12-10-2004, 04:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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KDDI To Release "Mate" Pocket PC Phone?
Presumably this is only for Japan, but it's cool nevertheless -- KDDI is slated to release a WM2003SE-based phone, with CDMA 1xEV-DO, Bluetooth, WiFi, a touch screen plus dialpad, and... a CF slot. 8O
Sweet specs, but I'm having a tough time getting a handle on the form factor. If you look at the picture with the CF card, it's not that big a device... so the touch screen must be tiny. Plus, none of the screenshots look remotely like WM2003SE. Anyone care to speculate as to what's going on? 
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12-10-2004, 04:10 PM
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Thinker
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Probably a flash demo, IMHO. Different looking, but in a long, ipodish sort of way.
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12-10-2004, 04:10 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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I would love to play around with this device. Sweet specs and form factor - and it's got a cradle too! 128MB RAM, VGA Camera, 1950mAh battery, CF, miniSD, 3G, CDMA, Wi-Fi and BT - what more could you want? :mrgreen:
P.S. This article is worth reading as well.
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12-10-2004, 05:05 PM
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Ponderer
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It is actually called the "Ai" Mate
The phone is called the "Ai" mate. The prefix is the Japanese kanji for "love" which is pronounced "ai" in this context. It is a play on the whole "i" this and "i" that. Pretty clever, no?
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12-10-2004, 05:24 PM
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Re: It is actually called the "Ai" Mate
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Originally Posted by webagogue
The phone is called the "Ai" mate. The prefix is the Japanese kanji for "love" which is pronounced "ai" in this context. It is a play on the whole "i" this and "i" that. Pretty clever, no?
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:rotfl: I keep thinking of Ali G and the whole "Ai!" thing.
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12-10-2004, 05:28 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: May 2004
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Smartphone?
From the penultimate photo, it looks more like the Smartphone OS don't you think?
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12-10-2004, 05:29 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Get rid of the iPod look and I might consider it.
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12-10-2004, 05:33 PM
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Re: Smartphone?
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Originally Posted by jimlad
From the penultimate photo, it looks more like the Smartphone OS don't you think?
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You'd think so, but from what I've read, it's running WM2003SE.
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Originally Posted by jonathanchoo
Get rid of the iPod look and I might consider it.
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Heh. It's quite funny. Anything that is white and rectangular-ish these days is labelled as an iPod imitation.
Actually, at first glance, I liked the form factor, but I'm not so sure about it now. It now just looks like a remote control.
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12-10-2004, 05:48 PM
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Mystic
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Its rather large, isn't it? I'm sure its bigger than most pocketpc's, with a much smaller screen.
Its nice to see a device with everything however. I bet they chose CF so they could sell microdrives for it, to use as a music player.
Surur
Edit: having read the article, this is an amazing single purpose device. It has mini-SD AND compact flash. They are only making a few thousand for an expo, to use as visitor guides. They must cost thousands each.
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12-10-2004, 07:35 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Very interesting user form factor. Nice to see people breaking out of the mindset.
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