4.5 out of 5 stars

You’ve just moved into a new house or apartment, and now comes the tedious task of moving your modem from place to place in order to see where you’ll get signal everywhere and if you’ve got cable internet, you could be stuck with a very limited range of where things can be plugged and still work. It’s a common situation, one that most everyone I know has been in at one point in time. There’s half of a second story bedroom that has never had internet access in our house because of where our modem and router are and there was nothing I could do about it. Nothing, until NETGEAR heard my (and thousands of others) frustration.

Enter the Universal WiFi Range Extender – or the WN3000RP if you prefer – NETGEAR’s newest solution to all of your WiFi range woes.  The WN3000RP is a very small piece of hardware – one that if plugged into the right place, you’ll never even know it’s there.  It’s just about the same size as your standard two socket wall outlet, so it’s fairly easy to keep it out of sight and out of mind provided you have an outlet in the right place.  You see, with the WN3000RP there are no unsightly cords; just plug the whole box into your socket, and it’s ready for set up.

Speaking of set up – it’s extremely easy.  when you plug in the WiFi Range Extender, you go to something (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc) and connect to the network named NETGEAR-EXT, then load up your preferred browser of choice and follow the steps lined out.  Basically you just connect to your existing network (through SSID or by searching for it), and then enter your credentials.  Once it connects, you have to set up the SSID of the extended network (different from the normal network, i.e. my base network is DarkStar, my extended network is DarkStar-EXT) and any security you want it to have.

That’s it – once you hit this point your new extended network is ready to go!  If you ever need to make any changes – you get tired of the name, want to change security, want to see who’s all connected, etc – you just log onto mywifiext.com (it doesn’t do anything if you’re not on an extended network) with the standard “admin” and “password” credentials; don’t worry, you can change all of that from the admin screen.

So it’s easy to set up, and easy to use – but how does it work?  Well as I stated earlier, there was a second floor bedroom that could never get internet in about half the room – it was just too far from the router.  That part of the room was only around twenty feet from where I set up the extended however, so if it didn’t get a full WiFi signal, I would have been worried.  Needless to say, that room has full WiFi access now.

So since that wasn’t a real “test”, how about my deck and back yard?  Both places couldn’t pick up a WiFi signal at all before, but what now?  Well my deck which is about fifty feet from where I have the extended plugged in (and through two walls) now gets a full four bars of WiFi – the far edge of my back yard which is around a hundred feet from the WiFi Range Extender gets three bars.  in fact, to fully drop off the grid I had to take my phone to the end of my neighbor’s yard – about 175 feet away.  Now at approximately 150 feet I was at one bar, and the speed was slower than the 3G I’d usually get, but that’s not the point – if you had a WiFi only tablet you could use it at that range.

If you’re looking for something to give your network a little extra “boost” in range, you really can’t go wrong with the WN3000RP from NETGEAR.  It’s simple to set up and use, it works as advertised, and it takes up vary little real estate in your house.  While I initially thought it would be better if it was stronger, I realized I’m not trying to cover my neighborhood with signal.  At just under $70, the price point isn’t outrageous, however it might make some people think twice, especially if their router is old and they could spend a little more on a new one.  It’s not going to be for everyone, but for the niche audience that needs something like this, it’s a great addition.

Final score is four and a half stars out of five.

Pros:

• Very small form factor that takes up next to no wall space
• Extremely easy to set up and get running
• Works exactly as advertised – something rare in these days’

Cons:

• Like a normal router, the number of walls and floors it has to go through severely drops it’s performance
• Would be nice if it had a pass-through electrical outlet for houses with a limited number of plugs
• Price might make some people consider just buying a new more powerful router

You can get your own NETGRAR WiFi Range Extender from Amazon for $$69.66

Today, Cloud Engines announced an updated version of their popular NAS networking device, the Pogoplug.  This version adds 4 USB ports to the mix, which means you can now share the content of even more hard drives or USB sticks over the Internet.

I’m about to write a review on the Seagate NAS that uses the Pogoplug software, and while it’s not bad it’s not stellar.  But from the sounds of it, Pogoplug might have updated some of the software, such as the ability to automatically sync your photos and other media with the NAS device.

The 2nd Pogoplug will ship sometime soon for $129.

