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."

All well and good but

[Timesprout]

How do we know Roland Piquepaille is real? Having a blog you like to link to from slashdot is hardly proof of identity.

Re:Whats the big deal?

[baudilus]

If ever there were a poster-boy for the acronym 'RTFA.' you sir, are it.

From their site:

Thumbs-only
> No stylus or handwriting recognition
> No mechanical buttons or keyboard

Fully customizable
> Removable front cover
> Control panels
> Multiple virtual keyboards

Totally reliable PDA
> Backups on memory cards
> Data automatically saved in internal Flash memory

Colour me 'enabler.'