The Motorola Ojo Personal Video Phone—real life in real time. Get the Motorola Ojo Personal Video Phone and connect with the people that mean the most to you. Talk to friends and family as if they were right next to you. Experience real-time video communication without breakups or distortion.
For video calls, Motorola Ojo requires a broadband connection over cable or DSL modem and your subscription to an Ojo service plan. For conventional phone calls, Ojo connects to an ordinary phone line. The system also offers a 2.4 GHz cordless phone, phone book, a list of calls received and calls dialed, visual caller ID, and voice messaging. It even utilizes your existing phone number.
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Features:
- Superior image and bandwidth efficiency
- High-resolution 16:9 LCD display
- State-of-the-art miniature camera
- True-to-life video and audio quality
- Video and voice-only messaging
- Picture-based caller ID and phonebook
- Use of existing telephone number
- Advanced speakerphone with AGC and echo cancellation
- Full-featured cordless phone handset
- An easy-to-use graphical interface
- Easily accessible video/audio privacy controls
- One-year limited warranty
The Ojo base station operates with only one handset at a time and will not function with multiple handsets. To place or receive calls, Ojo needs to be plugged into both the broadband and electrical outlets. The handset charges in the Ojo base station. The base station itself is not battery powered and requires A/C electrical power through the supplied power cord with in-line transformer to function. You can select upload and download speeds between 80 and 250 Kbps on the system information screen in Ojo's main menu. High-quality video calls require a minimum of 100 Kbps in each direction.
Ojo Service
Before you can use Ojo, you must activate your Ojo Service. Ojo Service connects you to the world of real-time, true-to-life video through the Ojo Personal Video Phone. See and hear those close to you with standard service for a flat monthly fee of $14.95, or save money with a yearly rate of $164 when paid in advance. (Prices are subject to change.) To get more information or to sign up for service, contact Ojo Services at 1-877-FORMYOJO (1-877-367-6965).
Ojo may work overseas with video calls, assuming suitable broadband access and electrical power are accessible. However, in some cases, Ojo may not work as a standard voice telephone internationally because the standards for regular telephony vary from country to country. Calls made outside of the United States are subject to regulatory agencies of the other countries, which may limit ability to make or receive calls.
What's in the Box
Motorola Ojo Personal Video Phone, 2.4 GHz cordless handset, Ethernet cable, telephone cable, power adapter, quick start guide, user manual, warranty information
Note: For full functionality, both you and the party you're calling must have an Ojo video phone.
Product Description:
Think of the people you talk to all the time, but don't see enough of. Kids. Grandkids. Close relatives and friends. Whoever and wherever those people are, they are the reason for Ojo. With Ojo, seeing everyone you love is just a phone call away. There have been other videophones before but this one displays fully synchronized images at a lifelike 30 frames per second in sharp color, accompanied by superior sound.
Ojo works over a high-speed cable or DSL modem, and also uses the household's existing telephone number for both IP video calls and conventional voice calls using existing PSTN or VoIP service.
Ojo's stylish display unit houses a high-resolution 9:16 portrait-oriented 7Â? digital LCD screen and a state-of-the-art miniature camera for bright, clear images from both sides of the call. An Ojo call sounds as great as it looks. The audio signal is strong and clear, and Ojo has an Automatic Gain Control (AGC), full duplex echo-canceling speakerphone for great sound even when there's background noise Captures and sends full motion video at 30 frames per second 5.6 Diagonal High-resolution 16 - 9 LCD color screen with 176x144 resolution State-of-the-art miniature camera Full-featured cordless phone handset for voice calls (up to 6 hoursd talk time per fully charged battery) Easily accessible video/audio privacy controls Latest video and audio codecs On-screen residential and business directories Price covers one Ojo Personal Videophone
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Worldgate Ojo Personal Video Phone (PVP-1000)
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Product Description
You'll never look at an ordinary phone the same way. Ojo is more than just the most incredible video phone you've ever seen. It's a whole new way of looking at your phone. Ojo makes reaching out easier in every way, and provides a range of easy-to-use convenience features. 20 minutes of video messaging Eye-level screen and camera with self-viewer Full duplex speakerphone allows hands free conversation One-touch privacy controls for video and audio Makes Video and Conventional (or VoIP) Voice Calls Picture-based caller ID and phonebook DC Input - 12V DC Current - 3 A Power Consumption - 30 W AC Power Adapter 100-240 VAC, 60 Hz Network Connector - RJ-45 Network Protocol - TCP/IP Ethernet Network Interface - 100 Base-T LCD Monitor Display - 7 inch diagonal Resolution - 480 x 854 Backlighting Anti-Glare Coating 1/4 inch Color Image Camera Sensor Camera Backlight Compensation Automatic Gain Control Audio Processing Speakerphone - Full Duplex Speakerphone Echo Cancellation - Adaptive Sub-band Audio Privacy Speakerphone Video Resolution - 176 x 144 (QCIF) 30 fps Frame Rate Primary Compression - 30 fps Dimensions - 14 x 8.5 x 7.5 inch Weight 2.5 poundsCustomer Reviews:
