Thursday, November 9, 2006
iMate to Release PDA-L
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "HARDWARE" @ 07:30 PM
"i-mate exhibited today, at Microsoft Tech-Ed Barcelona, a new windows mobile device: the i-mate PDA-L. The device is running Windows Mobile 5.0 and has a 2.4” inch screen. The processor is OMAP 800 at 200 MHz and in terms of memory it has 64MB RAM and 128 MB ROM. The i-mate PDAL also has Bluetooth, WI-FI and a 2.0 mega-pixel camera. In terms of size the device is thinner, much lighter but taller than i-mate JAMin. This is one of the devices distributed by i-mate and not manufactured by HTC. The i-mate PDA-L is to be released to general public very soon at a very attractive price."
I'm going to coin a phrase - (Y)et (A)nother (S)ubstandard (i)-Mate (D)evice. This one comes with the requisite blurry photo that we've all learned to enjoy. About the only advantage I see here is the mini-USB connector, and the possibility that the price will be low(er) - it's also got a funky D-pad that's reminiscent of the Artemis, though I don't think this will have it's cursor functionality. Apart from that, there's very little to distinguish this from every other device out there (and much that is lacking to attract WM die-hards) - looks very much like an entry-level WM PDA phone to me.
I'm going to coin a phrase - (Y)et (A)nother (S)ubstandard (i)-Mate (D)evice. This one comes with the requisite blurry photo that we've all learned to enjoy. About the only advantage I see here is the mini-USB connector, and the possibility that the price will be low(er) - it's also got a funky D-pad that's reminiscent of the Artemis, though I don't think this will have it's cursor functionality. Apart from that, there's very little to distinguish this from every other device out there (and much that is lacking to attract WM die-hards) - looks very much like an entry-level WM PDA phone to me.
