Archive for the ‘i-mate’ Category

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

by Zach Epstein on January 29th, 2009 at 12:40pm
Filed under: Handsets, Rumors, i-mate 8 Comments

Apparently i-mate will be among the companies trying to make waves at next month’s Mobile World Congress and from the sound of things, we could be in for a surprise – or another big let down. Crediting a PR firm…

i-mate releases new UI band-aid for Windows Mobile 6.1: i-mate Go

by Zach Epstein on December 11th, 2008 at 3:39pm
Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile, i-mate 9 Comments

First things first… It’s no TouchFLO 3D. Ok, now that we have that out of the way we do have to say that we’re happy to see another company making an effort to tidy up the Windows Mobile UI a…

i-mate “Hummer”

by Boy Genius on September 8th, 2008 at 2:38pm
Filed under: BG's Corner, EDGE, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, UMTS, Wi-Fi, Windows Mobile, i-mate 11 Comments

The i-mate Hummer, huh? We’re not positive if that’s an internal name or not, but we’re assuming it is. If you’re still an i-mate fan at this point in time, bless your heart. In any case, we’ve got the drop…

Massive Layoffs at i-mate US

by Zach Epstein on March 2nd, 2008 at 11:04am
Filed under: News, i-mate 6 Comments

i-mate hasn’t shut down its US offices located in Redmond, WA but pretty much everyone on the workforce there likely wishes that Friday never happened. An amazingly large percentage of its Redmond team was told to box their belongings and…

i-mate’s new Jama 101 and 201

by Joshua Karp on October 12th, 2007 at 5:42pm
Filed under: EDGE, GPRS, GSM, Handsets, Windows Mobile, i-mate 2 Comments

You can call i-mate a lot of things, but no one ever accused them of being good at naming their devices. Continuing that trend, then company has just announced two new handsets, aptly titled the Jama 101 and the Jama…

i-mate’s new bumper crop

by Joshua Karp on September 1st, 2007 at 1:10pm
Filed under: Handsets, Windows Mobile, i-mate 5 Comments

After a recent rumor circulated that i-mate was looking to thin down its Windows Mobile-based offerings, much of the tech world thought that the company was down for the count. Not yet, but they might be close to it, though.…

i-mate JAQ: Will it freeze?

by Boy Genius on April 17th, 2007 at 8:41am
Filed under: EDGE, Features, GSM, Handsets, Windows Mobile, i-mate 21 Comments

We here at BGR are big fans of the series, "Will it blend?". Because we are big fans we have decided to do a variation of it, but in our own sick and twisted way. Will it freeze and survive?…

i-mate ‘07 Roadmap Surfaces

by Joshua Karp on April 5th, 2007 at 2:13pm
Filed under: EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, News, i-mate 3 Comments

Coming to us straight out of some daring, rebellious employee’s hands (probably one of them that was fired without notice), is i-mate’s 2007 product roadmap. There’s a bunch of stuff here, some of it old news, and some of it surfacing for…

i-mate PDAL Live Shots

by Boy Genius on November 28th, 2006 at 9:35pm
Filed under: EDGE, Exclusives, GSM, Handsets, Sections, i-mate 29 Comments

The i-Mate PDAL was recently officially announced by i-Mate. Specs are the usual, 2 mega-pixel cam, AKU3.2, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Wifi, and EDGE. I really can’t say anything else, no keyboard, no go. Enjoy the pics

i-mate JAQ3 Live Shots

by Staff on November 24th, 2006 at 1:51pm
Filed under: EDGE, GSM, Handsets, Sections, i-mate 5 Comments

As you know by now the i-mate JAQ was so ugly that even a mother couldn’t love it. Not to i-mate’s credit they are releasing a much more polished device that actually could pass for good looking. The reason for…