OJO Video Phone.......2007-01-11
The "Jetson" future is here! A fantastic product........2006-09-01
I live in a remote area of West Virginia and bought four units last December (three as gifts for the people whom I talk with the most: my mother near DC, a daughter and grandson in Houston and a daughter near Los Angeles). My mother is 87 and wants to live alone, so I bought one for her so I could SEE how she's doing. Incidentally, she has trouble using her landline phone - too complicated, but the Ojo couldn't be simpler to make calls. Seeing the two daughters and grandson several times a week is great too. Now, my wife and I are integral parts of their daily lives, and vice versa. We are now able to SEE our grandson grow up! We get an Ojo call every time he loses a tooth or something significant happens. He loves to "show-and-tell" on the Ojo. Birthdays - when we can't be there - are now special events to us as well. Plus, this month, my California daughter's boyfriend asked my permission to marry her...using the Ojo. This may sound tacky, but if you've ever used the Ojo, you'd think it was completely normal. It's just like being across a table from someone.
I'm not a techie, but was able to set up the ones for my mom, one of my daughters and myself with no problems. My mom has Comcast cable, my daughter has Road Runner cable and I have Verizon DSL. I have been told that any broadband connection works. I just hooked routers to the cable and DSL modems then plugged in the Ojo's. Plug-and-Play. Later, I connected two of the Ojo's to Ethernet bridges (home plugs) which plug into any electrical outlet and can now use the Ojo's anywhere in the houses where there's an electrical outlet. The signal travels through the house wiring. I haven't noticed any loss of picture or audio quality.
I haven't had a problem with any of the four Ojo's to date, so can't say what Worldgate's customer service personnel are like, but their activation people were excellent.
By the way, Motorola is no longer the distributor. The manufacturer, Worldgate Communications, now directly distributes the Ojo's at about half of the original list. They also sell a cheaper version (less features), the Shadow.
There is a monthly service charge of $14.95 but that includes unlimited video calls to any other Ojo in the world! Sometimes we just leave it on as we do things around the house and talk as though the other person is there. To me, this sure beats flying. Plus, the cost of one flight will typically pay for two Ojo's, including service for a year.
Italy and America closer NOW.......2006-04-11
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Too expensive, get MSN Messenger which is free.......2006-03-29
Greedy Motorola..........2006-02-14
Unfortunately, these are the same people who are very unlikely to already have access to the broadband service required to get videoconferencing, and it may be difficult to justify the price of a broadband connection simply for the videophone.
The pricing model is leaving me baffled. Usually service providers such as satellite TV and cell phone carriers sponsor the purchase of devices and give you a kickback in exchange for a service committment. Not so with Motorola, who not only wants to collect money up front but also charges an outrageous monthly fee for what is nothing more than a live directory service (which instant messaging companies would have been glad to provide for free, like AOL does for Apple's iChat).
Although the VoIP interoperability is commendable, it makes the lack of interoperability with common videoconferencing protocols an even more glaring omission.
The outrageous fee Motorola requires to enable the Ojo's videophone feature makes it very hard to recommend when you can get a brand new iMac G5 with built-in videoconferencing camera for the price of the Ojo and a couple of years of subscription to the service.
Unfortunately, Motorola seems to have brilliant industrial design and style specialist and fantastic hardware and software engineers, but inane marketing teams who ruined the potential of a product that could have been very promising.
Still, this is probably your best pick if you need a simple videoconferencing product, are absolutely opposed to using a computer and don't mind Motorola's high price and outrageous monthly fee. But before you pull the trigger, do yourself a favor, go to an Apple store and ask for a demonstration of iChat.
Priced at $200 and without the ridiculous and unjustified $15/month fee, the Ojo would deserve five stars; but at its current price and with the added insult of the monthly fee, 3-star is a more than generous rating.
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