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)

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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” 240×320 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