I-Mate release new smartphones under the JAMA series

I-Mate, a Dubai based Windows Mobile provider recently unveiled the i-mate JAMA 101 Windows Mobile 6 Professional smartphone and JAMA 201 Windows Mobile 6 Standard smartphone.

JAMA 101 details:

- GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz
- Bluetooth
- No WiFi and 3G
- 2.4" 65K TFT touchscreen
- Samsung CPU at 300 MHz
- 128 MB of ROM and 64 MB RAM, can be extended by microSD memory cards.
- 2 megapixel autofocus camera with flash for photos and videos
- 150 hours standby time, 4 hours talk time
More info.
Specs sheet.

JAMA 201 details:

- GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz as well
- Bluetooth
- No WiFi and 3G

- 2.5" 65K TFT LCD (not touchscreen), VGA?
- Samsung CPU at 300 MHz
- 128 MB of ROM and 64 MB RAM, can be extended by microSD memory cards.
- 2 megapixel autofocus camera with flash for photos and videos
- 150 hours standby time, 4 hours talk time.

More info.
Specs sheet.

Samsung SGH-i617 aka BlackJack II

Introducing the new Samsung SGH-i617 aka BlackJack II, the FCC unveiled earlier.


Confirmed specs are:

1. Windows Mobile 6 Standard
2. 2 megapixel camera
3. Frequency: GSM/WCDMA 850/1900
4. Bluetooth

Wifi support is still unknown.

TouchPal virtual keyboard for Windows Mobile released - with super effective T+ technology

TouchPal is an innovative software keyboard based on T+, which significantly improves the inputting experience on touchscreens of handheld devices. Check out the Youtube video below for a quick tour of the product.



It's impossible to achieve 300 chars/min as shown in the video.

Typing on TouchPal is pretty easy: you just need to tap and slide by your thumb. In most cases, you only need to tap tap tap and use the auto-word predition to input the right word; in other cases, you can slide left/right for a specfic letter, slide up for uppercase, or slide down for a punctuation.

More info here

ETEN Glofiish M800

While ETEN Glofiish X800 is still not on sale , ETEN introduce the successor to this phone - with slide-out QWERTY keyboard!

Some specifications:

• 500 MHz Samsung processor
• 256 MB ROM
• 2 cameras (resolution is still unknown but at least 2MP)
• VGA display
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• HSDPA / UMTS (frequency is still unknown)
• SiRFstar III GPS chip
• 1530 mAh battery
• standard 2.5 mm stereo headset connector

To be available on November 2007