01-31-2007, 04:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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i-mate K-JAR Receives FCC Approval
"Without 3G, we're still not excited about it, but the i-mate K-JAR's four bands of GSM / GPRS coverage count for something, we reckon. The FCC apparently agrees, giving it its wholehearted stamp of approval -- and as is so often the case with our federal friends, the approval comes complete with a full spread of glamor shots and a user's manual."
Contrary to what's quoted above, the manual of the swivelin' K-JAR reports tri-band GSM/GPRS coverage, along with most of the other meager innards we learned from the October leak: a TI OMAP 200MHz CPU, 2.4" QVGA display (ouch), and ancient USB 1.1, Bluetooth 1.2, and 802.11b Wi-Fi connectivity. What is i-mate thinking?
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01-31-2007, 04:13 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 73
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wow..??? wtf is even the point of releasing this POS?? it doesn't even look good, to attract those not concerned with specs. nice way to leap backwards i-mate. please, make it even more obvious that you need HTC... :roll:
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01-31-2007, 04:24 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Apr 2004
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What is i-mate thinking? The same thing that allowed them to design and build the pathetic creature that was the JAQ.
If this had quad-band, plus 3G, and a larger VGA screen, it might be interesting.
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01-31-2007, 05:12 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
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"what is imate thinking?"
1.Imate thinks that consumers DONT want any more advancement in technology.
2.Imate also thinks that there're a lot of fools who ll buy their 'really-underpowered' devices.
3.Imate thinks they'll put forward a ridiculous price and people will buy them
4.Imate wants to make normal and power users to feel that we no longer are a friend of 'creativity' :wink:
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01-31-2007, 10:34 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Oct 2006
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I-mate might consider to team up with T-Mobile USA, also a big promoter of underpowered devices, so they could actually sell a few of this relics :devilboy:
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01-31-2007, 09:33 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I like the form factor... I even like the QVGA because all my apps work with it.
But I have got to have quad band and something faster that the OMAP processor. My 8125 has one... While it is usable it is not always a joy to use. 
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01-31-2007, 10:21 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I just wish that ONE of these posters would realize that the freakin' photo is UPSIDE DOWN...
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01-31-2007, 10:56 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by uwaku
I just wish that ONE of these posters would realize that the freakin' photo is UPSIDE DOWN...
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Actually it is right side up if you are going to use the device in portrait mode. The display pivots like a tablet pc.
If you are talking about landscape mode then it is only of by 90 deg to the left. Still not upside down...
In the photo the screen my be upside down in it's current position but the base of the unit is right side up.
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02-01-2007, 02:18 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 621
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just cleaned my glasses 2x. the device looks really dirty in that shot. :mrgreen:
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another B-O-R-I-N-G release from i-mate...
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02-01-2007, 03:25 AM
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Linear Mode
