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When word about the Pogoplug hit TUAW central, we debated to see who would luck out and and cover the device. Apart from a few cuts and bruises, almost all of which will mend in a matter of weeks if the doctors are to be believed, I won. The past few days, I’ve had the pleasure of road testing a unit. And it’s awesome.
The Pogoplug offers a USB NAS adapter, i.e. a network-attached storage system, that gives you network access to your data from home and on the road. With NAS you can use common protocols like AFP and SMB to connect to a remote disk. And you can do so easily. That’s a massive win, because choosing and setting up these remote devices has been a deal killer for many otherwise interested people. As Brad Dietrich, Pogoplug’s CTO, told TUAW, “[Until now], the say of home networking has been too complicated and geeky for most people.” Pogoplug provides a easy solution.
What Pogoplug brings to the party is a remarkable ease of use that crosses past any issues of firewalls and port setup and delivers remote storage to normal (i.e. read “non-geek”) humans. It transforms remote file access into a consumer device. And best of all, it provides this for just $99.
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Pogoplug: Your data, wherever you are originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Pogoplug: Your data, wherever you’re originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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