AMBIENT DEVICES Stock Orb AORB02

Product Features

• No subscription fee required, receive broadcast information for free.
• No computer or Internet connection required. Uses a nationwide wireless network to bring information to your Orb.
• Upgrade to receive personalized information feeds.
• Just plug the orb into any standard power outlet and your Orb is up and running on a nationwide wireless network - no internet connection required
• Keep the information you care about most close at hand.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000653KKQ
• Item model number: AORB02
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,541 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for keeping an eye on things!, December 8, 2003

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waldeaux "waldeaux" (Somerville, MA USA) - See all my reviews

We use our orb to track custom data (basically usage of one of our products). Aside from being quite pleased about "the Orb"
basic function of conveying qualitative information, it has several features that really extend its usefulness.

First, you can completely map the color palette. In other words, you can do much more than just define endpoints with critical values which means that the scaling can be linear, logarithmic, or something else.

Second, you can actually track TWO things and have the orb switch colors between them. This makes all sorts of data presentation possible: current value and rate of change, current value and current min or max, etc. Recently it altered me to a spike in usage - otherwise, I might not have noticed it until it had passed. So even though it's very "cute" it can be programmed to be very useful as well.

For most any situation where you have something that can be expressed as "on a scale of... what/how is..." that people need to know and an applicance can do the trick (i.e., you don't need human explanation), the Orb might be a good solution for you.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ehh... It's okay..., July 15, 2004

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Michael Wahl (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

It looks nice and the whole concept behind it is nice, with all the different options available online for what you can track with the Orb. Of course, the colors are also nice.
However, I've had the Orb for about six months and paid for premium service to track my local weather... and according to the Orb... it's only rained once in the last 5 months (and coverage isn't an issue, being near a major city). And so you know, aside from the weather in about 4 cities, and the generic Stock Market tracker, you need to subscribe to the premium service to have access to he other options ($6.95/month or $19.99/quarter).
It's sleek, stylish, and a great conversation piece, but if you want up-to-date, accurate info, this probably isn't the best way to go.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ahhh.... the pretty red color... WAIT... RED?!?!?, April 28, 2004

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"iamtheadjective" (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

I received this for Christmas... best gift ever. Information is pushed to your device (it uses a cell phone - like network, so the only necessary cord is the power cord); it provides an extremely easy (and fun to show off) information center. Web configuration is simple, and there's no need to subscribe on a monthly basis (unless you want the added benefit of monitoring you Custom stock portfolio or other more specific channels.
A great gift -- a great tech toy.