![]() The box looks large enough to possibly house its own storage, but that isn't the case: you still have to plug in your own USB-connected hard drives or thumbdrives. The squat and somewhat bulky box now has three USB 2.0 ports in the rear and one poking out the front above a Pogoplug logo that lights up when the box is powered on. Alas, the new Pogoplug needs to stand on a table or other surface and uses a long power cord by default. The original Pogoplug got its name because it was a big wall wart: you could plug it directly into a wall AC outlet (though an extension cord was provided as well). The $129 price tag is also $30 more than the original, more compact Pogoplug, but it does have four USB ports compared with its single-port predecessor. (Don't bother looking for it in other colors-pink is your only choice.) Combined with its ribbed glossy white plastic mini-tower look, it can't help but come across like an iMac peripheral made in 1998. In a lot of ways, the new Pogoplug (which we'll call "Pogoplug 2") is a design coming-out party: it has more iconic curves, a definite design, and, well, a lot of pink. Unfortunately, the second-generation Pogoplug seems to have forgotten the lessons of its former product. Although somewhat utilitarian, at least it didn't waste any space. When we last reviewed the Pogoplug, we found its design to be refreshingly simple and compact, and its purpose streamlined.
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