Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Every once in awhile a new site or service pops up that makes you wonder how you got by before you used it. Orb just may be one of those sites.
The idea behind Orb is simple. Take your digital media with you, everywhere, to any location where you have a high speed internet connection. The best part about the service? You guessed it, it's free, and it is accessible from your Pocket PC device. To use it, you need to register, and then walk through a quick configuration utility that includes the location of your media, as well as configuring your local TV listings (only needed if you have a tv tuner installed on your PC.) I would like to tell you it is much more difficult than that, but its not. Simply access www.orb.com, log in to your account and your media is presented to you in a clean and easy to use interface. Since it operates through a browser you can access from either your Desktop, laptop, or Window Mobile device.
It also has a bunch of other useful add ins like weather, your favourites, contacts etc. To check out Orb simply click the link below.
The idea behind Orb is simple. Take your digital media with you, everywhere, to any location where you have a high speed internet connection. The best part about the service? You guessed it, it's free, and it is accessible from your Pocket PC device. To use it, you need to register, and then walk through a quick configuration utility that includes the location of your media, as well as configuring your local TV listings (only needed if you have a tv tuner installed on your PC.) I would like to tell you it is much more difficult than that, but its not. Simply access www.orb.com, log in to your account and your media is presented to you in a clean and easy to use interface. Since it operates through a browser you can access from either your Desktop, laptop, or Window Mobile device.
It also has a bunch of other useful add ins like weather, your favourites, contacts etc. To check out Orb simply click the link below.