The cloud is massive (well, infinite, really), and everyone wants their piece. Pogoplug have been a player because the beginning , albeit with a somewhat convoluted setup process, so it’s no surprise that the drive-to-web plug appliance company is able to push out a smartphone-friendly version. Pogoplug Mobile, as it’s to be known, brings much of its big brother’s functionality (you will not be capable of “mount” remote drives) to smartphones, tablets, and dedicated desktop apps. Like to load some photos out of your 4 terabyte harddisk in San Fran while you are at the subway in Tokyo? Simply launch an app, register with the username and password you registered throughout the seconds-long setup process, and you’re for your way. You may as well email photos (links to photographs in your remote drive — you will not be using data), post them to social networking sites, or transfer new ones which you shot with the telephone. The idea that is unquestionably familiar, but we got to check out Pogoplug’s interpretation at IFA in Berlin . Jump past the break to peer what we thought.
The very first thing you’ll likely notice is this Pogoplug isn’t a plug in any respect, very like the 0 Pro 0 . Instead, it is a standalone device (similar in size, though not healthy to the newest-gen Apple TV), with external power adapter and all. There’s an Ethernet port, in conjunction with a couple of USB ports (you will be used to attach a WiFi dongle, though you will not find it within the box). External design obviously isn’t all that critical, since you’ll (hopefully) never see the device again once it is all install. Inner beauty is what we’re in search of here, and in our somewhat limited time with the Mobile, the interface gave the look to be fast, intuitive, and efficient.
While the unique Pogoplug is marketed towards power users, the Mobile model has cloud newbies in mind, providing a dead-simple setup process and mobile interface. There are mobile apps for Android and iOS, and Mac and Windows desktop apps in addition. You may access all your files — from MP3s to PDFs to proprietary doc formats — remotely. Compatible media will be viewed with the app, while more obscure files could be downloaded, posted online or emailed. You could read Microsoft Office files, but you will have a desktop app to edit them, then save changes to the cloud — sadly there is no-file-too-obscure magic editor. We accessed a remote Mobile during our IFA demo, and photographs appeared almost instantly, likely as the Pogoplug automatically creates each of the necessary thumbnails when you add a picture, so original photos aren’t sent — unless you pick to download them, for sure.
There is definitely nothing groundbreaking here, though that’s definitely a logical next step for Pogo. But when you have already got the storage and very want the cloud (including how to access files out of your mobile devices), the $79 Pogoplug Mobile can be able to join your interconnected arsenal on October 1st.
Enables streaming of photos, music and video libraries from home to cellphones and tablets, and provides automatic, secure backup of mobile content
San Francisco, California – September 1, 2011 – Cloud Engines, Inc., creators of the Pogoplug multi-media streaming service, today unveiled their first mobile-focused hardware product with a swish new design. Pogoplug Mobile serves as a mobile cloud companion, freeing devices from storage limits by allowing users to stream entire libraries of photos, music and flicks from their homes to their cellphones or tablets. The device also enables users to share unlimited amounts of photos, videos and other content from mobile devices with family and friends-instantly and privately.
Pogoplug Mobile’s extreme multi-media capabilities are optimized for iOS and Android devices. Pogoplug Mobile offers Android users a unified streaming and sharing service and enables automatic home backup of all photos, movies, music and other documents. Pogoplug provides iOS users with unlimited, instant streaming of entire media libraries.
“Buyers have a nearly unlimited ought to create and consume multimedia content on their mobile devices,” said Daniel Putterman, CEO and founding father of Cloud Engines. “Unfortunately, their devices just can’t sustain; mobile storage remains too expensive. Pogoplug Mobile solves this problem by providing a massive streaming and at-home backup solution that turns any mobile device into an limitless media library.”
Pogoplug Mobile contains a variety of key features:
Stream entire libraries of music, movies and photos to an iPhone, iPad, or Android device
No storage limits
No use to re-download an identical content to multiple devices
Permanent storage and backup of all photos and videos taken using the mobile device
On Android, automatically back up photos and films out of your hand-held device on your Pogoplug Mobile wirelessly. Content trickles back to Pogoplug Mobile within the background with out a action required by the user
Pogoplug Mobile device works seamlessly with the Pogoplug desktop software and Pogoplug mobile apps (iPhone, iPad and Android 2.2 and later)
Pogoplug Mobile provides users with a streamlined interface for viewing and managing content on their device, while maintaining each of the great sharing and information access solutions provided by the unique Pogoplug hardware and software solutions.
Using Pogoplug desktop software, Pogoplug mobile apps, or the browser-based my.pogoplug.com account, users can access and stream files from anywhere on this planet, to anyone on the earth. All of those features come packaged with Pogoplug Mobile.
“With iCloud at the horizon, the timing for Pogoplug Mobile couldn’t be better,” continued Putterman. “If you are an iOS user, Pogoplug Mobile may be an ideal at-home iCloud companion. For Android users, it’s at-home iCloud for Android.”
Pricing and Availability
Pogoplug Mobile shall be available in October 2011 for a suggested retail price of $79.99 USD. Pre-orders are currently being accepted at HYPERLINK “http://www.pogoplug.com/mobile” www.pogoplug.com/mobile. Pogoplug’s iOS and Android apps are FREE and available for download inside the iTunes and Android app stores, respectively.
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