More on the Jackito Tactile PDA 190
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."
YHBT (Score:1, Interesting)
YHBT, YHL, HAND.
Not Really Going Anywhere... (Score:5, Interesting)
I hate to be the harbinger of bad news, but the PDA market (and Tablet PC market for that matter) isn't really going to take off (in the way it should take off) until we can give people more than the 72/100 dots per inch on the screen.
Its hard to convince people to completly drop paper when any standard laser will spit out printouts at 600dpi (or greater) yet the best displays are still only pitched at 100 dpi.
If you had a choice, which would you pick ?
The same applies to the sensitivity of the touch-screen.
Re:Roland the Plogger, again (Score:3, Interesting)
Any other correlation? (Score:3, Interesting)
I can't believe that Slashdot would run this story without some type of vertification from multiple sources.
When it gets proven that this is a total fraud, don't say I didn't worn you.
Seems really unprofessional (Score:3, Interesting)
Interesting.... (Score:2, Interesting)
Saw a braille PDA at the bus station the other day (Score:4, Interesting)