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Jackito-Tactile Digital Assistant

Juniper Foo | Mar 28, 2005

The Jackito-TDA or Tactile Digital Assistant's been around for a good nine months. So there's no fear it'll make good on its promise to oust the PDA which is still very much alive. That said, the TDA is a pretty nifty handheld device in that it does away with the stylus and relies solely on the very tactile use of fingertips and thumbs to operate the menus. Developed by French firm Novinit, the Jackito sports two simultaneous touch points on opposite ends so you can input data with just your thumbs, which is much faster than a stylus. Or so the company claims, since none of us at CNETAsia has had the good fortune to play with one. While it comes preloaded with 20 applications, we're not sure what kind of third-party software exists out there which supports its 3ActilOS operating system.

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Price: From US$600
Availability: Jackito Web site
Device: Finger touch-sensitive digital assistant
Basic specs: Black-and-white ultra-contrast, seven specialized low-frequency processors running in parallel, 2.5MB SRAM, 16MB NOR Flash, 4.5-inch color QVGA LCD with 320 x 240dpi and landscape orientation, 4 standard connectors + 2 memory cards slots + 2 internal bus interface, Multi-Task, Multi-Windows, Real-Time, Tactile-Object Oriented, 5.5 x 3.1 x 0.63 in, 5.2 oz, single AA battery

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