Wireless PogoPlug
The PogoPlug is a great way to make your files accessible online in a secure way. Now, there’s a wireless adapter (and a price break!) to make the setup even easier.
HBO Go
HBO’s streaming service is now on the iPad, and they’ve brought along the popular “True Blood” to sweeten the deal!
Color eReader
Pandigital is introducing its second generation Novel eReader, a color reading device with a 7″ screen and 2 GB of onboard memory. It connects to the Barnes and Noble eBookstore for lots of eBook goodness.
Taskforce for Gmail
Ever get bogged down by all the social media stuff in email? Taskforce is a Gmail extension to help you get things in better order.
G-Dog Robot
Can you ever really have enough cute robot dogs? Of course not! In that spirit we bring you the G-Dog, latest resident of the electric kennel.
The Wireless PogoPlug, I’m not sure I have an application for this as yet, but I’ll research the concept & talk to my IT guy, if he says I need it, I guess I’ll have to buy one. If I don’t do what he says, he tells my mom on me & makes fun of my car
. I’m wondering though, will the wireless dongle slow down it’s performance? I heard about HBO’s to go on this morning’s news, but not part of Net Flix, I’m not quite sure exactly what this means, aren’t they two different entities? could you help explain this to an old dog? Ya, the Color e-reader looks great, but I’ll stick with my future Kindle, I just don’t see the need for reading in color, woof, woof the old dog is barking. Speaking of dogs, the G-dog robot is *no* old dog, he’s new, cool & a gadget lover’s dream, I’ll have to wait till he costs a few less $Kibble-Bucks$ before barking up that tree. He’s over $800.00 US right now. I had the Google Taskforce mail clean-up tool already installed & ready to go, I just had to activate it, but I didn’t download or install it, who, what, where, how…. How did it get here?… “B”
Pogoplug wireless is definitely on my shopping list! It is the simplest and easiest way to set up your own cloud system without using an online storage location. You can also access (and store) files from your mobile device.
Don’t waste your money. For $65 (Tiger) the normal Pogo is ok although transferring files to it is painfully slow. The biz model was the biggest scam ever ($200+ more for crap software). There are so many other products or web-services out there, don’t waste your money.
BTW, many corporate firewall block my.pogoplug.com as a “sharing” site. So much for getting to my files…
If I click on the Novel Reader link, it gives me an error regarding Word Press being out of memory.
“Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 71 bytes) in /home/geekbeat/public_html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1310″
Was curious to know more about the screen, more importantly if they are using that ePaper screen that is used with the Kindle. Low Power and all, want to make a custom photo frame, but have it disguised as an Atom HTPC.
I have the first edition Pandigital Novel (White Model, 1GB). The original Novel has been on the market since June, had a bit of a false start (recall), and then re-appeared in July at places like Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and Walgreens (retail is around $149). For $124 (the price I paid), it’s a neat little Android 2.x device for hacking. Due note that Pandigital puts out a LOT of firmware updates (6 since June 5th), but at least they support the device. Drop down lower on the cheap Chinese gadget food chain (such as Augen’s $99 “TheBook” or Delstar’s $78 “OpenBook” or “BookSmart”), and you’ll be lucky to get a reply back from support. So, kudos to Pandigital in this regard.
The Novel’s screen is an 7″ color LCD (800×600), it’s good indoors and in low light. In sun, it can be passable (on max brightness) as long as the light source is not behind you or in reflective line with the screen. The screen is good for short reading periods but does not hold a candle to e-Paper. If all you want to do is read, get an e-Ink device. I use an e-Paper reader for fiction, and the Novel for non-fiction since it handles PDF files better. The Novel also has the full Android web browser, so you can bop out to the web if something in a book requires more research. It’s also good as an end table computer (for looking up actors or show details while watching TV). The Novel is no, iPad… but for about 1/4th the price, I don’t think it should even be compared with it.
The link to Pandigital is HERE: http://www.pandigital.net/?PageID=309
The oft rumored 2nd edition of the Novel, the black version with 2GB of internal memory, is now shown on the site. Curious to see if they’ll launch the 2nd edition with “Froyo” (Android 2.2).
If you are really in the market for an eReader or an Android tablet, check out the forums at Mobileread or Slatedroid. They were most helpful when I was in the market for a eBook reader.