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New iMATE XDA II

gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:35:00 -0700

I've had my imate for just about a month now and I could tell you everything you'd need to know about it in one sentence. After 30 days of use, I'd be willing to lose just about everything I have before giving it up. But let me discuss why:

When I first saw what it looked like, I thought it was simply a newer version of the T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition. After all, it does bare a strong resemblance to it. But there's a big price difference, about $ 500-600.00 so I knew there had to be some pretty serious differences. I was right, there were. If you check out the Spec Sheet you'll see some really amazing numbers. Basically, the thing has more power and resources than a top of the line desktop from a few years back. Sporting a 400MHz processor and 128MB SDRAM this thing has a ton of muscle, particularly for something this small. The battery life is similarly impressive. If you've owned a PDA before, you are amply aware that battery life, or lack thereof, is the bane of your PDA experience. The numbers are posted in the link I posted above, but according to the manual, here's what you are looking at:

Talk-Time: 2 - 4 hours
PDA: 13 hours (this of course is an approximation but experience bares this out)
Standby: 150 - 170 hours (again, an approximation but I have not been able to test this)
Data Retention Time: 72 hours

All in all those are some pretty impressive numbers and considering that the thing functions as a cell phone, it's hard to complain with power like that. It's also got a spare / backup battery and although it's pretty limited, it's got enough power to bail you out of many major jams - if the main battery is totally dead it can save your data for 20 minutes. There are a lot of power setting you can manipulate on it and I have not found battery life to be much of an issue with one limited exception (that was totally my fault). It's important to remember though that the imate is packed full of features, many of which are hardware based. If you crank up all of these, you can expect some diminished battery life commensurate with what you use. I seldom use Bluetooth or WiFi when I'm not at my house. If you use the Jabra or connect to your workplace wifi network, this will obviously be a little different for you. The Camera, particularly the Video Recorder feature can be a battery hog but this should not surprise anyone. One day I hit the record button accidentally on my way to work and inadvertantly left the camera on for about two hours. I got to work around 8:00 (must have turned on the camera sometime before that) and around 10:00 I heard the low battery warning. This may be a slight problem for you b / c it's not hard to accidentally hit the camera button. There is a button lock, but it's also a pain in the butt. With that said, I've had the phone for about a month now, and as clumsy as I am I've only done this once so it's not a major deal if you are even remotely careful. As far as battery life goes, I keep it charged when I'm home. When I go to work my charge is usually 100% and when I get home around 5:00 or 6:00, it's usually around 40% depending on how much I talk on it. I can not remember seeing it below that. So I usually stick it in the charger for an hour and then head to the gym or out to eat. Until I got a Personal Media Center, and I used it for my MP3 player while working out and again, battery power has not been an issue.

Since I mentioned the Media Player, I'll talk about it a little. When I got the phone I splurged for a 256 MB storage card which provides me just about all the storage I'd ever need. The headphones that come with the phone are a bit lame in that they are impossible to keep in your ears. So I went to Circuit City and bought a pretty cool set for under $ 20.00. Jabra is another option and the imate has Bluetooth built in so it's a very viable option. As far as using it for an MP3 player, it's perfect. You can listen to your music, and if you get a call, it switches mode, it pauses your music, lets you take the call and then returns you to where you were as soon as your done. You can also hear a notification if you get a SMS message or email. Like I said, I just got a Personal Media Center which is my best friend in the world when working out, but the imate definitely did a good job.

The phone component is really cool. As you'd expect, it integrates with your contacts in outlook and it takes care of syncing them for you as soon as you create a partnership. This could not be any easier. You have some pretty amazing features in Contacts so you'll want to take full advantage of this. For instance, my girlfriend has a direct phone line at work, a general work number and cell number, a VOIP number, 3 different emails and of course a SMS number (which is the same as the cell number). By specifying all of these in her contact, I can call, email or text message her just about anywhere (or everywhere) with absolute ease. But another cool feature is the Photo Contacts. This allows you to add a picture to each of your contacts so when you select the contact, their picture appears. Similarly, when Caller ID detects that someone on your contact list is calling, it will show their picture if available. I found that adding pictures was a bit counterintuitive and the imate maintains a separate 'Photo Contacts' and' Contacts' area, although Photo contacts will grab its information from contacts. After figuring it out for the first time though, it was a piece of cake. You can also attach custom rings to your phone, so between these two features, you can have it 'your way' to a degree I have not expreienced before.

