i-mate Briefly Reappears On Everyone's Radar, Just to Die

Oct 23 2007: The last time we posted a story on i-mate, a once-hopeful early player in the Windows Mobile handset field. Since then, the company's story has been one of slow decline: restructuring, moving, layoffs, missed orders and debt. And now, at long last, death. [ITP]

i-Mate Creating Palm Foleo-like UMPC With i-Mate Shell?

According to Ubergizmo, i-Mate's working on a Palm Foleo-like UMPC/PDA device that has a 1024x768 display, a built-in keyboard, an 80 (!) hour battery, and a price point of only $300. However, this shell is just a "shell" (like its name), and uses one of i-Mate's Windows Mobile Ultimate smartphones as a base/processor. That makes sense with the VGA and XVGA display out on the phones, and is slightly more reasonable than what the Foleo was trying to do. [UberGizmo]

i-Mate Makes Official North American Push With 4 Windows Mobile Smartphones

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i-mate Shows New SideShow-enabled Portable Display

Just when we thought we had seen all the SideShow news from WinHEC, out comes i-mate with the View 2010. The 14-inch portable display has an XGA touchscreen, and in addition to retrieving info from your Vista PC it can also hook up to a keyboard and mouse letting you check email messages, watch videos and do simple Internet browsing. No word on pricing or availability, though it sounds like a larger version of Ricavision's eChatter. – Louis Ramirez More »

i-Mate's 2007 Phones Leaked Online

We've given you a heads-up on a couple of i-Mate's forthcoming phones, but now someone at the company has done us the favor of leaking the company's entire roadmap for '07. Aside from the new Ultimate models, there's also an X Series that looks particularly interesting with HSDPA/Edge support and Wi-Fi. The series consists of four phones, which will be released from May to June. Check out the PDF while you can. – Louis Ramirez More »

i-Mate Debuts Ultimates Line

i-Mate's traded their funky "JAQ" naming scheme for five "Ultimate" series of Windows Mobile 6 phones. More »

i-Mate X-Stream Digital Media Hub Actually a TV

Not just content to make phones with horribly lousy names, i-Mate is branching into LCD TVs with Media Center PCs built right in to the set. Named the X-Stream Digital Media Hub, this TV has a 500GB hard drive, 720p/1080i support, and a wireless router. Wait, wireless router? We're sure they meant wireless connectivity, not an actual router. More »

Big and Proud: More Impressions of the Nokia e90 and the iMate Ultimate

I'm pretty superficial when it comes to my cell phones. I like them thin and stylish—drop them in your pocket and forget they're there. They gotta be smart too, I won't settle for any crap interface (although since I'm on Verizon, that's tough to do). So you'd think I'd be all over Samung's new Ultra series, right. Eh, not really. They need more carbs. Much to my surprise, I ended up falling for these two fatties instead. Nokia's E90 and the locked in glass iMate 7150. The E90 is huge. No doubt about it, but the over-sized keyboard feels great. As for the iMate, it's kinda like an E90 with WM6 (size-wise). Take a look and see what I mean. – Louis Ramirez More »

iMate's Ultimate Series Run WM6 and Feature VGA Screens

Looks like HTC's X7500 might have met its match. This beauty here is iMate's Ultimate 7150. A tablet/handheld/UMPC type smartphone that not only runs Windows Mobile 6, but also rocks the eye candy with a nice 3.8-inch VGA screen. The GSM/EDGE phone supports HSDPA connectivity and comes with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The model you see here is only a prototype, so it was locked behind glass and guarded heavily by fat mean-looking men. Luckily, we did get to grope the 7150's little sibling, the JAQ4. More »

iMate JAQ4 Gets Official, Slightly More Stylish

Compared to the product renders we saw in December, the official i-Mate JAQ4 looks quite a bit better. It's straighter, squarer, and blacker—a transformation not seen since Steve Urkel drank Boss Sauce and turned into Stefan Urquelle. More »

i-Mate KJAR Windows Mobile Smartphone Coming to AT&T or T-Mobile

The i-Mate brand hasn't really had any presence in the US, leaving fans of Windows Mobile smartphones to turn to HTC for all their mobile computing needs. However, as this FCC filing shows, the i-Mate KJAR is going to make its GSM-presence known some time soon. More »

iMate Momento Digital Picture Frame: Wireless, RSS, Wi-Fi

iMate announced the Momento wireless digital picture frame, available in 10.2-inch ($299) and 7-inch ($200) sizes, both with an 800x480 display. You can plug a flash memory card directly into the frame to display its pictures, transfer photos via USB, or send pics to it via Wi-Fi. Plus, the device can communicate with its mother ship, using the Momento Live Online subscription service that lets you upload pics from anywhere. More »

