09-10-2007, 01:00 PM
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i-Mate Ultimate News Roundup
"In case it wasn't obvious from the retail 8150 hands-on, the first two (only two?) of i-mate's Ultimate series devices have started shipping. The color scheme has mercifully been changed from the sickly gold shown at CeBIT to a far more tolerable black, but otherwise the specs ring true to what we'd been told to expect: quadband GSM / EDGE plus triband HSDPA, 128MB of RAM, 256MB of ROM, 2 megapixel autofocus cam, VGA display, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD slot and TV out (whew)."
Despite some scepticism on whether they really exist (mea culpa), the first two Ultimate models have been launched at Gitex 2007 - welcome to the 6150 and the 8150! No details yet on pricing and shipping is slated for early October, but at least i-Mate's top of the line models are here. To whet your appetite, the following links will lead you to photo reviews of these beasties:
�Picture Review of 8150, and
�Picture Review of 6150, pictures courtesy of kaz911.
�Picture Review of 6150 and 8150 from ce4arab.com (warning: Arabic script, and no, I can't translate it!).
As you may have heard, the other three models in the Ultimate range will be released progressively in the coming months, though firm release dates are not available.
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09-10-2007, 04:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I was there in Gitex Shopper and these two devices are not yet available for sale, and still I could not get a confirmation for when this will be released however I might have also a meeting with some top i-Mate officials soon at the convention in the trade center, I am expecting the new i-mate devices very soon. Prices were already announced, the 6150 will cost AED 3,199 ($869) and the 8150 AED 3,350 ($910)
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09-10-2007, 04:48 PM
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Is it me, or does the 8150 have a vague resemblance to the new HP 610 mobile messenger? just a thought..... 
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09-10-2007, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Shipping in Dubai will start 1 or 2nd. week
of october :-) as I wrote in my Picture Review
best
Kaz911
http://kaz911.blogspot.com
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09-10-2007, 11:25 PM
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Ponderer
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finally VGA!!! Anyone knows who the OEM is?
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09-11-2007, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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i-mate have designed and spec'ed them, Arima made them.
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09-11-2007, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mdlsimpson
Is it me, or does the 8150 have a vague resemblance to the new HP 610 mobile messenger? just a thought..... |
No, no no! You ask the wrong question - it should have been: "Is it me, or does the HP 610 moble messenger have a vague resemblance to the new i-mate Ultimate 8150? just a thought..... "
...And, I think those two brands/models have zero in common, although I don't know who will make the HPs.
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09-13-2007, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Spanky
...And, I think those two brands/models have zero in common, although I don't know who will make the HPs.
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Sounds like it's going to be Inventec.
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09-14-2007, 02:27 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Carriers?
What's the latest on who will be the carrier in the US?
If unlocked, would they work on A T & T?
Thanks
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