The imate has all the goodies you'd expect such as Bluetooth, GPRS connectivity etc.. One of the cooler features is the ability to receive an e-mail, hit reply, record a voice message and send your reply back as audio. How much you want to do this depends on your service plan but it's very cool. All imate owners can sign up for free at www.clubimate.com which has an Exchange server and the new Outlook Web interface (very nice touch). They have a lot of add-ons like Ring tones and back grounds (although I noticed that all of the ring tones were either India or Arab based - was not sure what that's all about).

As far as the speaker and receiver, they are both pretty strong. I've tried a few various headsets and none of them have been that impressive. However, if I use the phone directly, the volume is quite powerful and with limited exceptions, no one has reported any problems hearing me. I had a weird problem for 2 days where the volume seemed to go out - and this would have been a career ending injury. I could use the phone with the headset but other than that the audio was gone (and no, I did not have the mute the volume on or turned very low). But this just fixed itself after a day so that was a pleasant surprise.

The camera is pretty cool too, and will allow you to shoot still images or video. Phone as far as cameras go, it's probably the best I've come across. As far as stand alone digital cameras go, it's a little limited. The main problem seems to be with lighting and that's possibly because I've missed something (bubblehead moves like this have been committed by me before). There are some built in templates that you can use and integrate your pictures into PictureShow - a very nice touch. Moreoever you can use your pictures for the Today Screen. Another feature that's cool is that you can have them auto sync with the desktop - nothing out of the ordinary but very convenient nonetheless. Also, the video and audio capabilities are pretty strong overall and they are a great fit with the multimedia functionality provides the imate.

So I can say that each of the advertised features of the imate do what they say and do it well. If you are a feature freak, you'll be in love from the first second you see it. But it's biggest feature is the power. 128MB of RAM gives you plenty of elbow room on the device and you can even write really sloppy compact framework code and have it run pretty well on an imate (of course, I would never write such code). Same goes for the processor, plenty of power to do anything you may want to do. I have yet to be even slightly disappointed with the imate's muscle. And compared to say, a HP 1940, this thing is a PowerMonger. The battery life is great too. There are some great settings so you can turn off the PDA without turning off the phone and you can turn things off after a few mintues - in a nutshell, you can really conserve on power and that will not be a problem if you are even remotely good about charging it.

Finally, there are a whole slew of accessories and I have the standard leather case. There are plenty more available out there if you are so inclined but considering the imate's price tag, you may not be really anxious to go out and spend a bunch more on it. With that said, you will not be disappointed if you buy one, on the contrary. Even though they are not cheap, you'll get over the price tag in 10 seconds. Every single person I've shown it to has had the "Wow" effect and among PDA or smart phone enthusiasts, this is even more pronounced. Now not everyone likes the PDA form factor and for them, imate has a Smart phone version which looks just like the Orange SPV. Rob Tiffany is about to review his, but I have no doubt he'll find it to be just as cool as I found mine to be. Few gadgets honestly justify their price tags, but without a doubt, the imate does. It is the coolest Phone I've ever owned, as well as the coolest PDA and until I got a Personal Media Center, it was the coolest portable music player too.

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Imate Mobile Phones

gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:53:00 -0700

I-mate is one of the leaders of the world when it comes to creating robust and technologically innovative and smart phones, Pocket PC based on Microsoft Windows Mobile software. Due to the superiority of their products, distribution channels, product ranges today from the Middle East and North America to Australasia and Africa from many parts of Europe. Stable-mate and includes world leading mobile devices, such as i-mate JAMA, SPL, JAQ3, PDAL, JASJAM, JAMin, SP JAS, Smart flip, SP5, PDA-N, SP3, JAM, PDA2K, Pocket PC Phone Edition and al . Various i-mate phone offers are available on the Internet these days for the convenience of their customers.

