I bought a Joggler off a guy I found selling one on gumtree. I had been after a Joggler since they were first announced by O2 but only just managed to get my hands on one due to O2 discontinuing them.

After first setting it up with the default o2 firmware. I was bored, so I did some googling and came across the Joggler Wiki (http://jogglerwiki.com/) I downloaded a few different flavours of Linux, but only managed to get Ubuntu (maverick 10.10) working. Although it worked, it wasn’t great with the touchscreen. When you plug in a keyboard and mouse it worked far better, I decided to use it as a small TV loading tvcatchup.com in Firefox but it couldn’t cope; it jumps, stutters and is generally unwatchable.

I’ve considered a few options for the Joggler such as:

An interactive alarm clock.

As part of an ICE (In Car Entertainment System) install.

Or using it as a Network Monitor system.

So now I’m not sure what to do with it, it can’t be used for what I was going to use it for.

I do like the idea of using it as part of an ICE system, however this would mean cutting into the dash board to mount the touch screen, removing the back stand which also acts as the heatsink as well as finding a suitable way of powering it in car! So for the meantime it shall remain boxed up waiting for a suitable use.

If anyone spots any cool uses for the Joggler please do tweet me or comment on here to let me know.