Written on October 21, 2008 – 7:19 am | by Maria Mihale |


You’re caught in the middle of the most terrible working periods you’ve had in the last years and you’re on the edge of breaking down. As if it weren’t enough, you receive tons of emails from all sorts of people who must want something from you otherwise they wouldn’t dare to disturb you when you most need some peace. This kind of distraction is very common nowadays, especially because there are so many ways for you to be announced that you’ve just got mail.

Here’s a new way to be informed of all incoming emails without having Windows Live Messenger tell you in a square pop-up window at the bottom right hand side of a typical desktop display: via USB Webmail Notifier.



Maybe some of you, who do not enjoy very much the constant deluge of emails, won’t find the exact utility of such an office gadget. You work in an office with a computer that’s connected to the Internet and emails are part of your work routine so it’s to be assumed that you’re using an email client with notification settings as well. It’s enough you’re having all of those balloons popping up on your screen (hopefully in the lower corner) and dings that let you know that you’ve got mail. Therefore, such a device is the last thing you need, right?

The USB Webmail Notifier is a luminous desktop gadget that will light up when incoming email has reached your inbox. It’s kind of tough to miss this big blue envelope, isn’t it? The device connects to your private email account when you can’t and lets you know what is going on. It supports gmail, yahoo, outlook express and POP3 account and it works in the background to inform you every time you receive a personal email and even the capacity of unread emails. More than that, every new email will be illuminated soft light and associated with a sound.



There is no battery required, as we’re talking about a USB peripheral that can get power from your computer. All you need is a small cable and you’re ready to go. On the other hand, it can change colors to let you know when your inbox is almost full. Ok, the USB Webmail Notifier could be somewhat useful when it comes to webmail but come on, every webmail provider shows you the status of your inbox directly on the dashboard.

The USB Webmail Notifier comes with blue, red and green indicator and it’s compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista. There is no word about the Mac compatibility, at least not yet.
Measuring 74 x 30 x 47 millimeters (approximately) and weighing 62 grams, this could be the next device in the email notifiers list you’ve already own, for an amount of $17.00 from Brando.

(Source Dvice)