His highly anticipated Ultimate range started only recently and includes Ultimate Ultimate 6150 and 8150 devices. The range has been highly sophisticated 3G Windows Mobile ® devices in the form of various factors, to suit all types of users. These phones are based on Windows Mobile 6, the latest Windows Mobile ® operating system. Unique combination of phone and PDA, the final series offers LCD touch screens, powerful processors, technology HSDPA et al and free iphone ringtones are also joyful. These devices are major boon for businessmen and professionals, but now no longer need a laptop to conduct meetings and presentations, as these devices can do everything!

Workplaces around the world become too mobile. Mobile business solutions are designed for the convenience of professionals who like to take their work in their work. I-mate fully recognizes the need to ensure that businesses and professionals, and thus has joined the leaders of some of the market offer a wide range of value-added services for its customers

I-mate Suite is the company's own advanced management solution for devices running Windows Mobile ®. It offers support for IT in the field of data security, and also allows secure access to information and transfer in motion. I-mate has also worked with Skype to offer free, unlimited connections to other Skype users throughout the world.

iMate Announces Five New Ultimate Phones

gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:48:00 -0700

Five New Ultimate Phones

The new i-mate Ultimate line up will be noticed even by the most jaded techie out there and its hard not to fall for the groovy designs! So look out for the 5 new Ultimate handsets which include models; Ultimate 5150, Ultimate 6150, Ultimate 7150, Ultimate 8150 and Ultimate 9150. Info is scarce and here is a quick run down of the 5 phones!

All the 5 handsets will operate on the WIndows Mobile 6 and the quad-band GSM/EDGE handsets have been also equipped with tri-band UMTS/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, FM and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. Check out the distinguishing features below and what makes each handset unique.

The Ultimate 5150 Slider is just 19.5 mm thick and has been equipped with a 2.8-inch screen, where as the Ultimate 6150 Super Screen is just 15.7 mm thick and also features a 2.8-inch display.

Then there is sexy looking iBook inspired Ultimate 7150 PC Tablet which boasts of a 3.8-inch internal display (2.2-inch OLED external) and is 18 mm thick. The last two handsets in the line up include; Ultimate 8150 Super Thin and Ultimate 9150 Flip and both have a 2.6-inch screen to its credit. Keep watching this space for more updates.

Sources :- http://www.mobilewhack.com/imate-announces-five-new-ultimate-phones/

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Charge mobile with peepal leaves

gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:42:00 -0700

Charge mobile with peepal leaves

Its very Strange But True Very True.
Now, you do not require any mobile charger to charge your mobiles. Only there is need to use green leaf of peepal tree and after some time your mobile will get charged..
No soon the people came to learn this development, they tested it and found encouraging results. If your mobile has been discharged and you are inside a jungle then you need not to use any charger. You Should pluck two peepal leaves and your work would be done.
It is very good idea and easy to charge your mobile. You would have to open your mobile battery and connect it with peepal leaf. After that without shaking mobile set you should set the battery in your mobile set. After some time your mobile would be charged.
Though it is unbelievable but as soon as the residents of Chitrakoot came to know about the discovery they could not believe the news. But when they saw it practically then the incident proved true.
Now hundreds of mobile holders are using this technique and charging their mobiles.
Whereas according to the botanists, it is just changing mutual energy into electrical energy power can be saved in battery. Similarly, it is also possible. They said that it is the subject of research.

