RE: o2/Openpeak Joggler

["Gary Tall" <gtcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Mark



From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mark McCall
Sent: 15 June 2012 18:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] o2/Openpeak Joggler





Gary

Some of the guys on here from LinITX may be able to help...

http://linitx.com/category/1039/1039

M.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Gary Tall <gtcs@xxxxxxx
<mailto:gtcs%40nildram.co.uk> >
wrote:

> Thanks Simon and all, good feedback.
>
>
>
> I have agonised over the Joggler/Tablet device but I've tried one,
lets
> call
> it medium priced, Chinese tablet running Android 4 and its worse than
> useless. Whilst it seems a nice enough operating device having to
remain
> within six feet of my router for wifi to work hasn't given me much
> confidence. I'm currently trying to get my money back on it, are there
any
> "good" brands that can be relied on.
>
>
>
> I guess we are spoiled with a number of iOS devices in the house but I
> wanted to give Android a go as my daughters phone with it is superb.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx
<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On Behalf
Of
> Simon Haslam
> Sent: 13 June 2012 09:31
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] o2/Openpeak Joggler
>
>
>
>
>
> I've got 2 Jogglers - the main one is in the kitchen and runs Android.
I
> have my heating controls and house temps on there (via a web page) and
my
> wife checks Gmail on it. I keep meaning to get around to buying the
> squeezebox slave/controller apps for it (some people have done this)
but
> have another computer in the kitchen which I switch on for
radio/iPlayer.
> The Joggleris on all the time (the display dims when idle so it
doesn't
use
> too much power) and I'd say it needs to be restarted every fortnight
(the
> browser dies otherwise).
>
> I've also got one of those little Verbatim Netbook USB memory sticks
which
> is very neat.
>
> I was running Ubuntu and OWFS on it for a while but the USB stick died
> after
> about 6 months due to the amount of write activity presumbly. Whilst
it
> wasn't really a comparable to what I run now I've not had any trouble
with
> the Android build damaging the memory stick (I've been running it
unchanged
> for over a year).
>
> The Ubuntu build/discussions are here:
>
> http://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2
> <http://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2
<http://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=318>
&t=318> &t=318
>
> (note there is an Ice Cream Sandwich build in progress but it's only
in
> early stages).
>
> Whilst #50 for a Joggler was a bargain 2 or 3 years ago the only
question
> in
> my mind now would be whether to look at a cheap Chinese tablet and
some
> sort
> of mounting instead - the Joggler is quite chunky.
>
> Simon
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