Second Generation Pogoplug™ Unveiled Today
Next-generation Hardware Design and Software Provide Enhanced Storage, Multimedia and Social Media Capabilities

San Francisco, Calif. – November 20, 2009 – Cloud Engines, Inc. unveiled the second generation of the award winning Pogoplug multimedia sharing device today giving consumers more flexibility to store personal content safely in the home and access, manage, and share it from anywhere on the Internet. The new Pogoplug hardware sports a new design boasting multiple USB ports supporting up to 4 external drives for expanded data capacity. The new Pogoplug also gives users improved sharing capabilities, an easy drag-and-drop interface to create engaging multi-media slide shows, seamless media playback, and enhanced sharing with friends on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

Pogoplug acts like a gateway from your home or office through the Internet. It allows you to access, share and even stream your personal digital media directly to anybody, anywhere in the world. Your content always remains physically in your home or office, making it secure, convenient and available on your terms. Pogoplug is perfect for those individuals with increasingly mobile lifestyles and small businesses in need of simple, inexpensive mobile data access solutions.

“The reaction to the Pogoplug has been incredible. By listening to user feedback and following our own product roadmap, we are bringing a great second-generation product that gives our customers access to a host of new features that both improve the function of the Pogoplug, and add to the fun of using it as well.” said Daniel Putterman, CEO of Cloud Engines, Inc.  “We are committed to giving our customers the best way to access their data from anywhere in the world, pushing the envelope with both product quality and design aesthetic. The result is what you see here today.”

NEW HARDWARE
The new Pogoplug design retains the simplicity and ease of use of the original while listening to consumer feedback and adding the ability to directly connect up to 4 external hard drives at once. The resulting product boasts an improved design with greatly improved functionality for users with multiple drives and an increasing need for easy synching and sharing of their digital libraries. This upgrade turns the Pogoplug into an even more prominent feature in the modern digital home or small business.

NEW FEATURES

Automatically Synchronize Photos, Videos, Music and Other Selected Content
Users can synchronize their Pogoplug with their PC or Mac to automatically import new content from popular applications such as iTunes, Windows Media Player, and iPhoto. This feature allows Pogoplug owners to “set it and forget it” and always have access to new photos, videos and music from anywhere on the Internet.

Drag-and-Drop Music and Photo Slideshows
Users can easily create and share fun and engaging slideshows using their stored photos, videos and music.  Creating a slideshow with Pogoplug is as simple as drag and drop, and sharing these slideshows is just as easy as ever. Once a user’s link is shared and viewed, their slideshow will immediately begin with the photos, videos and music they selected, playing seamlessly in the viewer’s browser.

Easier Sharing with Pogoplug Address Book
Pogoplug Address Book greatly improves the speed and ease of use of sharing with a user’s friends and family. Pogoplug automatically remembers all email addresses entered in a user’s previous shares – even if that share no longer exists – and makes them available in an easy to use address book to make sharing truly one click away.

Global Search Across Multiple Drives and Pogoplugs
With support for multiple drives on a single Pogoplug (and multiple Pogoplugs on the same account) Pogoplug has added “global” search support across all of a user’s Pogoplugs and drives.  Search filters are now a distinct feature, allowing users to view all of their photos, videos and music in a single organized view, or to search for a specific file across all Pogoplugs and drives.

Organize Your Music, Photos and Videos
Pogoplug automatically displays music by Album, Artist and Genre, and shows cover art for quick access to a user’s favorite music. Photos are now displayed by photo timeline and videos are only a click away, including the ability to watch a preview in the thumbnail itself.

Play movies directly from my.pogoplug.com, or even to the iPhone
Pogoplug now supports the playback of videos directly from a Pogoplug, with support for the most popular cameras, video cameras and mobile phones.  Movies can be shared and viewed directly from the Pogoplug website – or even from an iPhone!

Pricing and Availability
We are currently taking Pre-Orders for Pogoplug at HYPERLINK “http://www.pogoplug.com”www.pogoplug.com Units will ship before the end of the year – just in time for the Holiday Season. The Pogoplug has a suggested retail price of $129, with no additional service fees.

USEFUL LINKS
Pogoplug web site:  HYPERLINK “http://www.pogoplug.com/”www.pogoplug.com
Product photos:  HYPERLINK “http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogoplug”www.flickr.com/photos/pogoplug
Twitter feed:  HYPERLINK “http://www.twitter.com/pogoplug”www.twitter.com/pogoplug
Pogoplug online community:  HYPERLINK “http://www.pogoplugged.com” www.pogoplugged.com

ABOUT THE POGOPLUG
The Pogoplug is a device that connects up to 4 external hard drives to the Internet. It is designed for consumers who have an external hard drive and have high speed Internet. Consumers can securely access and share all of their content [Files, Photos, and Video] from any Web browser or enabled mobile device with no additional monthly fees.  Free your inner drive.

