Just ordered one myself from the O2 site - looking forward to running Netbook Edition on it....
Cheers -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://uk.wordcamp.org ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rob Beard <[email protected]> > To: UK Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, 6 April, 2010 9:38:23 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about.. > > Alan Pope wrote: > No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 > Joggler. > > 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery > gets you a 7 > inch touch screen device with:- > > 1.3GHz > Intel Atom CPU > 1GB storage > 512MB RAM > Wired > ethernet > Broadcom b/g/n WiFi > Audio + headphone jack > USB > port > > > >http://shop.o2.co.uk/joggler > > It seems to come with a > cut-down version of Ubuntu Hardy and can be > flashed to run 'proper' > Ubuntu or Netbook Edition if you wish. > > I thought it might be > useful as a mythtv frontend for my desk or > bedside, or maybe even an IP > telephone when paired with a suitable USB > headset. > > Some > links I've gathered:- > > > target=_blank >http://shop.o2.co.uk/joggler > > href="http://robhu.livejournal.com/750902.html"; target=_blank > >http://robhu.livejournal.com/750902.html > > href="http://magician.gforums.de/wiki/index.php5?title=UNE_Installation"; > target=_blank > >http://magician.gforums.de/wiki/index.php5?title=UNE_Installation > > > >http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?p=21187242 > > href="http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/review/2009/07/01/O2-Joggler/p1"; > > target=_blank > >http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/review/2009/07/01/O2-Joggler/p1 > > > target=_blank > >http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/peripherals/253801/o2-joggler > > href="http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/646001/o2-joggler-49-99-now-with-free-app-"; > > target=_blank > >http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/646001/o2-joggler-49-99-now-with-free-app- > > > Cheers, > Al. > > Hmm... I'm very interested. > Has anyone on the list actually got one of these yet? I'm wondering > what sort of power requirements it has (I gather it doesn't run off a > battery which is a shame) but I'm interested to know if it has a fairly > standard power supply (such as 12 volt PSU or laptop PSU)? What I'm > thinking is maybe something like this would make a great in-car media player > (either for playing MP3s or XVid movies to keep the kids quiet on long > journeys) at least if it can be powered off a cigarette lighter socket (or > alternatively an inverter). Sounds like a good excuse to pop down to the > O2 store later on. Rob -- > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk"; target=_blank > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/"; target=_blank > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
