Release Date:November 1, 2003 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
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Effortlessly track the DJIA, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 anywhere in your home or office, at a glance!
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The Ambient Market Maven displays market reports for the DJIA, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 anytime in the home or office. No PC or internet connection required.
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Shows 3 major U.S. stock indices.
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An instant snapshot of market activity -- all day, every day.
Product Description Ambient Devices Stock Orb - Imagine if you had to go to your computer and type in your zip code whenever you wanted to check what time it was. Your important information should be as accessible as looking at a clock, now the Ambient Orb can make a variety of information just a glance away. The Orb will arrive automatically set to track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, glowing more green or red to indicate market movement up or down, or yellow when the market is calm. It can be customized to a set of free channels, such as market indices or weather in major cities. As an option, you can upgrade to access more premium channels, such as your customized portfolio. Better coverage. Wireless coverage from the Ambient Information Network covers over 90% of the U.S. population. Check if you're covered. More channels. Now track weather, pollen forecasts, instant messaging presence, and even the probability of news events with the NewsFutures' channel.
Ambient OrbJuly 6, 2008 I purchased two Ambient Orbs. One was faulty, and they replaced it with no problems.
One worked perfectly for a long time (doesn't seem to be working, now), and the other worked on the middle light intensity, but not on high or low intensity. Then I dropped it and broke it (about 6 months ago).
Had them for years, but don't use them now.
Product was good, but not for our areaMay 20, 2008 We could not get reception sufficient to "pull in" the signal necessary for the product to work properly. There was nothing wrong with the product, unless you count the lack of signal.
Item not as described!April 7, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This item is not as described. The Ambient Orb, which I intended to purchase, is currently unavailable. The Market Maven is a different product from the one described in the item description. Returned for refund!
A good idea that disappointsFebruary 10, 2006 7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I received this as a gift a month ago, so I can't fairly gripe about the cost. But it's certainly an overpriced paperweight. I compare it to the Galileo thermometer (also a gift) it sits next to on my desk -- attractive and a conversation piece, but minimal practicality.
Cards inside the package indicates I can set displays for stock prices, today's high temperature (although the Ambient website says current temperature), weekend forecast, air quality, pollen count, and a dozen other things. Neat idea. But I will have to pay a monthly fee (I get the first three months free) to use the majority of them. And the website doesn't list all of the choices I have on my cards. But it does list a choice of chances that "Bush will be re-elected." Huh? At least it correctly predicts that as zero.
The website also correctly indicates that my portfolio is up 1.25 percent on this particular day, and it indicates that my orb should be light green. However, it's been red all day, and it's been off on other days as well. Unless the accuracy improves, I won't be signing on for the monthly service. And while I initially thought this would be a great gift idea for someone else, that won't be happening unless I see significant improvements.
does what it saysDecember 29, 2005 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The orb works as defined. It's usefulness is open to interpretation. Out of the box, I believe it to be an overpriced conversation piece.
The quality is not outstanding. The pager card had come loose in the one I received and was bouncing around in the orb. It worked once I reassembled it. I'm not quite sure what justifies the high price, I can only guess that it must be to subsidize the network costs.
The ambient site itself seems a little disorganized and the community forums are pretty inactive. This leaves me uncertain of the viability of the company itself.
It should be noted that ambient sells an add-on card that allows programmers to control the orb via serial connection. This allows programmers to turn it into a more useful conversation piece (regardless of ambient's future).
