We managed to score a few pictures of Frankenstein's monster the i-mate JAQ and the Palm Treo 700wx, which were both on display at CTIA in Los Angeles. So, it's no secret. The JAQ isn't exactly flash-looking from the front, and from the side, we're going to have to say that it's not that much better. More shots after the break!
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I didn't think it would be possible to look worse in real life than in the photoshop renderings. This thing is hideous. If this is the way I-Mate is heading when they don't get help from HTC then I wish them luck, they'll need it.
Darius may have put it a bit too bluntly, but I am afraid he's spot on.
This device must either have been rushed through the corridors of i_mate HQ skipping the Martketing&Style department or HTC shrewdly coerced iMate into accepting this design as a final step towards pushing iMate out of the market and make place for the HTC brand.
Ploy of the devil or stupid goof? Time will tell.
(personally I am increasingly getting cynical about iMates long term chances in the market)