Forget the PDA, Here Comes the TDA

Forget the PDA, Here Comes the TDA 390

Posted by simoniker on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:51PM from the there-goes-the-tda dept.

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."

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must ... resist ... (Score:5, Funny)

by scrytch ( 9198 ) writes: <chuck@myrealbox.com> on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:53PM (#9680119)

"tactile" ... "jackito" ... oh my.

Ewwwww (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:53PM (#9680123)

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... (Score:3, Funny)

by bgog ( 564818 ) * writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:53PM (#9680129) Journal

Is it just me or does this have almost no cool factor. I'm about as excited about it as a ham sandwich.

Hardertolose? (Score:5, Funny)

by Trillan ( 597339 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:56PM (#9680166) Homepage Journal

Youinsensitiveclod!Ihavenothumbs!

Their new slogan: (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:57PM (#9680184)

"So simple a monkey could use it.*"

*If that monkey had opposable thumbs.

Re:Is it just me... (Score:5, Funny)

by sploo22 ( 748838 ) writes: <dwahler AT gmail DOT com> on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:57PM (#9680186)

Whaddya mean? This isn't just cool, it's downright l33t. Check out the operating system - it's called 3ActilOS! How much more l33t can you get?

Posting summary. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:58PM (#9680194)

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.

Re:Is it just me... (Score:2, Funny)

by NIK282000 ( 737852 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @05:59PM (#9680213) Homepage Journal

A sandwich just isn't a sandwich without the tangy zip of Maricle Whip!

Not so hard to lose (Score:3, Funny)

by proverbialcow ( 177020 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:00PM (#9680232) Journal

I'm unemployed right now, so securing "financing" for that $600 price 2would definitely put my thumbs in jeopardy...

What has two thumbs (Score:5, Funny)

by LightStruk ( 228264 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:07PM (#9680321)

What has two thumbs and loves simultaneous touch points?

This guy...

why you need marketing! (Score:5, Funny)

by Perianwyr Stormcrow ( 157913 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:08PM (#9680333) Homepage

Because something that sounds like a cross between masturbation and tortillas ain't so great!

Harder to lose, but.. (Score:4, Funny)

by Sloppy ( 14984 ) * writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:09PM (#9680348) Homepage Journal

..relies entirely on your thumbs for input -- which are harder to lose than a stylus.
Yeah, but if you do lose one, they cost an arm and a leg to replace.

Well (Score:4, Funny)

by stonecypher ( 118140 ) writes: <stonecypher@noSpam.gmail.com> on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:13PM (#9680388) Homepage Journal

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.

Re:I smell a hoax (Score:4, Funny)

by kunudo ( 773239 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:17PM (#9680439)

Real images speak octal.

Re:Is it just me... (Score:2, Funny)

by Dorothy 86 ( 677356 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:26PM (#9680550) Homepage

What do you mean? It has *gasp* features!
(from the site) Jackito provides us with the faculties we lack as human beings, such as a gigantic memory and vast capabilities for computation, learning, games and communications
Can your ham sandwich do that?!?!?!?

Re:must ... resist ... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:30PM (#9680599)

Unless you know a little Latin slang. Jacta is slang for "a jerk". "ite" (a suffix) is a part or division. "ito" is also spannish for a little or a bit.

So Jackito perhaps means a bit of a jerk.

Re:I smell a hoax (Score:3, Funny)

by TheViewFromTheGround ( 607422 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:40PM (#9680695) Homepage

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"? [jackito-pda.com]

Don't tell me the only TDA with a Basic interpreter is a scam.

Could they have taken this further.. (Score:4, Funny)

by Tandoori Haggis ( 662404 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:57PM (#9680877)

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)

Mafia (Score:3, Funny)

by InfiniteWisdom ( 530090 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @07:14PM (#9681021) Homepage

which are harder to lose than a stylus
I work for the mafia, you insensitive clod!

Re:Unique? (Score:3, Funny)

by fiannaFailMan ( 702447 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @07:15PM (#9681032) Journal

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.

PDAs are out? (Score:3, Funny)

by gladbach ( 527602 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @07:22PM (#9681090)

awesome, public displays of affection gross me out anyways...

yes, I read slashdot 24/7

Re:taking notes (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @07:34PM (#9681177)

Binary dude... this is slashdot... just act cool and pretend you meant binary.

Re:I smell a hoax (Score:3, Funny)

by Monkeyman334 ( 205694 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @08:20PM (#9681529)

slight alignment errors where the "author" was cutting and pasting bits of the image.

Also, the floating cubes [jackito-pda.com] look very suspicous. I think they may have been put in after the picture was taken.

Forget the PDA, here comes the PEDA (Score:5, Funny)

by qseep ( 14218 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @09:46PM (#9682138)
Studies show 90% of PDA users lose their PDAs. Why worry about losing your PDA ever again? The SolePad(tm) PEDA (podiatric embedded digital assistant) fits right in your shoes!

Walk your way to a new day! This innovative product, made possible by the NASA space program, has undergone 35 years of development and cost over $10 billion.

Advantages over PDA's:
- Large footprint allows easy data entry. What is more natural than walking?
- Take notes with the innovative Hopscratchpad.
- Simultaneous data entry with both feet!
- Play fun built-in games such as Twister(tm) and Kickman, and educational software such as Prance Prance Evolution.
- Experience multimedia interactive fiction such as Stomp: The Interactive Multimedia Experience (requires force-feedback module).
- Contains FOUR MULTIMEDIA LAYERS of Teflon, Foam, Silicon and Plastic!
- Easy connection to Segway(tm) docking station.
What people are saying about SolePad:
- "Finally, my hands are free to do my work. I love taking notes with the Hopscratchpad." - Jackie Chan, actor
- "I kept losing my shoes. Now I have an excuse to keep them on!" - Bikram Choudhury, yoga instructor
- "This is the greatest new technology I have seen since Jackito." - Michael Jackson, singer
Special prepaid introductory price: $1000/ft.

SolePad: Finally, a step in the right direction. (tm)

Kickman (c) 1981 Midway
Twister is a registered trademark of Milton Bradley

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must ... resist ... (Score:5, Funny)

Ewwwww (Score:2, Funny)

Is it just me... (Score:3, Funny)

Hardertolose? (Score:5, Funny)

Their new slogan: (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Is it just me... (Score:5, Funny)

Posting summary. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Is it just me... (Score:2, Funny)

Not so hard to lose (Score:3, Funny)

What has two thumbs (Score:5, Funny)

why you need marketing! (Score:5, Funny)

Harder to lose, but.. (Score:4, Funny)

Well (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I smell a hoax (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Is it just me... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:must ... resist ... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I smell a hoax (Score:3, Funny)

Could they have taken this further.. (Score:4, Funny)

Mafia (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Unique? (Score:3, Funny)

PDAs are out? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:taking notes (Score:1, Funny)

Re:I smell a hoax (Score:3, Funny)

Forget the PDA, here comes the PEDA (Score:5, Funny)

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