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« on: July 12, 2004, 10:46:38 pm »
Check this out multiple cpus in a PDA. Too bad it's not using linux

http://www.jackito-pda.com/

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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2004, 11:05:18 pm »
$600 for the base model, $900+ with all the extras built-in.  Doesn't seem to support any kind of wireless connectivity.

On the plus side, I've been waiting for more devices with week to month long battery life.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2004, 11:11:13 pm »
It's vaporware/scam.  Read the comments on /.
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2004, 11:27:05 pm »
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It's vaporware/scam.  Read the comments on /.
I didn't even get that far, I saw those three magic letters "DRM" on the website and I was outta there.


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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2004, 12:34:13 am »
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It's vaporware/scam.  Read the comments on /.
Yes, love the debate on the whether it's a hoax.  Some of the other comments are funny as hell, lol
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2004, 07:28:14 pm »
can anyone please paste the url to the comments page here? i can't find any comments on their site
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2004, 09:02:51 pm »
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can anyone please paste the url to the comments page here? i can't find any comments on their site
There were referring  to the comments on Slashdot.org

Warning there are a lot of them and Slashdot has been shown to be addictive - you have been warned

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/1...tid=100&tid=137

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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2004, 04:11:56 am »
..very, addictive.
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2004, 05:22:09 am »
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It's vaporware/scam.  Read the comments on /.
I wouldn't assume that it is scam - it is too professional in web site design and the marketing story is too much based on innovative technology. A real scam would not spend so much money on those aspects.

I rather suspect that a small group of enthusiasts somehow got venture capital (something like the IBM Fellows who got a budget and were allowed to e.g. develop an IBM PC) and was able to complete the project (5 years ago I had the opportunity to evaluate an investment/partnership into such a project). I can really imagine a great engineering team supported by a marketing consultant, now sitting there and waiting for orders - which won't come as (fast) expected.

There are a lot of interesting ideas in and I hope that they do not fall into the same trap as Apple did with the (first) Newton - having great technology but the market was not at all ripe for it. Market development for new technologies costs more money than developing a product.

I have sent them the question whether it runs Linux...

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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2004, 06:40:38 am »
I'm not too sure about it. On the Hardware Overview page, nearly every claim is untrue: http://www.jackito-pda.com/hardware/overview.php .
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2004, 07:47:10 am »
It's a scam. weeks on a AA battery, YAWN....
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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2004, 07:56:37 am »
hmm, well, everyone thought that the OQO was vaporware and a scam. but it turned out to be real.

for those who don't know what the OQO is: http://www.oqo.com
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« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2004, 09:22:25 am »
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It's a scam. weeks on a AA battery, YAWN....
Well, a single AA and a GByte Flash is not compatible at all...

But on weeks of Battery: My HP15C calculator is now 18 years old and I have replaced the batteries only once or twice (I don't even remember when).

The Newton did also have several weeks of standby - and approx. 24h of operation (was at least written in some FAQ I have googled: http://newted.dyndns.org/soupbox/batteryfa...x.html#Anchor-8 ).

It is all a matter of using CMOS and low clock frequency - and the single AA might be a LiION with 2.5Ah - but they don't tell.

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« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2004, 10:02:47 am »
I think out of two of them, I would take the oqo.  The jackito seems too propietary and less flexible.  The oqo claims 800x600 transflective!  They are all vapourware to me until regular shipments start.
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« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2004, 10:15:58 am »
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..very, addictive.

refresh..


I really [refresh] don't know [refresh] what [refresh] you're talking about.

refresh, refresh, refresh.

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