O2 unveils electronic organiser for families
Replace your fridge magnets
Steve Martin could have done with O2’s new gadget in flick Cheaper by the Dozen, because the network provider’s claimed the touchscreen device ensures that “family life runs more smoothly”.
O2's Joggler: an electronic family diary
Essentially an electronic replacement for sticky notes on the fridge, the 7in Joggler - who came up with that name? - is a family calendar that sends text message reminders out to clan members about important events, such as Little Jimmy’s parents evening.
It’s worth noting that Joggler doesn’t take SIM cards. Instead, O2 will let buyers send 50 text messages per month for free to any UK mobile. Texts can also be sent to Joggler.
Connecting onto your home broadband connector either wired or wirelessly, Joggler also provides weather updates, traffic information, news headlines and sports updates – with the majority of content supplied by broadcaster Sky.
But no family would be complete without entertainment. So it’s a good job that Joggler’s 1GB storage capacity can be used for storing photos, music and videos.
Play music, watch videos and read the news
Pictures can be transferred onto the device through its USB port, while music and video can also be streamed to the device and played out through its built-in speakers.
Sudoku’s the only game currently available on Joggler, but O2’s promised that more will be coming soon.
Joggler’s other features include an alarm clock, calculator, radio and – of course – a calendar.
O2 said Joggler will be available from early next month, priced at £150 ($212/€169). ®
COMMENTS
Good for the family and small business?
You can run a calendar for upto 10 people so could this be aimed at small SME's too?
Nice idea for the noughties family lifestyle.
Pah....
More cheap Chinese made plastic tosh with sky provided over hyped news feeds...
Basically, 150 for the ability to send 50 sms a month seems like a lot to me.
And it seems to me as if it will be v ery shport step to having adverts slapped through this cheap pastic crap in a revenue sharing deal with sky : which probably explains why 02 went with the mordoch lie machine rather than Blighties BBC..........
I'll take one
...if I can have it thown in with my iPhone contact/O2 broadband :)
Would be quite usefull in for me - but as above, A browser would mean I could easily connect and control the living room Media mac.
Not bad
As digital photo frames go, it's actually unusually nice looking - and of course does rather more, though given that it's essentially a keyboardless netbook, a browser wouldn't have been too much to ask, at that price. Shame about the aspect ratio, but c'est la vie these days. I wonder if this is a rebadge job, and if you can get one without its bezel spoilt by O2's logo?