ABOUT CLOUD ENGINES, INC.
Founded in 2007 by experienced entrepreneurs from the digital media and security industries, Cloud Engines is located in San Francisco, California.  The company was formed with a mission to change the way personal content is stored and distributed over the Internet.  The Cloud Engines philosophy is that by making a product simple, open and affordable, the community will participate in making it better.  For more information, please visit our Web site,  HYPERLINK “http://www.cloudengines.com/”www.cloudengines.com.

This gadget is currently huge in the Bahamas (and a couple others by the look of it), but will likely catch on everywhere fairly soon.  If you’ve ever been out in a downtown area swimming with parking meters, you likely know how horrible it is to forget or not have sufficient change for the meter.  Or worse, to accidentally overshoot your prepaid time on the meter and have to face down a parking ticket.

But the EasyPark device is making that a thing of the past–it’s a wireless device that begins communicating with parking meters the second you pull up to one.  It then keeps track of how long you’re in the space and pays the correct parking costs for you from a bank of prepaid credit.  If you’re in a parking space that runs $.75 per half hour (just for the sake of example) and you’re gone an hour and a half, the EasyPark automatically deducts $2.25 as soon as you drive away.  Your parking is now paid.

Of course, most municipalities would likely never allow this to be used as it would gut about ninety percent of revenue from parking fines and penalties, but it’s still an awesome idea that we could all use.

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Last year on November 19th, the Xbox 360 saw a major interface update in the form of “The New Xbox Experience.  This year’s most major update will contain Twitter, FaceBook, and Last.fm accessibility.

Sources indicate that the update will launch in the UK and US on November 17th.

With this update sure to be fun and synergistic, the question people are continuing to ask is where is the web browser at?

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The price structure has been announced for the AT&T 3G MicroCell, a line of femtocells, devices designed to help AT&T customers get better reception inside buildings, as well as faster overall speeds.  Described as being “like having a cell phone tower in your home”, the 3G MicroCell is the first such publicly-tested device of its kind.

But the web community’s getting pretty torqued about the fact that you have to shell out monthly cash for this little beauty–about twenty bucks a month for unlimited use and ten if you subscribe to AT&T wireless and home phone.  Include the internet service in that last and you get the MicroCell free of charge.

It’s sort of a low blow, offering a device that’ll let you use the device you pay to use in all situations but then requiring people to pay for it.  For crying out loud, they’re already subscribers–why not just send everyone a free one to keep your base interested?

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Well, if you’ve been worried about using your various Net-capable gadgets because of the lack of net neutrality law, then worry no longer.  Seems that the FCC is about to adopt net neutrality as a set of general principles soon.

Net neutrality, in case you don’t know, is a standard that requires all internet service providers to treat all information equally in terms of download speed.  For instance, Comcast recently decided to force BitTorrent users to accept vastly slowed download speeds as they gave precedence to other users.  Technically, that’s not illegal, but the FCC did scold Comcast, and now with net neutrality, such actions as Comcast took will be illegal in the future.

So download away, folks–your ISP can’t stop you any more.

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For some reason I always associate dial-up connections with Grandmas.  I actually know somebody’s Grandma that has a FaceBook account.  All ignorance aside, FaceBook Lite is now available worldwide for those out there who wanna stay connected with family and friends but have a less than stellar internet connection.

FaceBook Lite was in Beta testing all last month and as of yesterday became a legit site ready for public consumption.  Encompassing a more streamlined structure (sans 3rd-party applications) with less features, FaceBook Lite will run faster and be more accessible for those new to the service or in countries that have bandwidth limitations.

Those of you with regular FaceBook accounts are welcome to seamlessly transfer over to FaceBook Lite if you like it better.

Now only if they could dumb down Myspace a bit.

[via Coated]

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Last year was my first year at CES.  It’s also when I discovered that Las Vegas will milk you for every penny between your sofa’s pillows, which includes charging you not only for Internet access, but for any other computers added to the network in your hotel room.  Enter the Buffalo Ethernet Hub.  It’s powered by your computer’s USB port and can distribute your Internet connection to two connected computers.    Sure, a switch or router could accomplish the same feat but not without an external power supply.

