$119.95

Description

Supporting the extensive use of Windows Mobile applications on the move, the i-mate JAQ comes with full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8 inch touch screen. Writing e-mails, instant messages, or using other Windows Mobile applications has never been so easy! Standard Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Applications: Outlook Mobile, Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, Powerpoint Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile Office Applications, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, Pictures & Videos, ActiveSync Client, Pocket MSN, Wireless Modem, Calculator, File Manager Value Added Applications: i-mate Suite (30-day free trial), Computer Associates eTrust Anti-Virus, i-mate Blackjack, Club i-mate email set up utility, Document Viewer - ClearVue PDF, MMS Client, Java Virtual Machine, Black List - Incoming Call Blocker, SIM Manager

Features

• Unlocked for use with your existing GSM 850 MHz, GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz or GSM 1900 MHz service provider and SIM card. Note: This phone does not come with service or a SIM card.
• Heavy-duty Pocket PC messaging device with QWERTY keyboard
• 128MB ROM / 64MB RAM
• miniSD memory card expansion for increased storage capacity
• Integrated Bluetooth (Bluetooth v1.2 compliant)

September 26, 2006 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. Rutkowski.

The review of first i-mate branded phone that is not manufactured by HTC, has been published! Lack of Wi-Fi, no UMTS/HSDPA, no A2DP (stereo audio over Bluetooth), and larger than average size, may put off some people though...

In regards to number 2, the i-mate JAQ is actually a rarity: there aren't many candy-bar GSM Pocket PC phones with a full keyboard available today. The HP hw65xx and hw69xx messenger would fit this description. The Palm 750v also comes to mind, which is not yet available in the US. If you want to be even more particular, you can exclude the 750v and HP devices as a basis of comparison because the JAQ has a rectangular screen, not square. That, in my mind, makes the JAQ the only "GSM Pocket PC candy-bar Phone with a rectangular screen and full keyboard." Try saying that 10 times in one breath.

Let's talk specs. The JAQ is running Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC phone addition with AKU 2.5, features a 200MHz TI IMAP processor, 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM, Quad band GSM, Bluetooth 1.2, a 1440mAh battery (with 4 hours standby/120 hours talk time), and has a full QWERTY keyboard.

To read the review click here.

Our commentary: it is incredible that a newly released Pocket PC phone lacks support for A2DP. Probably the processor in this phone is too slow to handle A2DP but some people can't imagine life without A2DP and we hope that i-mate will fix this major mistake soon...

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