Living up to the Ultimate name

John Chan | Oct 23, 2007

i-mate is not the most famous of brands when we talk about handhelds, but the Dubai-based company created quite a buzz a few months back when it introduced the Ultimate series of PDA-phones. Such an audacious-sounding name needs to be backed up, and i-mate did have impressive specs for its announced 8150 and 6150 devices.

Fast forward to today and we have yet to see the PDA-phones in the market. And we all know that a few months in this industry is a lifetime--specs and features that were cutting-edge become old really fast. Thankfully, i-mate seems to have an answer. It has introduced two more in the series with feature lists that still manage to wow. These are the 9502 and 8502 PDA-phones, both with QWERTY keyboards.

The form factor of these two devices may not be for everyone, but power users must certainly give it a second look. Besides more common features like HSDPA, Wi-Fi and GPS, these two also come with HSUPA for fast uploads over the cellular network. Like the 8150 before them, they also come with a video-out connector for doing presentations, too.

Let's just hope we don't have to wait too long for the devices to hit the market. Read on for more information about the new Ultimates, and decide for yourself if they live up to the title.

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xiaoxiong says...
Aren't they the guys who is supposed to bring their devices to Singapore in Sep? What happened to those? Now, new models are announced. Is it going to be vaporware again?

Oct 24, 2007 10:56