I-mate wanted to announce officially this phone for the first time during Gitex trade show that takes place next month, but clearly online retailer Expansys just wants to get additional publicity (and naive pre-order susceptible customers), so it has published information about this phone already now!

i-mate JASJAR - HTC Unviersal Pocket PC phone branded by i-mate

While ordering this phone pleae keep in mind that no device powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 can be sold before October 1st, 2005 - the official release date of this new OS...

Some highlights about i-mate JASJAR:

* price: 744.95 GBP or 1,074.95 Euro
* Operating System: Windows Mobile 2005
* Wireless LAN: 802.11b
* Memory: 64MB Flash ROM / 128 MB SDRAM
* Bluetooth: Yes, v1.2
* Memory Slot: Mini SD (Expansys is wrong! it is SD card slot!)
* 180° rotating screen and full QWERTY keyboard
* 1.3 megapixel camera i
* Boosts all the lastest communications including integrated WLAN, GPRS and UMITS technology
* This phone is available handset only (SIM free) and unlocked, you can use your existing SIM from any of the UK or European GSM networks (Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2 etc.).

Source: MSMobiles

Price: £750 i.e roughly AED 5000... Price conversion done from here

Sorry for the unnecessary emotional exhibition....!!!

Also, whats the deal with JASJAR? I think this hasta be the stupidest name for such a professional device byfar...If there is some arabic meaning to it, then it probably might make sense, otherwise i would say the guys at Imate are jus plain stupid....

Docc.

JASJAR

It doesn’t mean anything in Arabic, it even hurts the throat pronouncing this name!

I doubt that the price is that high, but you will never know!

rotation 180 degree only...the photos shows a 360 turnover screen!! how come... mem 64 , camera 1.3m ... i expected more than that at least more than pda2.. expected a haddrive mem. i think we have to pass this product, completely satisfied with pda2..
u r right..what a name

Seems like the color of the phone has changed to some what black shade. So far i can remember it was planned for ivory color. Anyway Docc do you have any idea if the universal supports USB host functionality?

dont forget the UK and the EURO cost includes VAT = 17% !!!! + expansys usual additional markup for pre launch

(AED 4.143 TAX FREE prob come in at 3.500 to just be a little more exspensive than the N9500/9300..and will drop to 3200 to replace the PAD2K !!! me thinks)

@Ullah,

Yes, it will support mini-USB.

@NoBackUp,

I completely forgot about the VAT thing, thanx for correcting me there. I still feel it will cost around AED 4000 which is tooooo high for a PPCPE.

Docc.

@Massoh,

You are right, hardware wise, it still isnt state of the art but taking into consideration battery life, these specs might have been thought apt. N yes, as i had mentioned earlier, there were quite a few complaints bcos the screen only swivelled 180 degrees instead of 360. Take my word for it, thats deffffinitely gonna be a problem in the future.

I am defffffffffinitely gonna pass this device.

Docc.

n wut bout the arabic ?? it ll come with the arabic version n arabic keyboard ???
n i think its better than the pda2k ...

coz the pda2k ll kill me one day ...

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