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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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Samsung SGH-i300 music smart phone

Juniper Foo | Mar 11, 2005

Looks like Samsung isn't resting until it rules the world. Scary thought? Well, not for music aficionados who've been waiting for a phone--aside from Sony Ericsson's upcoming Walkman handset--that can beat dedicated players and store tons of music files. Make that 3GB (or about 1,000 songs) worth in a hard drive that resides under the SGH-i300's hood. What's more, this mobile packs plug-&-play files-to-go, so you can use it like a removable hard disk drive. Needless to say, this portable boombox beats a rhythm through stereo speakers capable of 3D sound, and can download online music via operator-dependent services. Now where can we sign up for one? (image courtesy of Samsung)

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Price: N.A.
Availability: Likely Korea
Device: MP3/camera smart phone
Basic specs: Windows Mobile OS, 3GB HDD, 1.3-megapixel camera, flash, scroll wheel navigation, video recording and message, MPEG-4, supports WMA, MP3, AAC, AAC+ and OGG, dual speaker, 3D sound, digital power amp, TransFlash expansion memory, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, email client, 113 x 48 x 20mm, 130g

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Samsung 7-megapixel SCH-V770 phone

Juniper Foo | Mar 10, 2005

Samsung is once again leaving its rivals eating dust as the Korean chaebol took the lid off its 7-megapixel camera-phone at CeBIT, Hannover. The SCH-V770 is more prosumer cam than phone, with a 3x optical lens, 5x digital zoom, autofocus, advanced flash, shutter speed controller and auto exposure lock. There's even an option to add on a wide-angle or telephoto lens (hopefully with optical stabilizer), as well as view images or video on your telly. No word on what the expansion options are, though we know there's 32MB of memory onboard. To keep up with all that fire power, there's a 16 million color QVGA TFD-LCD display and just about every kind of frills you probably won't use. We reckon this is going to be hell on battery life, not to mention that this is probably one heavyweight monster. And we don't mean features. (image courtesy of Samsung)

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Price: N.A.
Availability: Likely Korea
Device: Camera-phone
Basic specs: 1/1.8-inch type CCD image sensor, 3x optical zoom lens, 5x digital zoom, flash, manual focus control, 32MB internal memory, business card reader, MP3 player, onboard Adobe Photoshop, digital power amplifier

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