Note: Mac computers can share their Internet connection over WiFi and Ethernet.

[via EverythingUSB]

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A home’s standard WiFi network is usually sufficient, that is assuming you live in a house with limited square footage, walls and floors.  But what is one to do if you live in a mansion with 1000s of square footage?  You could prewire your home with Cat5 cable, that is assuming you have the foresight and don’t purchase a historic or already completed house.

Introduced today, the Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit provides up to 1000Mbps data speeds throughout your home by utilizing the existing electrical wiring to form a network.  Just plug in the sender adapter into your router and the receive adapater into the wall, run an Ethernet cord to the appropriate device and you’ll be in business.  Unfortuanately, I’ve heard that these types of systems tend to be senstive to interference, old wiring and provide spotty connections over long distances.  It’s available now and start at $149.99.

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Cloud Engine is now officially shipping their Pogo Plug, a USB adapter that turns any external hard drive or flash memory stick into a NAS storage device. As previously mentioned, this is the only device on the market (that I’m aware of) of its type that works with USB hubs, enabling you to turn multiple hard drives into NAS devices.  Yours for $99.

[Pogoplug]

Click…click…click…yep, you’ve heard it before, the sound of a dead USB hard drive crashing its depressed head into the platter. And who can blame it after a monotonous life writing data back and forth, back and forth, back…and…forth, 24/7, catering to your every whim and desire. Well, enter the Addonics NAS Adapter, the digital Prozac that dramatically injects new life into your storage device by transforming it into a honest to goodness Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. Too good to be true? Let’s take a look in detail.

Feature highlights:

• Converts any USB 2.0 / 1.1 mass storage device into a Network Attached Storage device
• USB port can be used to power most 2.5″ USB hard drives or any low powered USB storage device
• Supports Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps
• Simple to install
• Small and light weight. Size slightly longer than a C size battery. Can be installed practically anywhere
• Can be set as DHCP server or client
• Supports Samba server for up to 64 concurrent clients
• Built-in FTP server for up to 8 concurrent users
• Built-in print server to attach any USB printer to the network
• Built-in Bit Torrent client for direct download to the attached USB storage device
• Can be set as a UPnP AV server to share photo/music files stored on the file server with XBOX 360 video game consoles connected to the LAN
• User management to allow read only or read/write access to folders
• Administrative management access via web browser with password security
• Compatible with all Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux 2.6.x and above

The Addonics NAS Adapter is a surprisingly small device measuring just under 3 inches long, yet, packing in an extensive feature set that includes a built-in DHCP server, Samba server, FTP server, print server, Bit Torrent client, and UPnP AV server, all on top of the NAS functionality. Not too shabby if you ask me.

Set-up is a breeze. Simply plug into a power source using the included power cable, plug into your router using an ethernet cable, and connect a USB storage unit into the USB port. Once that’s done find the IP address by using the provided java application on CD or look at the ‘connected devices’ section on your router config page. After logging into the Addonics setup page, click to the setup section to detect and format your USB storage device. This will completely wipe out your hard drive by formatting it into one large FAT32 partition (NTFS not supported). Some of you may be thinking, “But what about my high-def movies files that are bigger than the stupid 4GB FAT32 size limit?” To which I’m tempted to say, “You’re screwed, bub! mwahahaha” or I can more correctly say, “The Addonics adapter can read them as long as they’re copied to the storage device through the network. However, the 4GB+ files will not be recognized if you access the drive directly via USB to PC.”

If you have a USB drive already formatted in FAT32, no problem, you’re ready to go. Simply create a ‘PUBLIC’ folder and move all data into it. The Addonics should recognize the content no problem.

In actual use, the Addonics worked without a hitch. I was able to access all data and stream movies to every device on the network. This became quite a liberating experience since I could now watch movies from a wireless laptop, wired entertainment PC, Xbox 360 via UPnP, even my Wi-Fi enabled phone.

So would I recommend this device? That really depends. If you’re the average home user wanting to stream movies, access data, or connect a USB printer to the network then most definitely, absolutely, sell your firstborn to buy this device. If you’re the more serious corporate type needing a robust, high-performance NAS solution, why are you even reading this review? You’re better off buying a high-end, much more expensive dedicated device.

