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Technical Details

Smartphone / PDA
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5
Dimensions: 58mm x 108mm x 18.1mm
Weight: 160g
GSM/GPRS: Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Bluetooth
Camera: 2 Mega-Pixel
Memory Slot: SDIO/MMC
Wi-Fi: 802.11b and 802.11g

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

The i-mate JAMin is i-mate", the specialists in Microsoft® Windows Mobile" devices and applications announce most compact Windows Mobile" 5.0 based Pocket PC to date. Leveraging off what has been an undeniable recipe for success for i-mate", the i-mate JAMin comes in the same compact form factor as the award winning i-mate JAM but houses significant improvements including Quad-band GPRS/EDGE capability, lightning-fast Wi-Fi built in, a 2.0 mega pixel camera, and all the latest Windows Mobile" 5.0 tools.

The i-mate" JAMin boasts a minimalist streamline design with non slip black casing for extra grip and enhanced keypad design for complete one-handed navigation. It comes with a built in MP3 Player, Voice Recorder and Speakerphone as well as Computer Associates® eTrust Antivirus software, and a global warranty.

Perfect for today's jet set business executive, the device allows you to have the world at your fingertips offering seamless quad-band GSM connectivity along with GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g capability. Whilst on the go, the i-mate" JAMin allows users to access much of the same information on their desktop PCs including emails and the Internet as well as important documents. It has a superior quality touch sensitive 64k transflective LCD screen and a full range of applications including Windows Media® Player, Internet Explorer, MSN® Messenger, Word Mobile", Excel® Mobile, Powerpoint® Mobile & ClearVue PDF viewer.

Enabling you to capture all those special moments while on the move, i-mate JAMin boasts a 2.0 megapixel built in camera. The camera comes with macro mode enabling close-up shots of smaller objects. The device also doubles up as a camcorder and lets you operate MMS with video clip support. To help save more pictures the memory of the device can also be expanded through its SDIO/MMC card slot. i-mate" offers an impressive array of applications as standard on the new i-mate" JAMin.

Box Contents

i-mate JAMin

Stylus

AC Adaptor

Carry case

USB sync cable

User manual

Headset

Quick start guide

Sync software CD

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Average Customer Review

4.2 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very neat, does what it says on the box, 26 Feb 2006

By	"casper006" - See all my reviews

I am a non tecky female who is fed up dragging pc's , cables etc around and spending hours setting programmes up.

This little thing is light (it doesn't feel like a brick) and the black finish makes it look very neat and tidy.

This is a great little device and I found the phone (great handsfree speaker which I really wanted), wifi, calender, email, etc all very easy to set-up and install. My only tip would be to buy a 1Gig storage card to use for storing your music, pic's new add-in programmes this ensures the thing runs as quickly as possible. I actually do find it very quick and have not had one single 'crash' or 'stall' in over a month of use. My only gripe would be the camera, not very good but then I didn't buy it for the camera.

There are many add-ins to download which enhance it even more, usually free as a trial so not much money wasted unless you really want them.

Be aware it will only sync. with activesync v4.1 or higher but you can send most things from a pc via infrared or bluetooth without having to have active sync enabled. Just make sure both your wifi& bluetooth on your pc are enabled otherwise it won't work and the manual isn't very clear on this!

So all-in all I don't feel ripped off by the product. If like me you feel cheated the next 'best thing' has already been released (well it probably has been) I can see myself using this for at least 3 years or more before deciding to up grade.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, 7 Mar 2006

By A Customer

Isn't it nice when something does exactly what it says in the tin? This comes so close.

Size wise it looks bigger in the pictures than it really is. It is the same height as my Nokia 6230i and thinner as well but it is the same width as the current Motorola flip phones. So it will fit in your pocket.

It connects in so many ways from GPRS to WiFi and Bluetooth.

But it just works.

Out the box, put a SIM card in it, turn it on. Job done.

It is not the fastest PDA out there. Indeed it is slower than the previous model but not enough so to spoil it although every now and then it will stop for a fraction of a second to think.

Could it be better? Of course. Anything can be improved but for now, this is going to take some beating and meanwhile all the guys in the office keep playing with it and saying wow :-)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars solid, 24 Jun 2006

By	Dr. I. C. Reid (Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've always wanted PDAs to "work" - I've been through various palm devices, then onto windows mobile: but the first I ever owned that I could trust for work stuff was the i-mate jam. Earlier PDAs were glitchy, complicated to set up, and unreliable. Used the JAM every day (a lot) for all kinds of stuff. Eventually it was battered to death! Chose the JAMin as a replacement, and I'm delighted. One warning - update the ROM as soon as you get it (from the i-mate website). Then everything works, first time, every time. Allow the device to customise for your provider and (amazingly)the phone is active, email is set up in a moment, wifi works beautifully, bluetooth is happy, gprs behaves - and all the connectivity switches nicely depending on the environment. In a hotspot? Connect wifi and internet apps use it. Away from a hotspot? The device chooses GPRS! Plug the usb cable into a laptop, select usb modem and now the laptop can connect via gprs. In the past, I'd have had to scour web sites, this and that forum and so on to find that elusive configuration string or undocumented feature. Not this time. I once spent a whole weekend trying to get bluetooth on a toshiba device to perform properly. Not with the JAMin - the JAM brought reliability, the JAMin brings ease of configuration.

Bear in mind that the manual is the usual generic wm5 booklet and is pretty light with a dreadful index, so the easy and intuitive set up is very welcome. Imate support is much criticised, and that is probably fair. Fortunately you won't need it.

The device is small, robust, lightweight, has good battery life. It is a spot slower than the JAM (you'll read about this in reviews: different processor given features, form factor and power issues) and it is noticeable - but it doesn't detract from useability at all. The buttons are particularly well designed. There is very little you can't do one handed, and only require the stylus for fast text entry. If you are a mini-keyboard fan this device obviously isn't for you. Otherwise - highly recommended.