The Jackito Tactile Digital Assistant

Everyone seems excited about this new Jackito Tactile Digital
Assistant, but as far as we can tell it really just seems like a regular PDA with a slightly larger touchscreen and a slightly larger virtual keyboard that's designed to be used with your fingertips rather than a stylus. So what? For $738 you basically get a PDA that's pretty much like every other PDA (just with a better touchscreen) and that runs on some obscure operating system no one has ever heard of which means there aren't any third-party applications available for it. And taking a closer look at their site, the whole thing starts to smell a bit like a scam: a lack of any real product photos, a domain name that was only registered a few weeks ago; they're taking deposits via PayPal; they claim it gets several weeks of battery life from a single AA battery; a phone number that supposedly traces back to an anonymous pre-paid cellphone account, etc. We'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but we sure won't be sending them any $100 deposits any time soon.

[Thanks, Adrian]