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i-mate Briefly Reappears On Everyone’s Radar, Just To Die
11:22PM John Herrman | 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 restructuring, layoffs, missed orders and debt. And today, at long last, death. [ITP]
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i-mate Launches Military Grade Smartphone, Still Runs WinMo
3:30PM Nick Broughall | Is it just me, or did i-mate really go off their game after they stopped just rebadging HTC handsets and actually creating their own hardware? Even if it is just me, it looks like the smartphone company is back in the game with the 810-F, a smartphone built to military specifications that comes with a lifetime warranty. More »
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1:11PM Nick Broughall | It seems that more and more smartphone manufacturers are cottoning on to the fact that Windows Mobile is a dog to use. The latest company to join the “sticking a better UI over the top of Windows Mobile” brigade is i-mate, who are now offering a free download on their site to cover up the notoriously frustrating mobile OS. The skin is powered by Vito Winterface, so it’s nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking, but it still offers an extra layer for i-mate users. More »
i-mate Offering To Hide Windows Mobile For You
1:11PM Nick Broughall | It seems that more and more smartphone manufacturers are cottoning on to the fact that Windows Mobile is a dog to use. The latest company to join the “sticking a better UI over the top of Windows Mobile” brigade is i-mate, who are now offering a free download on their site to cover up the notoriously frustrating mobile OS. The skin is powered by Vito Winterface, so it’s nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking, but it still offers an extra layer for i-mate users. More »
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1:54PM Angus Kidman | The gadget: The i-Mate Ultimate 8502, the company’s new entry-level workhorse touchscreen and keyboard smartphone which is making its local debut on Telstra’s Next G network.The price: $999The verdict: It’s a nice enough phone and the network is speedy, but the BlackBerry gang don’t need to get too worried just yet.
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Lightning Review: i-Mate Ultimate 8502
1:54PM Angus Kidman | The gadget: The i-Mate Ultimate 8502, the company’s new entry-level workhorse touchscreen and keyboard smartphone which is making its local debut on Telstra’s Next G network.The price: $999The verdict: It’s a nice enough phone and the network is speedy, but the BlackBerry gang don’t need to get too worried just yet.
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2:11PM Angus Kidman | i-mate first showed off its Ultimate 8502 and 9502 models at 3GSM in Barcelona last month, but Telstra is claiming the first actual rollout of the device anywhere in the word. Both the candybar 8502 model ($999) and the slide-out keyboard 9502 (effectively the JASJAM’s successor at $1,099) will go on sale for use on the ludicrously speedy Next G network on March 25. A post-paid model will follow on April 8 ($100 a month over 24 months).
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Telstra Debuts i-mate Ultimate On Next G
2:11PM Angus Kidman | i-mate first showed off its Ultimate 8502 and 9502 models at 3GSM in Barcelona last month, but Telstra is claiming the first actual rollout of the device anywhere in the word. Both the candybar 8502 model ($999) and the slide-out keyboard 9502 (effectively the JASJAM’s successor at $1,099) will go on sale for use on the ludicrously speedy Next G network on March 25. A post-paid model will follow on April 8 ($100 a month over 24 months).
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