i-Mate will introduce some news devices this year into the US market. We spent some time with these devices and will bring you in-depth reviews. Among the devices we saw, the KJAM and modified SP5 with a hump up top will be offered in the US. HTC is the one that insists the hump versions of the SP5 and SP5m be sold to the US market to ensure good RF. i-Mate will also announce major US retailers who will carry their unlocked devices in the coming months. Sorry, the JASJAR will not be one of the devices sold in the US.
Here is some info on the i-Mate JAMin and the i-Mate PDA-N:
The i-mate JAMin
Microsoftฎ Windows MobileTM 5.0
850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
GSM / GPRS / EDGE
128MB ROM
64MB RAM
Bluetooth Compatible
SDIO Card Memory Expansion
64k Colour TransflectiveLCD
Built in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
2.0 Megapixel Built in Camera with macro mode
Integrated Antenna
Features
Platform
PDA form factor
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Dimension
108 mm(L) x 58 mm(W) x 18.2 mm(T)
150 g with battery pack
Processor/Chipset
CPU: TI OMAP 850 200MHz
Memory
ROM: 128 MB
RAM: 64 MB
LCD Module
2.8 240 x 320 dots resolution
64K-color TFT TransflectiveLCDwithwhiteLEDbacklight
Sensitive Touch Screen
GSM/EDGE Function
Internal antenna
Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900)
Audio codec: AMR, EFR, FR, HR
SMS (MO, MT), concatenated SMS (640 characters)
Supplement services:
Call holding/waiting/forwarding
Call barring
CLI (Calling Line Identity)
Display own number
Network selection
Cell broadcast
Multi-party conference call
Spool icon
Phase 2+ unstructured supplementary service data
Network Lock
EDGE Functionality
EGPRS class B
Multi-slot class 10
PBCCH
Incremental redundancy
SIM
3V operation
SIM Application Tool Kit release 98 class 3
Over the Air (OTA) programming
FDN
ADN
SDN
Security Pin 1 & 2 control
Stylus
Lock type mechanism
Camera
CMOS 2 Mega pixel with macro
Preview Mirror
Keyboard/Button
Power button
One navigation pad (5-way)
Send/Hands-free button
End button
Comm. manager/voice record (long press)
Volume up & down
Camera capture
2 AP buttons (Start-left button, OK-right button)
2 soft keys
Reset
Notification
One bi-color LED for GSM standby, GSM message, GSM
network status, notification,andchargingstatus
Two respective (blue and green) LEDs for
bluetooth/WiFi notification
Vibration for notification
Notificationbysoundandmessageonthedisplay
Audio
Built-in Microphone
Receiver
Dual speakers on both sides with stereo sound
Loud speaker for Hands-Free supported
Full duplex
Audio sampling rate
16-bits with 8KHz, 11KHz, 22KHz, 44.1KHz
AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3 codec
Interface
Infrared IrDA SIR
SDIO/MMC card slot
External antenna connector
3V SIM card
2.5 ุ stereo audio jack
Power
Battery
Removable and chargeable Lithium ion polymer battery,
1200mAh
AC adaptor
AC input: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Device-to-Device Connectivity
Bluetooth
V 2.0 supported without EDR
Class 2 transmit power
Supported profiles
Co-exist with Wi-Fi
IEEE 802.11b/g/e*/i* compliant
Internal WLAN antenna
11, 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps per channel, auto fallback for
extended range
Infrared IrDA SIR
Mini-USB
Pocket PC Phone Edition Applications
Microsoft Outlook Mobile: Inbox, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Microsoft MSN Messenger
Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile
Microsoft ActiveSync
Games
Calculator
Voice Notes
Photo Caller ID
Closed User Group
Value Added Applications
Camera capture utility
Camcorder (H.263 and MPEG4 encoder and decoder)
Polyphonic MIDI Ringtone Engine
Smart Dialer
Phone Pad
MMS with video clip support
JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0)
Voice command/voice dial
Modem Link
Comm. Manager
SAR
Body 0.856mW/10g
Head 0.232W/Kg
The i-mae PDA-N
Microsoftฎ Windows MobileTM 5.0
Pocket PC Edition
300Mhz CPU
128MB ROM
32MB RAM
64k Colour TransflectiveLCD
Bluetooth Compatible
Embedded GPS Reciever
Built in Wi-Fi
SDIO/MMC card slot
Features
Platform
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Edition
Dimensions
109.7mm(H) x 59.4mm(W) x 17.6mm(T)
Weight: less than 150g
Processor
Samsung 300Mhz
Memory
64/ 128MB embedded Flash ROM
32MB embedded SDRAM
LCD Module
2.8 240x320 pixels resolution
64K - colors Transmissive TFT-LCD
LED backlight support
Sensitive touch screen
Hardware Button & switch On Side
One Voice recorder button
One POWER button
Reset switch
On Bezel
One 5-way navigation pad
2 soft-key
2 programmable AP buttons
GPS Launch
GPS Launch button (when GPS is embedded, press
button will start/stop both GPS HW and SW at same
time)
Today
Today button (when GPS is embedded, press button
will return to Todays screen)
Notification
One Bi-color LED for PDA notification,PDAchargingstatus
One Tri-color LED for in the second lens for Bluetooth (Blue)/
WiFi (Green) and GPS (Orange) status
Audio
Built-in Microphone
Loud speaker
Stereo earphone/mono earphone + microphone jack (3.5 ุ)
Full duplex
Audio sampling rate
16-bits with 8KHz, 11KHz, 22KHz, 44.1KHz
Interface
One infrared port IrDA SIR
One SDIO/MMC card slot
One Audio jack (3.5 ุ)
MiniUSB connector
GPS
Embedded GPS antenna
Support NMEA 0183 version 3.0 or above
WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver
Acquisition time
Hot start: 8 seconds, typical TTFF
Warm start: 35 seconds, typical TTFF
Cold start: 45 seconds, typical TTFF
Update rate: user configurableonce/1sec,once/10secand
once/30sec continuous
GPS Accuracy
Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
WAAS Accuracy
Position: < 5 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
Stylus
Lock type mechanism
Power
Battery
Removable rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery, 1,130mAH
GPS mode: > 5 hrs
Standby time: > 200 hrs
WMV playback: 8 hrs
WMA playback: 12 hrs
Battery recharge time: < 4 hrs
AC Adapter
AC input: 100~240V, 50/60Hz
AC input current: 0.2A max
AC output: 5V/ 1A
Device-to-Device Connectivity
Infrared IrDA SIR
Bluetooth
Compliant with v1.2
Class 2 transmit power
WLAN
IEEE 802.11b compliant
WLAN Antenna: internal
11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps per channel, auto fallback for extended
range
Encryption: 64-, 128- bit WEP standard dataencryption
Windows Mobile PPC Edition Applications
Microsoft Pocket Outlook: Inbox, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks,
Notes
Microsoft Pocket Word
Microsoft Pocket Excel
Microsoft Pocket Media Player
Microsoft Pocket MSN
Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer
Microsoft ActiveSync
Games
Calculator
Voice Notes
MS Picture
PowerPoint Mobile
Value Added Applications
Multimedia support format
Audio: WAV/ WMA/ AMR/ MP3
Video: M-JPEG/ WMV
Voice Record
ZIP
GPS Navigation software [optional]