Pogoplug Multimedia Sharing Device

by Pogoplug

• Pogoplug lets you connect to any external hard drive and then access and share content through the internet
• Stream videos, music and photos directly to your iPhone, Blackberry, Droid and other mobile devices
• Works with Safari, Firefox 3, IE 7, IE 8 and Chrome Web Browers. MS Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.4 and above

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 10.1 x 7.1 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0033WSDR4
• Item model number: POGO-E02
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 22, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Pogoplug is a multimedia sharing device that lets you connect any external hard drive and then access and share your content over the internet. Easily share content, including video and photos, with friends and family with no uploading. Installation takes less than 60 seconds and there are no monthly fees.

Access and share the contents of your external hard drives through the Internet.

The Pogoplug Multimedia Sharing Device gives you the power to broadcast and share your digital life with ease from wherever life takes you. Pogoplug connects your external hard drives to the Internet so you have full access to your content at home. Easily share content, including video and full resolution photos, with friends and family with no uploading. Sharing is as simple as sending an invitation through an automated email link. Pogoplug works across multiple operating platforms and even allows you to stream videos, music and photos directly to your iPhone®, Blackberry, Droid or other mobile device. Installation takes less than 60 seconds and there are no monthly fees.

Setup takes just 60 seconds. Plug Pogoplug into your router, attach an external hard drive, and activate online. View Larger

60 Second Setup

Connecting your Pogoplug takes 60 seconds, and three simple steps. Opening the packaging may take longer than the installation process! Connect Pogoplug to your home network router and your external hard drive, then visit our website to complete the installation and activate the device. No need to configure ports, routers, IP addresses, firewalls, or any other complicated setups.

Pogoplug 101

• Files can be viewed, downloaded or streamed through any popular web browser.
  
  
• Share content, including HD video and full resolution photos, with friends and family with no uploading.
  
  
• Setup takes 60 seconds. Simply plug Pogoplug into your network router, attach an external hard drive, and activate online.
  
  
• No need to change your network configuration or firewall settings.
  
  
• Attach up to 4 external hard drives (or more with a USB hub) giving you almost unlimited storage growth.
  
  
• Includes lifetime service, no hidden fees and no strings attached.
  
  

Pogoplug in Depth

The Pogoplug Multimedia Sharing Device gives you the power to broadcast and share your digital life with ease from wherever life takes you. Here's how it works:

How do you access your content?

• Access and download all of the content on your Pogoplug-connected hard drives from any popular Web browser.
  
  
• Stream your videos and music directly to your iPhone® and other mobile devices.
  
  
• Use Pogoplug just like a drive in your computer. Upload content using Windows Explorer and Mac Finder at home or from anywhere on the Internet.
  
  
• Automatically copies and synchronizes photos, videos, music and other selected content from your PC and Mac.
  
  
• Your email address and user selected password is the only information you need to get secure access to your content.
  

How do you share your content?

• Simple and instant sharing of unlimited amounts of media, including full resolution photos and videos, without uploading files.
  
  
• Supports the playback of videos taken from the most popular cameras, video cameras, and mobile phones.
  
  
• Automatically notifies your friends and family when new content is shared with them.
  
  
• Integrates with your favorite social media websites to always keep people in the loop.
  
  
• Store and share photos and videos directly from your mobile phone.
  
  

The Pogoplug Web Interface View Larger

The Pogoplug Web Interface

1. Navigation pane: Quickly find all of your movies, music, photos and other content across any connected hard drive.
   
   
2. Viewing area: View high-resolution photos, watch movies, listen to music, or simply browse through the contents of your hard drives.
   
   
3. Sharing: Share your content privately and securely, with a single click, with no uploading required.
   
   
4. Social media sharing: Integrates with your favorite social media websites.
   
   
5. User permissions: Allow friends and family to contribute content to select folders on your hard drives.
   

What's In the Box

Pogoplug, Power cable, Ethernet cable, Quick start guide, Limited warranty.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My own cloud computing July 23, 2010

By L. Eric Ray

Amazon Verified Purchase

I work out of town a lot and want to be able to transfer large files back and forth to a remote site. Also I collaborate with other professionals and need to share large files with them. Pogoplug is my solution. It works great. I have 2TB drives connected to it and, rather than trying to e-mail large files, I just upload to my pogoplug and share them with whoever I want. Also, whenever I have questions, the Pogoplug customer service is quick to respond and very helpful. I have been very pleased.

Eric

41 of 44 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars VERY simple to use June 21, 2010

By Sergio Herrera

Amazon Verified Purchase

I've been using pogoplug connected to a 250GB external hard drive for about a month now, and can say they werent kidding how simple this is. It took longer for me to find room around my desk to connect everything than logging into their site download a simple application and off i go. The application creates a virtual drive on your computer that allows you to use it as a normal drive connect straight to the pc. Although they do provide a software to monitor for folder changes to sync to your files i opted for a more robust software. I decided to use SyncBackPro to monitor any changes on folders and sync then from my pc to pogoplug and pogoplug to pc (along w/ many other features). This seems to do the trick nicely. If you have multiple drives connected to your pogoplug you can do active sync which will transfer the files to another hard drive for redundant backups.

The website [...] looks and works wonderfully. Its able to transcode your videos into HTML5 allowing you to view your videos anywhere and pretty much anything. The sharing option is fantastic when working on projects. Only downside is if you share a folder that other party (and given full access) can use up as much storage on your hard drive as they want. There currently is no way to limit how many gigs they can use. It would be best to have a extra hard drive for sharing only in case your sharing.

As a android user they do have a app on the marketplace which recently had a update that really improved upon it. Again since videos are HTML 5 you can view them easily. It does get little choppy on 3G but on wifi works perfectly. Only downside is that you can upload documents/images from your phone to your pogoplug.

46 of 52 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing is awesome! May 17, 2010

By Richard A. Weltmer

Amazon Verified Purchase

So, I usually research items like this to death because internet hype can spoil a good purchase. After trying to obtain as much info as possible on the Pogoplug, I finally pulled the trigger and bought one. My main motivation was that I hate Itunes and wasting more time "synching" than listening to my huge music library. Problem solved with Pogoplug! I bought from Amazon but the seller was [...] for $99.00 with free shipping. I use a Motorola Droid for work and my personal cell is an Iphone and both markets have an app that works great. I also work on multiple computers at various times of the day. Thanks to Pogoplug, I can access my music library and anything else on the drives connected to Pogoplug without having to pack all of that stuff around on computers or portable hard drives. This thing works like it should and have to say that I rarely encounter electronic items that I would say truly changed my life but Pogoplug is one of those items. Buy one NOW! You won't be disappointed. Streaming over a cell network solely depends on the available connection that you have over your cell network but most of the time even that method works fine. I use this method when I am at the gym working out and I don't have to always change the music on my device. I just stream from Pogoplug. Nice and easy! Great product, great price. You can't go wrong!