What’s the use of assembling the definitive collection of pre-Ashton Kutcher episodes of "Two and a Half Men" if you don’t have access to them at every minute of the day? The folks at Cloud Engine, Inc. asked themselves that question, and the Pogoplug Mobile is their answer. The newest addition to the Pogoplug line is aimed directly at the media collector who wants to be able to store content centrally on a personal mass storage device but stream it to a variety of devices.
What’s the use of assembling the definitive collection of pre-Ashton Kutcher episodes of "Two and a Half Men" if you don’t have access to them at every minute of the day? The folks at Cloud Engine, Inc. asked themselves that question, and the Pogoplug Mobile is their answer. The newest addition to the Pogoplug line is aimed directly at the media collector who wants to be able to store content centrally on a personal mass storage device but stream it to a variety of devices.
The device, priced at $79.99, is the first in the Pogoplug line to sport an SD card slot in addition to its single USB 2.0 port. The company offers free iOS and Android mobile apps as well as desktop software for Windows and Macs that allow users to stream photo, audio and video files to those devices from storage attached to the Pogoplug device. Yes you can do that with a variety of cloud services, but the only limit on the amount of content storage the Pogoplug Mobile provides is the amount of storage you’re willing to plug into the thing. Android and iOS users can configure the software to automatically upload photos and video over wifi or 3G connections.
Owners of previous models of Pogoplugs can expect to receive a software update that enables mobile phone photo and video backup in the near future. Software for phone and computer platforms are available now.
