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

Jason Chen — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:58:57 EDT

These four devices in the i-Mate Ultimates line—the 9502, 8502, 8150 and the 6150— are i-Mate's official push into the North American market. We've seen their Ultimates line before, but now they've promised a marketing campaign and sales direct from their website. Until now, the US market for Windows Mobile phones have been dominated by HTC and Palm (with some various other smaller companies picking up the end), but i-Mate's a big contender overseas. Here's what the four phones look like.

The 9502 is quad-band GSM, 3G Windows Mobile 6, 3-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, front facing VGA camera for video calls, GPS, 2.86-inch backlit LCD, microSD support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 400MHz Quallcomm MSM 7200 processor, and a QWERTY keyboard underneath (the screen slides out).

The 8502 is also quad-band GSM and 3G with Windows Mobile 6, but has a 2-megapixel cam, GPS, 2.6-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, but the interesting feature is its XGA output for projectors and TVs so you can make presentations right from your phone. The QWERTY keyboard is right on board, on the bottom.

Then there's the 8510, which is similar to the 8502 with the XGA out, quad-band GSM, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2-megapixel camera with flash, VGA front camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 2.6-inch touchscreen. The big difference is its lack of a QWERTY keyboard.

Finally the bottom of the pack is the 6150, with XGA out, quad-band GSM, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2-megapixel auto-focus camera, VGA front-facing camera, and a 2.8-inch touchscreen. No keyboard on this model either.

Will this be enough to make a dent into HTC's 4-carrier explosionary dominance? Hard to say. I-Mate's targeting their products more towards Enterprises and people who know the i-Mate brand and want to purchase the phones sans-carrier subsidy (Gizmodo readers). Release dates for the phones are targeted at November. [i-Mate]

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

Louis Ramirez — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:57:08 EST

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

iMate's Ultimate Series Run WM6 and Feature VGA Screens

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:18:32 EST

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.

The JAQ4 doesn't have a VGA screen (QVGA), but it does come with built-in GPS, a QWERTY keyboard, an FM radio, and Windows Mobile 6. It's pretty lightweight, like the Moto Q, though not as thin. Looks-wise, it got hit with the ugly stick one too many times, but otherwise I've seen fuglier. Both the JAQ4 and the 7150 are expected to make their debut back home in the States in June.

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

Charlie White — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:05:38 EST

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.

Momento will also be able to stream picture galleries (such as Flickr) via RSS, forward pictures from your inbox to other Momento Live users, and you can also send photos to the frame from your camera phone. If this really works, it'll slam-dunk that ill-fated eStarling. Both the 10.2-inch Momento100 and the 7-inch Momento70 will be available February 1. No word on the pricing of that Momento Live service, but you get your first month free. – Charlie White

Product Page [Momento Live, via Newlaunches]

i-Mate K-Jam in Real Life

johnb — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:01:04 EDT

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.

First Shots Dubai Gitix shows Imate KJam [DavesiPaq]

Meesa No Like Jasjar, Okeeday?

Noah R — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:19:34 EDT

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.

The IMate JASJAR formerly known as HTC Universal [Ubergizmo]