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Forget the PDA, Here Comes the TDA
Roland Piquepaille writes "A French company has just started to sell the Jackito, the first 'Tactile Digital Assistant' (TDA). This new kind of PDA has no stylus, doesn't offer handwriting recognition and has no keyboard. Instead, it is based on touchscreen technology and relies entirely on your thumbs for input -- which are harder to lose than a stylus. And as Jackito has two simultaneous touch points, you can operate it with your two thumbs at the same time, at least according to the company. For an entry price of $600, you'll get parallel-processing capabilities with 7 processors and plenty of brand new technology, including 3ActilOS, a multitasking OS, which is not even referenced by Google. So be warned before purchasing one! However, the approach is pretty unique and I wish them good luck. Before opening your wallet, you'll find some selected pictures in this summary."
"tactile" ... "jackito" ... oh my.
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
Why do the words "Jackito" and "finger-touch array" give me a real bad vibe. You know...like when you see tentacle pr0n. *shudder*
Is it just me or does this have almost no cool factor. I'm about as excited about it as a ham sandwich.
Youinsensitiveclod!Ihavenothumbs!
"So simple a monkey could use it.*"
*If that monkey had opposable thumbs.
This thing sucks, where's the stylus?
No stylus is going to be SOOO cool.
Where's the keyboard?
RTFM
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these.
In soviet russia, tactile digial assistant operates you.
Just wondering, does it run linux?
You must be new here.
I can hack my iPod to use bluetooth with this 600$US thingermojib.
I'm unemployed right now, so securing "financing" for that $600 price 2would definitely put my thumbs in jeopardy...
The only surefire protection against Microsoft infections is abstinence. - The Onion
What has two thumbs and loves simultaneous touch points?
This guy...
Because something that sounds like a cross between masturbation and tortillas ain't so great!
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Instead, it is based on touchscreen technology and relies entirely on your thumbs for input -- which are harder to lose than a stylus.
Not if you're yacuza, you insensitive clod.
StoneCypher is Full of BS
Real images speak octal.
Scam? What are you talking about?
Didn't you see that it is both "the only one with a 'memory saver'" and "the only one featuring a Basic interpreter"?
Don't tell me the only TDA with a Basic interpreter is a scam.
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Like a PDA you can operate while keeping your hands in your pockets...
Er ok... Perhaps not...
(such a device might end up being euphemistically
referred to as a jerkito)
My hyperlinks aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
which are harder to lose than a stylus
I work for the mafia, you insensitive clod!
Wa? Are you for real? Everybody in Europe texts! Gawd you people associate the strangest things with being gay! I was in a supermarket once and bought some Axe deoderant which I've been using since I was a teenager like everybody I know back in Europe. The guy at the checkout said "the only person who I know that uses that stuff is gay." Then I turn on The Simpsons and find that electronic dance music is also perceived by Americans as being 'gay.' Unbelievable.
Drill baby drill - on Mars
awesome, public displays of affection gross me out anyways...
yes, I read slashdot 24/7
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms,
Binary dude... this is slashdot... just act cool and pretend you meant binary.
slight alignment errors where the "author" was cutting and pasting bits of the image.
Also, the floating cubes look very suspicous. I think they may have been put in after the picture was taken.
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