Pros:

• Extremely small footprint
• Streams HD content well
• Adds numerous features such as ftp server, bittorrent client, DHCP server, UPnP server, printer server
• Remote management through a web browser
• Compatible with most operating systems

Cons:

• No NTFS support
• No Gigabit ethernet support

What is it: The IOGEAR 4-port USB Sharestation puts up to four USB devices on the network. This one-ups other USB to NAS adapters by allowing multiple devices on the network, including USB hard drives, printers, flash drives, etc.

Features: Allows four USB devices to be accessed over the network. Ethernet port, four USB ports, requires external power

Availability: End of March

Price: $99.95

[Engadget]

While the Twitter machine is plowing full steam ahead and getting a ton of press, not many people know that the start up company is actually three years old.  People didn’t hear about Twitter until July 2006 but today is the official birthday.  Everybody from celebrities to politicians to soccer moms are on Twitter, and it has definitely gone viral.  Check out the old logo pic below.  Not bad looking but the R looks like an A.  Also check out our Top 10 Celebrity Twitter Feeds! Follow GadgetReview!!

[TechCrunch]

Early last December we took a look at the Addonics NAS adapter.  In short, it enables any storage drive with a USB interface to become a NAS.  In just a few weeks time they’ll face some stiff competition from the Pogoplug.  Although the Pogoplug is $24 more and lacks a Bit Torrent server (it could be modded via Linux to include this, so says Erik), it can be plugged into a USB Hub allowing multiple drives to be accessed.  So yes, it costs more than the Addonics NAS Adapter, but you’ll only need to purchase one adapter to access multiple drives and thus the savings.  Notably, they’ve also built an iPhone application enabling easy access to your files no matter your location.

The Pogoplug will ship sometime  in March.  You can preorder one now for $20 off the regular price of $99.

From Addonics’ website:

Q: Can I attached an USB hub to the NAS adapter to have multiple hard drives on the Network?
A: No. The NAS adapter does not support USB hub

From Pogoplug’s website:

Q: Can I attach multiple hard drives to my Pogoplug?
A: Yes! Use a USB hub with your Pogoplug and you can attach multiple hard drives that all show up under your account.

[Pogoplug]

What is it: The Winstars networking USB 2.0 Server M4 is a small, palm-sized device that puts up to 4 USB devices onto your network. It only has 1 USB port so you’ll need to connect a USB hub to share devices such as USB hard drives, flash drives, multi-function printers, you name it, it’ll probably support it

Features:

• Share up to 4 USB devices through your home or office network by connecting to a USB 2.0 Hub 
• Wirelessly share your USB devices through your wireless router.
• Share an external hard drive, flash drive or memory card reader with multiple users over your network
• Share a USB webcam over a network
• Enjoy music stored on any networked PC with a USB speaker*
• Allows multiple users to share a Multi-Function Printer (MFP) over a network to print, scan, and fax from any networked computer
• Supported protocols:, LPR/LPD, DHCP, UPnP
• Supports USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices
• Supports Windows Vista Rally Technology
• Works with any home or office Ethernet network

Availability: Here

Price: $33

[Slashgear]

Living vicariously through celebrities has always been an American infatuation.  Even my mom has Perez Hilton bookmarked.  Now the microcosm that is Twitter lets you get even closer to celebrities without having to dumpster dive for Keith Richards’ blood transfusion leftovers.  Here’s the top 10 Twitter celebrity feeds:

Click to follow:

1. Britney Spears

2. Snoop Dog

3. Dalai Lama – Unverified

4. John Hodgman The PC Guy

5. Claire McCaskill

6. Lance Armstrong

7. Shaquille O’Neal

8. Arnold Schwarzenegger

9. David Lynch

10. Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore

Follow GadgetReview!

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What is it: The Tripp Lite USB extender does exactly that, it extends a USB connection (up to 150ft) using cheap Cat5 (LAN) cables.

Features: It has a transmitter and receiver. Comes in two models, the U224-1R4-R and U224-4R4-R. Plug and Play, USB 1.1 compliant, and requires no drivers

Availability: TBA

Price: TBA

[Slashgear]

D-link has sought the holy route of convergence this year.  Today they unveiled the DIR-685, an all-in-one router that incorporates 802.11n WiFi, printer server, NAS storage options (you’ll need to add your own 2.5-inch hard drive) and a 3.2-inch, 1.6 million color LCD screen for photo viewing, diagnostics, video streams and weather updates.  For added expandability, there’s also 2x USB ports for plugging in an external hard drive and if you’re of the pirating type then you’ll be indulged with the built-in BitTorrent client.

No word on price or availability.

