The Jackito TDA (Score 1)

I'am scandalized by the remarks I'm reading since two weeks concerning the advertisement of launching of the Jackito product. People don't take time to check before react. I personally handled and used Jackito. I also used its SDK and simulator, As a Scientist (Professor at Univesity of Applied Sciences - Geneva, Switzerland) I can say that Jackito is a revolutionary product. It's the concretisation of what we are calling "Disappearing Computing" (http://www.disappearing-computer.net/). Jackito is "humanizing" the computer systems by making them more integrated into people's day-to-day life. Its OS is a real multi-tasking and the hardware platform supports real parallel processing. The same program can use all the processors at the same time. However, the most important features of Jackito are not these technologies but the intuitivity carried out by this technology. We don't need to have a computer culture to use it. Contrary to other PDAs, Jackito can target mass-market. In November 2003, I found a Swiss company called TunACT (Web site not on line), which aims to develop and market mobile learning software for young people (5-15 old). After a deep study, we decide to choose the Jackito support as a hardware platform. With its touch screen and its multi-processor architecture, this device is more intuitive than usual PDAs. It also consumes less power while having several standard interfaces (serial, USB, memory card, Bluetooth, etc.). Such a device makes it possible to bring the required functionality to people who do not have access to ICT otherwise. We plan to purchase some 50,000 units over the next two years. Since it was considered as innovative project by the Swiss confederation, TunACT is supported (since April 2004), by the CTI start up institution (http://www.ctistartup.ch/). A research project is already in progress at University of Applied Sciences of Geneva (Switzerland) in order to develop E-learning solutions on Jackito platform.