UPDATE: The O2 Joggler could be getting third party apps! Click here to find out how we know, and don’t forget to read our review.
The O2 Joggler isn’t out until next month, but we’ve already got hands-on with it and felt up its luvverly touchscreen. Can this replace your faithful paper calendar? Read on to find out, with first impressions and plenty of pictures along the way!
The O2 Joggler is a bit of puzzler. There’s no cateogrising it: is the O2 Joggler a digital photo frame with power, a PDA with a plug or even a whole new type of home hub?
We’ve played with the O2 Joggler and we’re still not sure, but it ain’t half clever. Hooking up to your home Wi-Fi, the O2 Joggler juggles your family’s appointments, sending alert texts when events crop up and in the future it’ll let you send text messages to the family too, even though the O2 Joggler isn’t tied in to any contract.
You can also catch up with news, weather and traffic alerts on-screen, and the O2 Joggler will even double up as a digital photo frame and video player. O2 says internet radio is coming to the device too, hopefully in time for launch next month.
After playing with the O2 Joggler, we reckon it’s a neat package for the price. O2 still needs to make a few software tweaks as the version we’ve tried was a bit slow, but any updates O2 pushes out will be delivered over the air so you won’t even notice.
That leaves our only real gripe being the inability to sync with smartphone calendars, but the O2 Joggler is aimed at families, and O2 hasn’t ruled this out of a future update. The O2 Joggler is out next month, so count down the days until the demise of the paper calendar with our hands-on pics!
Out April | £149.99 | O2
