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and the other questions I got in my email arent on here (that I can see!)

4. O2 have also had some more ideas about improvements, would any of these be useful?

a. Traffic. We are considering adding extra functionality which would provide text showing real time traffic incidents, accidents, traffic jams for their region. What’s the view on this ?

I wouldnt use this as I rarely drive very far. I would also wonder if it would be much use as you cant take it with you so you would miss updates

b. News and Sport – we are considering adding a video news/sports news roundup. Would they use these apps more if they had this functionality?

Not interested in sport, I read the news but find it frustrating there are only a few stories, I like thee funnies best and you never feature these.

c. On portability we are specifically considering a docking station and the Joggler screen would have about a 4 hour battery life before it needed charging. Are there any issues with this? Will the screen get lost in the home? Do the benefits outweigh any disadvantages?

I would like to be able to move it but 4 hours isnt much, it would def run out every time!

d. Calendar on the mobile:

· Do you use a calendar on your mobile currently?

Yes

· Do you use it to manage your own events, or do you also use it to manage events for other people in your family?

Mostly me but I keep track of others so I can remind them

· Would you like to be able to see your O2 Calendar on your mobile?

Yes, I might actually use it then!

· Would you expect to be able to just view events or also add new ones?

Would have to be able to add if I was going to stop using my mobile caendar

e. Watch again TV – would you like to be able to watch TV on you Joggler for example on iPlayer? Would you be interested in being able to stream programmes from their main TV to the Joggler? When/why would you use this?

Definately, would be a big advantage

I posted all my stuff on the link – is that ok?

Sorry but can’t join in the live discussions as am at work at that time.
Have read through it though and here are my own answers to the questions raised.

Part 1: Getting a sense of how it is working in family life.

1. Two weeks in, is the O2 Joggler having a positive impact on your family life? Why/why not?
To some degree yes, I am using it to keep track of appointments and I really like the text reminders. Problem is the calendar is extremely slow to use through the joggler, despite saying it has a good wireless connection, it is so slow that I can’t wait for it and end up using the laptop to enter dates into the calendar, which defeats the point of the joggler really. If the wireless connection is good, why is it so slow to load anything??

2. What are the three things on it that you are using the most? Calendar through the laptop, Clock/Date/ Sorry, thats about it because everything is so slow

3. O2 have recently launched a pay and go package for families called the ‘Bolt On’, which offers unlimited calls, text messages and picture messages between you and your family (up to 5 members) for £7.50 per month. Would you consider the Bolt on useful for family life alongside the Joggler? YES – am definately thinking this would be worth doing as all of us are on O2.

Part 2: Refining what you want next/what is most important to you from the Joggler and Calendar. To speed it up! Also some of the text reminders arrive after the time?? This obviously is no good. Why is that?

4. What are the three things you’d like it to do that it doesn’t currently? BE MOBILE!! Interactive family quiz/games, Address Book/Note/Memo/Reminder facility.
a. We know Calendar syncing is one – what do they mean by this i.e. Not worried as this calendar is only electronic one I use!!

1. Do you want to synchronise your/your family’s personal calendar (i.e. outlook) with the whole of your O2 Calendar?

2. Do you want to synchronise selected events from your personal calendar with your family on your O2 Calendar?

3. Or do you just want to be able to invite your O2 calendar from other calendars I.e. outlook & visa versa?

b. Do you use/ see the benefit in streaming music photos and video from the home pc or laptop directly to the Joggler?
Did try it but without much success. Can see its use if the joggler was actually portable. THIS IS A MUST!

Hi i missed the live chat again(i was working though). But here are my answers to the questions,

1. Two weeks in, is the O2 Joggler having a positive impact on your family life? Why/why not?
A. Yes for sure i would have missed so may appointments & kids parties if it was not for the Joggler reminding me. The weather has been right every time i have looked & we have planned plenty of BBQ from the Joggler Weather App .
2. What are the three things on it that you are using the most?
A. Calender(i agree it needs tweaking to be fantastic though), Music through Connect & Play we have linked it up to our hifi via the speaker/headphones port on back and it sounds FAB now, so the speakers will make a big diffrence & the Weather app.
3. O2 have recently launched a pay and go package for families called the ‘Bolt On’, which offers unlimited calls, text messages and picture messages between you and your family (up to 5 members) for £7.50 per month. Would you consider the Bolt on useful for family life alongside the Joggler?
A. Yes but we are all in other network contracts at the moment but when they are due for renewal i will change us all over.
Part 2: Refining what you want next/what is most important to you from the Joggler and Calendar
4. What are the three things you’d like it to do that it doesn’t currently?
A. To do list as this will be really helpful to my busy life, a shopping app would be fantastic & some were to put notes in the calender that can be view’d on main calender.
a. We know Calendar syncing is one – what do they mean by this i.e. Only ever used paper calenders b4 Joggler.
1. Do you want to synchronise your/your family’s personal calendar (i.e. outlook) with the whole of your O2 Calendar?
A. N/A
2. Do you want to synchronise selected events from your personal calendar with your family on your O2 Calendar?
A. N/A
3. Or do you just want to be able to invite your O2 calendar from other calendars I.e. outlook & visa versa?
A. N/A
b. Do you use/ see the benefit in streaming music photos and video from the home pc or laptop directly to the Joggler?
A. Very!! as some one is always using the comp/laptop in our house so for me to be able to listen music or watch a film via the joggler while the kids/DH are playing on the laptop etc… is fantastic for me i now dont nag them so much and just sit in the kitchen quietly watching my film or listen to the music while im cooking.

Thanks soooooooo muck for the Joggler & look forward to the updates & new apps xoxo Becky.

Do not accept the O2 Joggler’s Internet Radio Update!!

My O2 joggler recently accepted the internet radio update and has since suffered problems.

I can no longer set the date and time manually, nor will it update from the ntp time servers, so I am stuck with an incorrect date and time.

There is no way to revert the update either.

The system has also slowed considerably. The internet radio functionality also seems flawed as sometimes the menus work and other times they don’t.
I seem to have lost my calendar, but it may be that I just have to put the details in again… the problem is I can’t remember the details.

There is a forum at http://forum.o2.co.uk where you can search for joggler to find threads discussing issues, but despite being under the noses of O2, they have not published any technical guidance online as how to resolve the problems.

Finding the correct O2 support person is also difficult. O2 shops are not aware of the problems. Customer services are not used to dealing with joggler queries, and calling them will take you 20 mins waiting for help.