Pogoplug Multimedia Sharing Device

Product Review

Pogoplug's POGO-E02 multimedia sharing device lets you connect any external hard drive and then access and share your content over the internet. You have access to your content wherever you go, all files can be viewed, downloaded or streamed through any web browser. Access and share your content across multiple operating platforms; Pogoplug is compatible with Mac, Windows and Linux. Easily share content, including HD 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 is also great for working professionals who need to share information with clients and partners. Allow others to view and download or give them full access, you can pick and choose who has access to what files and folders. You can even stream videos, music and photos directly to your iPhone®, Blackberry, Droid and other mobile devices. Keeping up with friends and family is easier than ever, with a single click publish your selected photos, videos and more directly to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. Installation takes less than 60 seconds and there are no monthly fees ever. Get plugged in today!

Product Features

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

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Average Customer Review

(131 customer reviews)

99 of 109 people found the following review helpful

Stay away from Pogoplug, May 17, 2010

Adam Van Pelt - See all my reviews

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Update (April 2012):

I have unplugged my Pogoplug. The CloudEngines company is continuing to devolve, in my opinion, by continuing to try to do a lot of different things with the Pogoplug hardware and software. Unfortunately, in the midst of trying to be "a one-stop shop", they're not really succeeding at doing anything particularly well. The Pogoplug started as a unique product -- giving you the freedom to have your own "cloud" that was limited only by the amount of your storage and the speed of your broadband connection.

I wish CloudEngines had focused more on developing that aspect of their hardware and software instead of letting you buy access to the company's cloud storage (to try to compete with Dropbox, no doubt), and giving you the ability to backup your computers to the cloud (to try to compete with Carbonite, CrashPlan and other similar backup services, no doubt.) I didn't buy the Pogoplug in the hopes that it would replace CrashPlan or Dropbox,...Read more

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful

My own cloud computing, July 23, 2010

L. Eric Ray "LER" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

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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

39 of 42 people found the following review helpful

VERY simple to use, June 21, 2010

Sergio Herrera - See all my reviews

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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...Read more