Jackito: A Handheld Hypercomputer!?

[Sparky]

Hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax hoax!

Actually it's just a scam .. but feel free to send you $100 via PayPal ...

That said, it IS a very interesting design idea for the hardware, the lack of touchscreen is stupid though.

Maybe the C-One could morph into this :-)

[Sparky]

Where are you getting the lack of touchscreen?  Apparently the $600 won't even get you color by default, but the touchscreen is the one thing they're on about (and can probably be realized with a simple thin-film display, but you'd have to actually force them to produce one to find out).

BS or not, the actual hardware specs (and overall design of the unit - no buttons equals no complicated assemblies, just a premade screen), seem whittled down enough to be the sort of thing that could be assembled for $75 from Digi-Key if they actually got the preorders.  That hasn't kept other projects from failing, but if they're BSing, at least they put some thought into it.  (As with all things, one would expect the software to lag behind the hardware if they do pull through, but given the sheer 'lameness' of everything involved, it's also the sort of thing you could shake down in a simulator on an x86 cheaper than what they're asking.)

Well if you don't have a touchscreen and you have only a few thumbable buttons .. how are you to enter in data ?  Morse code ?  Spech recognition ? Telepathetic powers ? :-)  

It's is a nice idea, having re-configurable hardware (ala. C-One) that you can rejig depending on the application being run.

I also must say, that it is a superbly setup scam .. heaps of effort gone into it, almost as good as when London Bridge was sold ;-)

[Sparky]

I was also hoping Iwin was or real .. ah well these things are sent to test us I suppose :-(