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Mobile phone iMate, who have some of the worst service in the mobile phone market is set to launch two new Windows Mobile-based PDA phones for GSM networks. The range will also include the company’s second PocketPC phone with full QWERTY keyboard.
The JAQ3 PocketPC phone is based on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 for PocketPC Phone Edition OS. It features a QWERTY keyboard and 2.4-inch touch screen and will complement a similarly equipped i-mate JAQ PocketPC phone.
i-mate’s second new PocketPC phone, the PDAL, lacks QWERTY keyboard but features a touch screen that is larger than the JAQ3’s touch screen.
The new i-mates feature 802.11b/g wireless-LAN technology, EDGE cellular data, and quadband 850/900/1800/1900MHz radio for use in U.S. and foreign cellular networks.
The iMate which is not a popular phone brand in Australia also seems to be struggling in the USA where its phones are only available through online stores and a handful of retail locations and second-tier carriers.
Excluding keyboard and touch-screen differences, the two new i-mate models are identical in all respects. They offer a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, stereo Bluetooth, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, microSD card slot, talktime up to fours hours, standby time up to 150 hours, mini USB, IR, Windows Mobile 5.0 applications including Direct Push e-mail from an Exchange server. Other Windows Mobile applications include Mobile Outlook, Windows Media Player, Excel, Word, and Power Point. To these, i-mate adds anti-virus software, PDF viewer, games and other applications.
To navigate the JAQ3, i-mate includes five-way navigation pad, scroll wheel, QWERTY keyboard, and stylus. In contrast, the keyboard-lacking PDAL features five-way navigation pad and stylus.
The touch-screen-only PDAL measures 4.41 inches by 2.2 inches by 0.67 inches, while the keyboard-equipped JAQ3 measures 5 inches by 2.68 inches by 0.57 inches.
For these and its other phones, i-mate offers free services, including a virus-scanning service and a free hosted Microsoft Exchange account that lets users wirelessly synchronize their handset’s Outlook applications.
i-mate also differentiates itself by offering free downloads of select games, ringtones and wallpaper to the phones via connected PC from its Club i-mate site, where users can also download ROM-code updates. Users also get 24/7 support over the phone and via live online chats as well as a free unlimited hosted e-mail account.
i-mate also provides applications downloadable from its Web site, some for a one-time fee and other, such as security and virus-scanning applications, for a monthly fee. One such application enables i-mate users to remotely access their photo, music and Word documents from their personal or enterprise PC.
