08-23-2006, 07:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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i-mate JASJAM Released
The shiny JASJAM (HTC Hermes) is here. Within the elegantly curved shell, you'll find quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band 3G connectivity, a Samsung 400MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 1.2, a 2.0-megapixel camera and secondary camera for video calling, a 2.8" QVGA display, a microSD slot, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0. You could say this is everything the K-JAM should have been, and more. Well, aside from the meagre memory configuration, of course. 
So, who's getting one? Or rather, who already has one?
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08-23-2006, 08:37 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I will in a few months when my M600i has lost its appeal, and I have some money 
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08-23-2006, 09:50 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I took delivery of mine this morning 8) and it's charging up as I write. It's branded as a T-Mobile MDA Vario II, but it's still a Hermes. I'm going to keep my Blue Angel going for a while whilst I set the Hermes up and get used to it. There are a bunch of accessories that I want, but very few seem to be available just yet:
- Decent case (PDAir seem to be the only ones who make one and I can't say I'm very impressed with the pictures of it)
- Good screen protector (I'll be talking to PPCTechs later today)
- Headphone adaptor (Nothing on the PPCTechs website yet)
- Memory upgrade (puh-lease PPCTechs...  uppydogeyes: )
- 2Gb MicroSD card :evil: I hated having to do it but I ordered one of those yesterday and it's now sat in the side of the Hermes.
I have a question for those of you who are familiar with WM5 - which of my key apps for the Blue Angel am I going to have to redownload / repurchase because the version (I have the most up-to-date releases) I have will not be compatible with the Hermes?
- Laridian Pocket Bible
- Tom Tom Navigator
- SBP Pocket Plus
- SBP Weather
- Skype
- eReader
- Pocket Informant
- Card export
- SKTools
- Eval Calculator
- MagicSS
- Conduits PocketPlayer
- 4Pockets PocketRTA
- TCPMP
- Total Commander
- Fitaly
And finally, is there now a consensus as to which is the best of the 2 major WM5 backup solutions (Sprite or SPB Backup)?
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08-23-2006, 10:09 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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A screen protector for any of the other 2.8" Pocket PC Phones will do. Ones for the HTC Magician should be very easy to find.
I can confirm from when I had my KJAM that TCPMP, Total Commander and Pocket Informant work fine on WM5.
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08-23-2006, 01:10 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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What's the pricing, and where do you buy i-Mate phones? Oddly not on clubimate, apparently. :?
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08-23-2006, 01:53 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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"And finally, is there now a consensus as to which is the best of the 2 major WM5 backup solutions (Sprite or SPB Backup)?"
I don't know what the concensus is but I've got both and prefer Spb.
Theyve' both got plusses and minuses but on balance - Spb.
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08-23-2006, 01:58 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by martin_ayton
And finally, is there now a consensus as to which is the best of the 2 major WM5 backup solutions (Sprite or SPB Backup)?
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SK Tools (currently $9) also has a backup option. The latest beta 3 has full support for WM5, maybe worth checking out for backup and its other features as well.
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08-23-2006, 02:06 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 866
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Who was the dumb ass who came up with the name? It would be great when someone asks you:
"Hey whats that phone?"
"Its a JASJAM!!"
"Lol"
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08-23-2006, 02:24 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
What's the pricing, and where do you buy i-Mate phones? Oddly not on clubimate, apparently. :?
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Usually, random stores online (too many to list), or local carriers. For example, Telstra, the main carrier here in Australia, sells i-mate devices outright or through a plan. They don't stock the JASJAM yet, but they most likely will soon. 
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08-23-2006, 02:25 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by MitchellO
Who was the dumb ass who came up with the name? It would be great when someone asks you:
"Hey whats that phone?"
"Its a JASJAM!!"
"Lol"
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Look on the bright side. At least it's not a JARJAR.
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