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More on the Jackito Tactile PDA

Roland Piquepaille writes "A week ago, I wrote a column about a new Tactile Digital Assistant (TDA), the Jackito. Several Slashdot readers questioned the existence of the product and thought it might be an elaborate scam. I also had serious doubts. But as both the company behind this TDA, Novinit, and myself are French, I decided to investigate and contacted the company. And I spent several hours with the CEO and the CTO. I told them about the mistakes they made in their early announcement and asked what kind of corrective actions they were taking to fix the situation and build trust in their product. I also discussed their vision of this TDA, the history of the project and its possible future. But more importantly, I used an early prototype. I don't know if this TDA will be a success, but one thing is sure: it's real. Read this interview for more details."

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  1. Real by Pikhq · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's real! Hurray!
    And their was much rejoicing. Yay.

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  2. alright now fellas! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what's cooler than being cool?!

  3. Re:A TDA I would buy by Ari_Haviv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yes but jackito is "real" unlike most of Pamela Anderson

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  4. Obligatory joke by DungeonCoder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I, for one, welcome our new tectile overlord.

  5. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The first funny post for this story! Thank you!

  6. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you, AC, for making me spew Orange Slice from my nose in laughter. As if I needed to know what feels like...

  7. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's French, not a Vietnam-losing Yank.

  8. Re:A TDA I would buy by baudilus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's Pam without make-up. Kinda makes you want to rethink your whole idea, now doesn't it?

  9. what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    isn't it a bad idea to mention that you're french?

  10. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And france was the reason for the vietnam war in the first place.

  11. Re:ObNit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It means that you have problems with elementary math and logic.

  12. Re:Obligatory by Ari_Haviv · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you mean all the sarin and mustard gas that was found in Iraq? I bet you didn't know about...or the thousands of people who died in France last summer because everyone else was on vacation?

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  13. You've got very good looking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thumbs for a guy!!!

  14. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The French have been capitulating since before your parents were born.

  15. Re:Any other correlation? by stienman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And you, of course, are posting as an anonymous coward, giving something as fact and not giving us verification from multiple sources?

    You could be right, but at this point he's identified himself, and you're hiding. Who would you trust in this situation?

    -Adam

  16. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone should force you to inhale mustard gas, you absolute fucking idiot. Go to hell.

  17. and the story was corroborated by ... by scrytch · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...the submitter of the first story!

    Way to go Slashdot. Those night school lessons in journalism must really be paying dividends.

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  18. Re:Obligatory by eboot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Two ageing Sarin warheads? Doesnt sound like a mobile chemical weapon laboratory to me. I seem to remember that being on the news but when they realised it was two ancient sarin warheads they all shut up about it because it was more than likely an administrative error as opposed to a 'secret chemical weapons cache'

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  19. Re:Obligatory by pocket_monkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Some of us are English and we've never liked the French, WMD's or not.

  20. Re:Roland the Plogger, again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Interesting that all of his (recent) articles get posted by Michael - for example:
    linky
    2 linky

    glad to know even after all the other editors stopped acting like an open relay to him spamming out his garbage, Michael keeps going and going!

  21. Re:Obligatory by rj4x · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what is this fucking FARK now? *barf*

  22. Re:Obligatory by Ari_Haviv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry but I have no plans to visit Paris in the forseeable future

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  23. thumbs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since you operate it with your thumbs I hope it comes with a free bottle of Windex to remove the oils after every time you use it.

  24. Re:Obligatory by quax · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If such an amount of chemical ammunition (BTW classified as left-over from the Iraq-Iran war back when the US supported Saddam) justifies an invasion your army will be kept very busy for the forseeable future. Best of luck with that!