the Jackito: the first *TDA*

ignatz · 07-22-2004, 03:55 PM

[Links from Slashdot]
A French company is producing a device they are calling a TDA, tactile digital assistant. It uses no stylus, but simply your thumbs. I haven't made it through the website yet, because it's pretty heavily slashdotted at the moment, but it looks pretty sweet. There are also two columns written about it here and here. Looks like the initial price will be high, around $600. Target release is in 3 months and they are already taking pre-orders (though I don't know anyone gadget crazy enough to buy a product that they've never seen). It runs on ONE AA BATTERY for weeks, they claim. It is available in black and white and color. I'll be very curious to see how this develops...

Colin Dunstan · 07-23-2004, 07:50 AM

The lady on that picture has some nice thumbs! But imagine me with my big fat fingers.... I am afraid my thumb navigation would be somewhat inprecise

cbarnett · 07-26-2004, 10:55 PM

Urgh, thumb prints all over my nice clean screen.... I don't think so (that's another reason I'm not all that fussed on those nice utilities that reproduce a keyboard on your PDA screen for you to "type" on.... yech

Craig.

07-22-2004, 03:55 PM	#1
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	the Jackito: the first TDA [Links from Slashdot] A French company is producing a device they are calling a TDA, tactile digital assistant. It uses no stylus, but simply your thumbs. I haven't made it through the website yet, because it's pretty heavily slashdotted at the moment, but it looks pretty sweet. There are also two columns written about it here and here. Looks like the initial price will be high, around $600. Target release is in 3 months and they are already taking pre-orders (though I don't know anyone gadget crazy enough to buy a product that they've never seen). It runs on ONE AA BATTERY for weeks, they claim. It is available in black and white and color. I'll be very curious to see how this develops...

07-23-2004, 07:50 AM	#2
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	The lady on that picture has some nice thumbs! But imagine me with my big fat fingers.... I am afraid my thumb navigation would be somewhat inprecise

07-26-2004, 10:55 PM	#3
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Urgh, thumb prints all over my nice clean screen.... I don't think so (that's another reason I'm not all that fussed on those nice utilities that reproduce a keyboard on your PDA screen for you to "type" on.... yech Craig.

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