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HOT: i-mate Jaq -- Their First Non-HTC Pocket PC Phone!
Guys, get a load of this: Looks like i-mate has a "Jaq" up its sleeve -- and HTC is nowhere to be found. According to Hungarian site PDAMania.hu (which I ran through a very, very rough translation), it sounds like this may be i-mate's very first ODM device, meaning i-mate actually designed it from the ground up the same way Motorola designed the Q or the way Palm designs the Treos. And yes, this runs Windows Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition!
Things are starting to get very, very interesting...
i-mate Jaq(unconfirmed)
- OS: Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition
- Network: Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 GSM, GPRS and EDGE
- Memory: 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM
- Screen: 320x240 (QVGA) TFT LCD 64K color screen
- Wireless: IrDA, Bluetooth 1.2 (no Wi-Fi)
- Audio: 2.5mm headphone jack
- Camera: 1.3 megapixels (that's a shame)
- Expansion: miniSD card slot
- Battery: 1440mAh Li-Ion
- Size: 122mm x 71mm x 22mm
- Weight: 160g
Phone(s):
1: Treo Pro, Jabra BT530
2: ComCast cable, Motorola VT1005V VoIP voice terminal x 2
3: So much for 2006 and EV-DV rel. D with the smv voice codec...oops, EV-DV got cancelled
Provider(s):
Cingular UMTS/HSPA: leading MAD SEEG wireless in the USA; Vonage: leading VOIP landline replacement Formerly: Sprint, Alltel, AWS TDMA->GSM, Voicestream, Cingular TDMA->GSM, T-Mobile, AWS GSM
Joined: Jun 2002
From: New Jersey, U.S.A. operations manager of the MSF (MAD SEEG FOUNDATION)
Phone(s):
1: Samsung Jack i637
2: HP iPAQ 910c
3: Motorola W376g
Provider(s):
AT&T (main) TracFone (decoy) T-Mobile and Sprint (canceled)
Joined: Jan 2004
From: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Posts: 7,341
It's ugly. I hope the actual design turns better than the prototype. But this would certainly fill the void for those who love the Q but aren't willing to give up the touch screen.
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Samsung Jack running Windows Mobile 6.1 (with no compelling reason to upgrade)
Windows Mobile 6.5 is like a pocket Windows Vista.
Phone(s):
1: Dopod 838 Pro
2: HP Ipaq 4700
3: Ipod Video
Provider(s):
Vodafone - Australia
Joined: Jan 2005
From: Australia
Posts: 734
No thank you! This would barely be an upgrade at all from my Mini. I would have to buy a new memory card and deal with that awful looking keyboard and screen. I don't think so.
Palm may design the Treo, but HTC still manufactures the Treo... who will manufacture this device... not Imate, I can tell you that.
Definitely not i-mate, but there are dozens (hundreds?) of manufacturers who would be ready and willing to fill HTC's void for i-mate. In fact, even HTC would be glad to manufacture this device for i-mate; HTC has no intention of relinquishing its OEM business. I'd love to find out who i-mate new OEM is.
Sorry, I have to be totally honest.....it's boring! No wiFi. Otherwise it has the same specs as every other device out now. It is not 320x240. It has a square screen. Not 2.8" screen....it could be 2.8" landscape It is 3/4" thick, which is comparable to 2 Qs
08-18-2006, 18:24
HOT: i-mate Jaq -- Their First Non-HTC Pocket PC Phone!
No umts/3g 
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