USB Mailbox Changes Color as You Get Messages
Yet another incentive to clear your multiple inboxes.
If you somehow don't use screen alerts for your messaging services, and want a visual reminder of your procrastination, here's an $18 USB peripheral available for pre-order. The USB Mail Box Friends Alert is a small plastic mailbox that lights up and plays a sound when a new mail or message comes in, flipping up its own little flag to draw your attention.
According to retailer Brando, supported services include Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Windows Live, Live Mail, Facebook, Twitter, and generic POP3 email. The mailbox actually turns from green to red to indicate how many unanswered messages you have.
This Windows-only accessory (XP, Vista, or 7) weighs a light 8 grams, is a tiny 28 x 35 x 20 mm, and comes with a User Manual and "CD Driver." Brando will start shipping this baby "in the Mid of July, 2010"
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Overpriced, useless junk and looks like it'll break easily.
Now I've seen it all
i really want that /sarcasm
i frigging want!
I would rather spend $18 on a fast 8GB Flash Drive from Newegg and use it with Win 7's ReadyBoost
This is a waste of a USB port.
If it's an open platform, it would be fun to pick apart the code and apply it to something different.
If it's proprietary, and only the binary drivers are supplied, it's junk.
Just keep it away from male dogs.
Cute but will become an annoyance after sometime.
It is obvious that this is the GREATEST thing since sliced bread! All of you who have chastised it should go back to listening to your 8-track tapes or taking a ride in your Model T's. Leave the future to the rest of us.
Neat.
the guy would be very fast rich if he'd make it for Mac too. "Look how shiny and glowy it is"
Overpriced, useless junk and looks like it'll break easily.
Funny, I came to the same conclusions about Microsoft Windows!
I'm waiting for the Buck or 2 store down the road to carry this overpriced night light.
hey useless to most of us but i see this i a nice bday gift for my mom who knows only how to shop online and check her mail...thats one thing i dont have to worry about
OMG I would smash it with a hammer within 1 hour.
I like it except Windows only leaves me out as a potential buyer.
All I'm going to say is if you need you Email THAT MUCH, get a Blackberry or some other smartphone.......
Obviously NOT made by a man. Just saying.
Neat idea but not for $18!