Our hands-on test shows that this is actually a very nice piece of kit - well-styled, and more useful than first impressions lead you to believe. Will it do well? Not if o2's marketing team has anything to do with it - firstly, the name "o2 Joggler" - it gives no indication of what the product actually does - and the TV advert that heralded the launch is hardly much better.
The product is portrayed as an alternative to a fridge door - which is exactly what it isn't. What it is, is a well thought-out digital picture frame, with full multi-media support, access to an online calendar, and with one-button access to news, sport, road conditions and weather. Load up the Joggler with up to 1gig of your favourite family snaps, tunes and video clips via USB , or even share the contents of your PC's media library using wi-fi, then use it to show a slideshow of photos, and check the state of the world before trekking off to work in the morning.
Setup is a doddle - Out of the box, the unit starts up, and asks you to connect using wi-fi, or by connecting the supplied Ethernet cable to your home's Broadband router. We went 'wi-fi', and the Joggler detected our access point, asked for our security key and was off and running. Before letting us play, it was time to update it's software.
After a download and reboot, we were up and running. First, we were asked for a name, email address and an o2 phone number - something to do with support and registration, according to the manual. The Calendar is the central app for the Joggler. Create a calendar for your family, with individual logons, and you can see your shared calendar both online and on the Joggler.
You need to have an o2 online account which you can get without having to be an o2 customer to use all of the features of the Joggler Calendar. Text message event alerts will only go to o2 mobile phone users. Get the current and upcoming weather for the UK - select your home town from a list of major UK towns and cities. Learn more. Every now and again a product comes along that just refuses to fit neatly into any single category.
O2 is marketing it as a kind of digital calendar that the whole family can use, but we think this is underselling it a bit. Plus it holds the promise that extra apps may be added to it over time.
We had expected the Joggler to be the type of interesting, but flaky OEM product that network operators pick up every so often. Usually these devices go out of their way to offer as many features as possible, but end up doing none of them particularly well while offering a user interface that would have been cutting edge back in the days of the Commodore Some how the Joggler manages to avoid these usual pitfalls.
Not only is the display bright; it also produces really vivid looking colours. In use the Joggler feels very responsive which is hardly surprising given that its based on a fairly feisty Intel Atom processor clocked a 1. You can also invite other members of your family to be on the calendar buddy list so they can view it and update it as well. The O2 Joggler in action. The new O2 Joggler. Try out the O2 Joggler at your nearest O2 shop or buy online. Photos Store and look at your family photos.
Messages Receive text messages to your Joggler and send up to 50 messages to any UK mobile phone. Music Just like your photos, you can play and save some of your favourite tunes on your O2 Joggler. O2 Calendar Let everyone in your family know what's going on with free reminders to O2 mobiles.
Video Play movies and store your home videos. Privacy Terms. Quick links. Post your details here. It's been a while and it's great to see the forum going strong. I have another joggler for sale but before I ebay it I thought I'd see if anyone here is interested.
It's in great condition and is in origjnal box. It's been reflashed so is ready to go. Wifi works fine.
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