelet that is...
unless it's a woman. a very hairy woman
it's called a "watch." google it.
CompUSA sold something like this years ago - a 4-port USB hub with a NIC. Great idea but the driver support was horrible. If this works it's handy but if it requires drivers/lame software to install, feh.
can you plug a USB hub into it and then have several USB hard drives connected at the same time to this device? If so, I will buy. Rock on!
One could only hope. It would have my attention if it did.
Will it work with the rest of my X10 stuff?
Man, what is going on with the X10 website. So confused.
Now that someone is holding it, it seems bigger than I imagined..
Their website implies that to access you drive you need to log into my.pogoplug.com. I'm wondering if this will require subscribing to my.pogoplug.com ?
Could there be a hitch?
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they need a dual-nic version running SmoothWall Express firewall.
so is this fast enough for streaming 1080p content to a media player(Popcorn Hour)?