Step by Step guide to charge your mobile battery using peepal leaf
1- Open your mobile cover
2- Take out your battery
3- Take two to three fresh leaves of peepal/pipal/ ashwattha tree
4- Touch the stub of these leaves on your mobile battery terminal for a minute
5- Clean the mobile battery terminal with the soft cloth
6- Put your battery again in your mobile and switch it on
7- Now you can see the result
8- If required repeat the process with fresh leaves.

gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:27:00 -0800

Review Research in Motion has proved it's possible to pull off a consumer-pleasing candybar handset that still has business-friendly features. The SPL follows in those footsteps, and for once you won't be embarrassed pulling it out of your pocket. Perhaps i-mate could have been a little more choosy with the name. Aside from the flashbacks to the chunky, clunky Orange SPV of yesteryear, in the UK SPL translates as Scottish Premier League - hardly the pinnacle of cool. At least you won't need a subscription to the satellite sports channel Setanta to take a look this SPL. Despite measuring up at 11.4 x 4.9 x 1.2cm and weighing only 102g, the phone hides a fairly chunky battery. It might be taken for granted that this will have to be removed every time you want to swap out a SIM card, but the designers have sadly used the space within to hide another important slot. The need to make the phone as slim as possible means an external slot for the Mini SD memory card has become a casualty. Placing it inside, next to a small pull-out slot for the SIM card, makes changing the memory a bit of a pain and hampers its use as a device to listen to MP3s or watch videos on. The other downside to the size is the cramped space on the keyboard. This suffers the same fate as RIM's Pearl, with keys too close together for quick use and the bottom row particularly hard to press. Thankfully, the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system still has a few tricks up its sleeve to keep the power users happy. The i-mate lets you sync all the usual items such as contacts, calendar, tasks, email and favourites, with the option to include Windows Media items as well. Because the sync software is designed to work specifically with the Windows OS, PC users benefit from having a smooth transfer of their data.
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gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:14:00 -0800

In the “…global fast growing smartphone markets”, comes yet another Windows mobile phone called the iMate Jama. The handset is an entry level, basic handset, and comes powered with the capacity of Window Mobile 5.0 PDA phone. Which mean the phone is just apt for anyone who is looking out for basic Windows Mobile phone to stay connected and organized.
The iMate Jama comes dressed smartly in complimentary colour. There is a subtle magnetism about it, as if iMate Jama has been wrapped with the secret of corporate ‘power dressing’. Unlike our usual encounters with heavy smartphones, this handset is light and compact – making the device extremely portable.
The front fascia of the mobile is dominated by a large 2.4 QVGA touchscreen. Since the phone lacks QWERTY keypad, the touchscreen display is used for the input. The screen is of good resolution, and poses no difficulty when reading texts, messages etc. There are also short cut buttons under the screen for instant access to applications.
The iMate Jama is a dual-band (900/1800MHz) GSM/GPRS handset. Which means the handset offers seamless connection, no matter which part of the world you are in. This will prove extremely beneficial feature for people who are always on a go. Besides, for wireless connectivity, the iMate Jama comes with Bluetooth v1.2 connectivity running a 300 MHz Samsung processor. Another ’smart’ feature of the phone is that the iMate Jama memory receives 128 MB ROM, 64 MB ROM, and removable microSD memory. This suffices the requirement of all those storage of files, data etc.
Other notable features of are – a 2.0 MP of camera, and the usual i-mate applications like the i-mate Profile Controller and i-mate Media Control Panel. There also comes a complete set of Windows Mobile 5.0 applications. An impressive mobile indeed, the iMate Jama is a treat for anyone who wants power in the most affordable package.

Imate Mobiles Reviews

gaitictl@gmail.com (Blogger man) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:06:00 -0800

i-mate is a company selling Windows Mobile-powered devices. The Group was launched by now CEO Jim Morrison. Jim was involved in the team at O2 that designed the first O2 Xda Pocket PC phone. He subsequently obtained rights to HTC products outside of O2 territories and setup i-mate with his team in Glasgow, Scotland to deliver into the market place. It is now based in Dubai, and is operating in the UK, Italy, Armenia, Australia, India, the U.S.A. and South Africa. At the end of March 2006, i-mate had posted a profit of USD $22.5 million and sold over 420,000 Windows Mobile phones.