I-Mate JAQ4 Tries To Suck Less With GPS, Wi-Fi

The best part about the upcoming I-Mate JAQ4 is that it includes a built-in GPS receiver. I say that because there's pretty much nothing here—in the rumored specs, at least—that current smartphones don't already do. You'll find all the staples of smartphones like Wi-Fi, spacious screen (2.8 inches, to be exact) and Windows Mobile. What isn't known is how fast the CPU is, which is a shame because then we've no idea if the smartphone will run swimmingly or dreadfully. More »

I-Mate JAQ Reviewed (Verdict: Should Have Stuck With HTC)

CNET calls I-Mate's latest Motorola Q-like device a dud. Why? Because it's pretty ugly, fairly bukly, has no WiFi, and lacks a camera. It does have some redeeming qualities, however, as the keyboard is spacious and easy to use, and the OS is Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC edition. This means you get a touch screen and Pocket Office, which doesn't come with the Motorola Q's Smartphone Edition. More »

i-Mate JAQ in the Wild

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i-Mate Announces Four Windows Mobile Phones at CTIA

Targeted at all segments of the smartphone loving community, these four phones come in three different form-factors and all feature Windows Mobile 5 as their operating system. First, their i-Mate JAQ, which is not a rebadged HTC Excalibur like we first thought. It has a Motorola Q-like shape, a QWERTY keyboard, 64MB of internal usable storage, 2.8-inch color LCD, miniSD for expanded memory, and Bluetooth. It runs Windows Mobile Pocket PC edition, and not the Smartphone edition, like the Motorola Q. More »

I-Mate SPL Looks Like a SLVR

The I-Mate SPL is the slimmest I-Mate to date. It's gorgeous, but that keypad gives us SLVR deja vu. Besides ganking Motorola's industrial design, we're pretty sure this phone is going to wow us with its Windows Mobile 5.0 OS, tri-band GSM, 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM, 2.2-inch color screen, miniSD card and Bluetooth. More »

I-Mate JAQ Glamour Shots Reveal Oversized Bottom

I'd always thought of I-Mate and HTC Smartphones as highly-functional Windows Mobile kit that looks too ugly to pull out at a bar. Then we caught a glimpse at the JAQ a few weeks ago, and daaaaaaaamn did that phone look fine. Today, a Mobility Today photo gallery dropped JAQ beauty shots on us ultimately revealing the phone's fat booty. The spec sheet quotes a thickness of 22mm, and we're thinking that has to be the battery pack. That might lend itself to better handling, but it's not going to slip into my pocket like a Motorola Q, is it? Stat-smather after the jump.–Brian Lam More »

i-Mate Releases JASJAM and SP JAS, Re-badged Versions of The HTC TyTN and MTeoR

i-Mate continues the practice of letting the CEO's two year old child name their phones by releasing the i-Mate JASJAM and the i-MATE SP JAS. The JASJAM is their re-badged version of the HTC TyTN, and the SP JAS is their HTC MTeoR. Honestly, we can't decide which one of these two sets of names we dislike more. Though, HTC probably is a bit better since their names, phonetically, sound like real words. More »

i-Mate JAQ Windows Mobile Smartphone - Rebadged HTC Excalibur?

Those familiar with i-Mate know that they re-badge and re-brand HTC phones into i-Mate ones. Despite naming them horrible names like the i-Mate JAM, i-Mate KJAM, and now the i-Mate JAQ, their phones actually sell fairly decently to Americans who can't wait to get the latest Windows Mobile 5 technology. Now, i-Mate has the JAQ, which looks to us to be a re-branded HTC Excalibur, but the specs don't match quite up. More »

i-mate K-Jam Revisited

By no means am I a frugal person at all, but honestly, this phone/PDA thing is out of control. Right now it is looking like this device will go for around $750 to $800. Don't get me wrong, this is definitely a neat device, but definitely not worth dropping that much dough on. More »

i-Mate K-Jam in Real Life

Is it iMate KJam? i-Mate K-Jam? Do we care? Some nice shots straight out of Dubai of the new Windows Mobile 5.0 gear including the KJam. We'll get a few more shots of each item individually as the day progresses. More »

Meesa No Like Jasjar, Okeeday?

Many of you already know how we feel about the HTC Universal. Now the fine, fine folks at HTC have decided that instead of the obviously flat name of HTC Universal, its new "do everything" tri-band smartphone will henceforth been known as the IMate JASJAR. Not even George Lucas could think up such a silly sounding... hey, wait a minute. More »

I-mate SP3i Smart Phone

This is a hardcore smart phone for those hardcore mobile warriors of today. I-mate is sporting Windows Mobile 2003 edition for a giant explosion of PDA/smart phone capabilities. This little beast has it all: email, web browsing, media playing, Bluetooth, expandable memory, IR port, USB charging, large screen, extra batteries and even a calculator! There are some downsides to this smart phone. You pay for what you get, so expect to shell out at least $400. Also this smart phone lacks WiFi capabilities so browsing can only be done via your service provider's radical 3G network. The best news? Not available in the United States yet, but it should be appearing soon. More »