i-Mate scores big-time
Pocket PC Thoughts and sister site, Smartphone Thoughts has articles that introduce to us 4 new devices announced and commissioned by i-Mate. Namely, they are the SP3 and SP3i Smartphones with the PDAphones PDA2k and Jam.
While we are not surprised by the SP3, SP3i, and PDA2k announcements (all rebadged units first introduced by Orange and/or T-Mobile in Europe), we are pleasantly surprised that i-Mate has so quickly picked up the ultra-small PDAphone from OEM manufacturer HTC, codename Magician and christened it the Jam.
All devices were announced in Sydney, Australia with first availability there come October 2004; prices currently unavailable.
Thanks to msmobiles.com for the i-Mate press release excerpt.
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:35 am
[...] iwan and February worldwide for approximately $549.00 t0 $599.00 … Alternatives? The i-Mate JAM; PPCW.Net has it on preorder for a pretty $692.70. Thi [...]
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this applies to pda2k/XDA IIs/XDA III/MDA III/M2000/SX 66/ QTEK 9090 etc
I have owned the pda2k for a few months now. its an amazing device, here is my short list of things i am extremely unhappy with even after installing the firmware fixes from imate, the bluetooth is a complete disappointment….and the placement of the mic, the voice FROM your device is horrible to the listener.
There are other smaller issues but I can live with those, but for a 900 USD device its critical that a main feature such as Bluetooth worked as advertised by imate and then the phone call on this quad band phone is no where close to acceptable.
SO i recommend that all general pda2k users email imate management and apply pressure on them to get their engineers to produce a fix before they rob a lot of customers. By the way, there is no official support from imate and they are TOO BUSY RELEASING OTHER PRODUCTS. Imate has promised all their registered memebrs on http://www.clubimate.com that the new release with ALL the fixes will be released in a few days, but this has been going on for months, few days has transltated into few months and I know pda2k and the series is not a priority for them anymore.
You dont want to beleieve me? visit http://www.clubimate.com and try and register? what?? you can’t? because imate doesnt want potential customers to know the real issues that current owners are actually facing by only alllowing current owners to register and join their forums meanwhile they DO NOT HAVE ANY CUSTOMER SUPPORT ANSWERING ON THE FORUMS….that should be proof enough. visit http://www.pocketpcdubai.com and checkout the forums section for more info on this.
Management:
ahmad.aldulemi@carrierdevices.com ;
shadi.zaytoon@carrierdevices.com ;
ann.degnan@carrierdevices.com ;
Employees:
maria.merchak@carrierdevices.com ;
anoop.nair@carrierdevices.com ;
youssef.houry@carrierdevices.com ;
feroz.abbas@carrierdevices.com ;
claire.towlson@carrierdevices.com ;
john.williamson@carrierdevices.com ;
sunil.jassal@carrierdevices.com ;
srushti.ghisad@carrierdevices.com ;
sami.awad@imate.com ;
mohammad.khalil@imate.com ;
jim@imate.com ;
raef@imate.com