Comments on: i-mate lives, prepares to ‘break new ground’ at MWC

By: imate hater

imate hater — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:59:35 +0000

and as expected i-mate was all bark! The new i-mate 810-F looks like a bulky t-mobile dash/blackberry. lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame.

By: jazzyl

jazzyl — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:47:33 +0000

Cool well the Kjam was my first smartphone I liked it let’s see what imate has in store for us in 2009

By: ryaninc

ryaninc — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:14:34 +0000

Wow, I had an XDA II back in the day. I seriously loved that thing and hated getting rid of it. It was an awesome little device. I’d love to see them get back in the game!

By: Fone_Fanatic

Fone_Fanatic — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:44 +0000

I-Mate stopped selling re-branded HTC products when HTC started selling under their own name. Why have 2 companies selling the same thing just different names in the same market?

This is I believe when i-Mate died, when they switched over to TechFaithWireless as their device manufacturer.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:12:04 +0000

They USED to sell HTC hardware, however HTC did not own them. Actual HTC phones were Qtek phones and DoPod phones. Nonetheless, the iMate Ultimate series of phones from last year was done without the help of HTC.

By: backbeat

backbeat — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:04:07 +0000

@Zach: Agree completely with your summation of what to expect. The _only_ way I foresee iMate doing anything beyond that recipe is if they got their own Elevation partner for outside help.

By: Pythagoras

Pythagoras — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:44:43 +0000

i thought they were owned by htc. guess not.

By: Verizon Guy

Verizon Guy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:58:53 +0000

Wot, these guys are still around? I thought they just peddled re-branded HTC hardware…