Tech Shout!

At Mobile Asia 2006, which took place in New Delhi recently there were multitudes of mobile phones unveiled by different companies like Samsung, which launched it’s SGH-X510 Clamshell. i-mate, the popular smartphone brand launched its new JAQ and SPL models in India at Mobile Asia 2006.

The i-mate JAQ is a quad-band, Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Edition powered Smartphone, which supports GPRS and EDGE connectivity. The latest model from i-mate, JAQ also supports Bluetooth and miniUSB.

The i-mate JAQ has a 2.8” wide aspect, 320×240 (QVGA) screen, a full QWERTY keypad and handwriting recognition. The storage capacity of i-mate’s JAQ is 128MB of ROM and 64MB of usable RAM. The i-mate JAQ ships with a miniSD memory card slot.

The i-mate JAQ supports MP3/AAC/WMA files for playback, and comes with Pocket Office and Pocket Internet Explorer pre-loaded. The i-mate JAQ is a business phone, but does not sport a camera.

The i-mate JAQ costs around Rs. 22,500. However, if you were lucky to be at Mobile Asia 2006, you would have got the phone for Rs. 2000 less.

i-mate launched a second phone at Mobile Asia 2006, the i-mate SPL. The i-mate SPL us a slim, SLVR-like candybar form factor handset that runs Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone Edition.

Unlike i-mate’s JAQ, which was business-oriented, the SPL is more multimedia-oriented with a 2-mega pixel digital camera and MP3/AAC/WMA player. The i-mate SPL has a 240×320 screen, which is 2.2inches in size.

The i-mate SPL also has 128MB of ROM and 64MB of usable RAM along with a miniSD memory card slot, just like i-mate’s JAQ. Besides, the i-mate SPL also has Bluetooth/miniUSB connectivity, as well as GPRS, but does not feature EDGE support

The i-mate SPL will retail for a price of Rs. 15,000.