Every once in a while I’ll request something to review that I can’t fully evaluate because I am a MAC owner. When I request products I just assume that they will work for a MAC because MAC’s are the best! At any rate, I am here to review, to the best of my technological ability, the Swann Networking IP-3G ConnectCam 1000. For the sake of not copying and pasting that long name, I’m going to just refer to it as the IP-3G from here on in.

The IP-3G is a day & night wireless 802.11G network camera that can be used across a wide spectrum of applications: a security device in your home or business, or as a video chat camera, or even as a monitor to see if your roommate is using your HDTV when he shouldn’t.

Let me make this abundantly clear, the IP-3G is not made for the MAC! This first thing I will say about Swann as a company, which is widely recognized for their security cameras, is that their customer service is fantastic! They fielded my tech questions and had responses with in 24 hours, which was impressive. They said that I would not be able to get the IP-3G to work with a MAC whatsoever, but with the help of a MAC guru buddy, we got it to work ‘visuals only’ through a Linksy’s router. Simply put, the IP-3G has a web server that you need to connect to. It can be accessed through local and global IP addresses. We got it to work by “port forwarding” it through the router and giving it a fixed IP address. We had to take this route as none of the included software worked on my MAC, but we got the core feature, the visuals, to work at least. The quality of the visuals were moderate at best, with day usage lacking colors, and you could tell it had a night vision grain to it. The night vision was nice and very reminiscent of anything night vision you’ve seen in movies or video games.

As far as features are concerned, the IP-3G has a plethora. From the general audio-visual admin and network menus, you can do two-way audio, MPEG4 & MJPEG compression for storage via USB stick or hard drive, and set the motion detector to take a snap shot and then email it to you. The latter feature, the motion detector email, is something conventional security camera’s don’t even touch. Additionally, you don’t need a PC to set up and use it if you have a 3G enabled phone, just not a 3G iPhone!

The IP-3G is constructed of a high density bright white plastic that looks attractive. It’s also fairly small, but I wonder how well it would deal with rainy, windy, or inclement weather conditions. And despite the fact that it’s wireless, it still uses a wired power source which could prove to hamper some set up scenarios. To be noted, the IP-3G isn’t a huge bandwidth leech as it only impacted my speeds around a negative megabyte per second, and you can run it wired if you like through the ethernet jack on the back. Also on the back is an eighth inch jack to plug speakers into, as well as a microphone on the front in order to accomplish the two way audio feature. All in all, the IP-3G has a ton of cool features allowing for some deep customizations styles and options to tool around with, just not for the MAC.

When it comes to technology you should always research before you buy, and as I have just learned, I should research before I review, instead of just request. Oh, this looks cool…not anymore! Chalk it up to a lesson learned, and I will not make the same mistake again! The IP-3G seems like a great piece of gear from the way I see it, though the way I see it is not an optimal one.

Pros

• Many Customizable Features
• Theoretically Easy Setup
• Small Compact Design

Cons

• Is Not MAC Compatible! Weak Sauce!
• Pricey For A “Web Cam”
• Still Needs Wired Power Source

Buy it for $260 here

What is it: The Addonics NAS adapter turns any USB hard drive into a NAS enabled device. What does that mean? Basically, it turns your USB hard drive into a network device so you can access it from anywhere on the network

Features: USB to ethernet adapater, LED status lights, built-in bittorrent client, DHCP server/client, web-based management

• Convert any USB 2.0 / 1.1 mass storage device into a Network Attached Storage device
• Great for adding Addonics Storage Tower, Storage Rack or any Addonics USB storage device onto the network
• Great for creating a custom Network Attached Storage appliance.
• USB port can be used to power most 2.5″ USB hard drives or any low powered USB storage device.
• Support Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps.
• Simple to install
• Small and light weight. Size slightly longer than a C size battery. Can be installed practically anywhere
• Can be set as DHCP server or client.
• Support Samba server for up to 64 concurrent clients.
• Support FTP server for up to 8 concurrent users.
• Can be set as a print server to attach any USB printer to the network
• Built-in Bit Torrent client for direct download to the attached USB storage device
• Can be set as a UPnP AV server to share photo/music files stored on the file server with XBOX 360 video game consoles connected to the LAN
• User management to allow read only or read/write access to folders
• Administrative management access via web browser with password security.
• Compatible with all Windows OS, Mac OS, Linux 2.6.x and above

Availability: Here

Price: $55

[Crunchgear]