Pocket PC Phones: The New i-mate PDA L
i-mate exhibited today, at Microsoft Tech-Ed Barcelona, a new windows mobile device: the i-mate PDA-L. The device is running Windows Mobile 5.0 and has a 2.4” inch screen. The processor is OMAP 800 at 200 MHz and in terms of memory it has 64MB RAM and 128 MB ROM. The i-mate PDAL also has Bluetooth, WI-FI and a 2.0 mega-pixel camera. In terms of size the device is thinner, much lighter but taller than i-mate JAMin. This is one of the devices distributed by i-mate and not manufactured by HTC. The i-mate PDA-L is to be released to general public very soon at a very attractive price.
UPDATE: 21/11/2006
i-mate officially released the i-mate PDAL pocket pc mobile. The device was first spotted by mypocketpcmobile.com on November 06 at Microsoft Tech-Ed Barcelona. The price of this i-mate will be aprx USD 500 (unlocked). On our first report about the i-mate PDAL we noted that the price of the new device will be attractive. The 500 USD is indeed an attractive price. It is a very good choice for those who want a compact pocket pc mobile at a good price. The specifications of the i-mate PDAL are the minimum you can expect today from a descent pocket pc phone.
i-mate PDA L Specifications:
Device Name: i-mate PDA L
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 Phone Edition
Processor: TI OMAP 800
Processor Speed: 200 MHZ
Memory: 64MB RAM, 128 MB ROM
Camera: 2.0 Mega Pixels
Display: 2.4" Diagonal TFT
Connectivity: Bluetooth, WI-FI
Network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Battery: 1100 mAh, 4 hours talk time
Dimension:112mm(L) x 56mm(W) x 17mm(T)
i-mate PDAL Technical Details
• Platform
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC , AKU 3.0
•
Dimension
- 112mm(L) x 56mm(W) x 17mm(T)
- Extended storage : Micro SD
• Processor/ Chipset
- CPU: TI OMAP 850, 200MHz
• Memory
- ROM: 128 MB
- RAM: 64MB
• LCD Module
- 2.4” 240x320 dots resolution
- 65K Colors, QVGA TFT display with touch panel,back light
• GSM/EDGE Function
- - GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- GPRS class 10
- GSM 850/1800/1900
- - GSM services
- Speech services with EFR/FR/AMR codec
- Emergency call
- DTMF tone generation
- Call holding, waiting, forwarding, bar- ing
- SMS text mode, PDU mode
- - GPRS functionality
- GPRS class 10
- GPRS CS 1 to 4 coding scheme sup- ported
- - SIM function
- 3V/1.8V SIM operation
- SIM application toolkit
- Over the air provisioning
- - Internal Antenna
- - Talk time: up to 4 hours
- - Standby: 150 hours
• Keyboard / Buttons
- - Power button
- - Reset button
- - Send and End phone buttons
- - Left and right soft key buttons
- - Side buttons
- Volume up, Volume down and Camera
- - 5-way navigation buttons
- - Start & ok button
- - Messaging button that flashes to indicate new mail
• Notification
- - Indicator
- Three-color LED (RED/GREEN/YELLOW)
• Audio
- - Handsfree
- - Stereo Bluetooth support
- - Ring tone
- Support 64-chord MIDI, MP3, WMA, WAV,AMR
- - Playback
- Support MIDI, MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR
- - Video
- Support MP3,AVI,WAV,MIDI,ASF,WMV,A MR,MPEG4
• Power
- Battery
- - Removable and chargeable Li-Ion
- - Capacity: 1100 mAh
• Camera
- Pixel 2 Mega pixel
- Digital zoom
- Supports still image and video capture
• Connectivity & Interface
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth
- - V 1.2 Class
- - 2 transmit power
- - Supported profiles
› Generic Access profile
› Serial Port profile
› Headset profile
› Object Push profile
› DUN (dial-up networking profile)
› Hands-free profile
› Generic Object Exchange profile
› A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution profile)
› AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote control Profile)
› HID (Human interface device profile)
› SAP
› BIP
› ActiveSync Profile
- 11-pin mini-USB / audio jack in one
- MicroSD card slot
• Interface
- USB1.1 connection and power charging
- SIM card slot
- Audio Jack
- MicroSD slot
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Applications
- Pocket Outlook: Calendar, Contacts, Messaging,Tasks, & Voice Notes
- Push Mail (When used in conjunction with Exchange Server 2003, SP2)
- Internet Explorer Mobile
- Windows Media Player 10 Mobile
- Picture & Video Viewer
- ActiveSync Client
- Pocket MSN
- Calculator
- File Explorer
• Value Added Applications
- MMS Client: MMS 1.2 supported
- Java virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.0)
- i-mate Suite 30 day trial
- CA eTrust® Antivirus
- SIM Manager
- Status Controller
- Windows Media Player Control Panel
- GPRS Settings Configurator