NEW iMATE FLIP FACTOR

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 28 February 2006

We won’t see it locally for another two or three months, but the latest i-mate smartphone comes in a flip phone form factor that’s sure to interest users not looking for a full PDA-style smartphone. Dubbed, the i-mate SmartFlip the Windows Mobile v5.0-based device isn’t even officially announced yet, so pricing is still a mystery. Though it’s not announced yet, the company was bandying the thing around at the recent 3GSM Expo in Barcelona where the device got rave reviews. The SmartFlip is powered by a Texus Instruments OMAP 850 processor running at 195 MHz. With a  2.2 inch 240 x 320 (QVGA) TFT display, plus a 1.2 inch 128x128 on the outside the GSM (quad-band, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) camera phone has a 1.3 megapixel CMOS. Storage is by way of 64 MB Flash, 64 MB SDRAM and a microSD slot. Featuring GPRS / E-GPRS, Bluetooth v1.2 and Infrared IrDA as well as mini-USB, the phone lacks Wi-Fi connectivity. On the plus side, this phone is as thin, or thinner, than the Motorola RAZR and is not as wide according to reports. Related news items Next-Gen 3G RAZR DownUnder -24/09/2007 First Windows 6 Palm In Australia -12/09/2007 Semi-Rugged With Grunt -05/09/2007 Pretty Paintjobs Delaying Dell Notebooks -27/08/2007 Telstra Offers $3 Million To Get Seniors Hooked on SMS -15/08/2007 Newer news items Converged Phones Dominate APac Sales -31/03/2006 Samsung Z510 Ultra Slim 3G -20/03/2006 Motorola Gets More Colourful -20/03/2006 Samsung Announces 10 Megapixel Phone -08/03/2006 Sony Ericsson Leverages Cyber-shot Brand -01/03/2006 Older news items SUPER SIMS MAKE DEBUT -19/02/2006 PALMSOURCE RELEASES LINUX FOR SMARTPHONES -15/02/2006 SMARTPHONE MARKET TO GROW AT 70% -24/01/2006 RIM TARGETS SMB CHRISTMAS WISHLIST -08/12/2005 NOKIA ANNOUNCES UPnP DEVICE -22/11/2005 Tag This Now: